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Onward #241256 Length 148 feet - Breadth 31.1 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1941 by Calumet Shipyard & Dry Dock Co., Chicago, IL. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:52 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Courtesy of Boat Photo Museum, Dan Owen - Thanks, Dan! On The Ohio At Pittsburgh, PA, 3/1975 (1 of 6)
Superior VDSS diesels, repowered 1963, 2600 hp. Kort nozzles. Originally Paul Blazer, owned by Ashland Oil & Refining Co., Ashland, KY. Sold to Onward Towing Co., Proctorville, OH, renamed Onward 1960. Sold to G & C Towing, Inc., Point Pleasant, WV 9/1971. Sold to Grimm & Schaeffling Transportation Co., Inc., Point Pleasant, WV 1979. Sold to Trotter Towing Corp., Greenville, MS 4/1981. Out of service 1982.
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