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Susan C. McBride #241557 Length 148 feet - Breadth 31.1 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1942 by Calumet Ship Yard & Dry Dock Co., Chicago, IL. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:53 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Joseph M. Schneid - Thanks, Joe! In Louisville, KY For THUNDER OVER LOUISVILLE, 4/2004 (1 of 10)
F-M diesels, repowered 1971, 3400 hp. Falk red. 3:1. Kort nozzles. Originally Tri-State, owned by Ashland Oil & Refining Co. Had first radar on inland rivers, 1946. Sold 1960 to Reliable Towing Co., renamed Reliable. Sold 1965 to Tennessee Towing, Inc., Memphis, TN. Sold 2/1968 to Elk Towing Co., Point Pleasant, WV, Renamed Diane Bosworth 6/1968 Sold 3/1970 to M/G Transport Services, Inc., Cincinnati, OH. Transferred 7/1970 to Jeffboat, Inc., Jeffersonville, IN. Sold 2/1971 to McBride Towing Co., Inc., Harrods Creek, KY, renamed Susan C. McBride.
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