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Universal Switcher
Length 80 feet - Breadth 22 feet - Twin prop Diesel towboat, steel hull.
Built 1951 by A. V. Walker Shipyard, Pascagoula, MS.
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Last Updated at 8:55 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Courtesy of Boat Photo Museum, Dan Owen - Thanks, Dan!
Date & Location Unknown
(Photo © H. N. Spencer)
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Cat D-398 diesels, total 1500 hp.
Originally Bruce Walker,
chartered to S & S Marine Towing.
Sold to Central Soya Co.,
renamed Agnes S 1955
Rebuilt at Cape Girardeau, MO 1956.
Converted from three props to two at St. Louis Ship in 1957.
Sold to Harborline Towing Co., Clayton, MO 11/1959.
Chartered to Huffman Towing 12/1961.
Sold to Jones Towing, Inc.,
renamed Eva H 4/1962.
Acquired by Universal Marine, Inc., New Orleans, LA 10/1966.,
renamed Universal Switcher 1968.

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