Mystic #240349 Length 65.5 feet - Breadth 26 feet - Single screw tug/towboat Built 1941 by Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, Port Arthur, TX. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:52 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Capt. Billy Smith - Thanks, Billy! Taking A Break In New Orleans, LA, 5/2006
Cat D353 diesel, repowered 1964, 450 hp. Twin Disc red. 4.08:1. Originally Leo, owned by Commercial Petroleum & Transport Co., Houston, TX. Sold to Port Arthur Towing Co., Port Arthur, TX, renamed Gulf Fueler IV 1956; renamed Karen Fredeman 1971. Sold to Hunter Flores Marine, Inc., Freeport, TX, renamed Karen 10/1974. Sold to Karen Interests, Inc., Bridge City, TX 1984. Rebuilt At Orange, TX, 1984. Sold to Superior Marine Service, Bridge City, TX. Sold to J & J Marine, Inc., Galveston, TX. Sold to J & M Marine, Inc., Galveston, TX, renamed Mystic 2004. Sold to Virtual Marine Services, Inc. Sold to Pearl River Navigation Co., Inc., Slidell, LA 7/2005.
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