LOOKS BACK JUNE 1961
• A new 80'×28'×9' towboat, Natchez, was recently delivered by Missouri Valley Steel Inc., Leavenworth, Kan., to the Missouri Pacific Railroad for service to Natchez, Miss. The vessel will be used to operate a Natchez and Southern Railway Co. railroad car ferry. Main engines are twin Caterpillar D-397 roots-blown diesels which drive GE genera-
tors rated at 300 kW at 450 volts. The power is transmitted to GE traction motors located in the turrets in after sections of the hull. • The 110'×32'×10'6" Susan Ramsey, a twin-screw towboat, was completed recently for RMR Towing Co., Greenville, Miss., by Marine Welding and Repair Works Inc. also of Greenville. The new vessel, which will operJUNE 1971
ate from St. Paul to New Orleans on the Mississippi River, is powered by two GM 16-567 diesels which turn 78"×62" Coolidge propellers.
neers has brought the ocean to Oklahoma. Early this month, President Nixon dedicated the $1.2 billion Arkansas River Navigation System linking Tulsa with the Mississippi River and beyond.
• The first offshore tug and supply vessel built in the U.S. for Bugge Supply Ship Company A/S of Norway was launched at Mangone Shipbuilding Co., Houston. The 185' vessel, named the Sea Pearl, is the first of two boats being built by Mangone for the Norwegian firm. • In the grand tradition of bringing the mountain to Mohammed, the U.S. Army Corps of JUNE 1981 Engi-
• Tidewater Inc. has reported a record consolidated net earnings of $23.2 million or $2.09 per share for the six months ended Sept. 30, 1980, an increase of 96% in net earnings and 92% in earnings per share over the same period a year earlier. • Technical Marine Fabricators’ answer to the South Louisiana Port 52
Commission’s need for a fireboat is the 45'×14' Sola Port I. Two Detroit Diesel 8V-92MTI engines develop 650 hp each for main propulsion. The mains connect to 20" Jacuzzi waterjets. The 14" Jacuzzi pumps develop 7,000 gpm at 200-220 psi and push the water to a manifold. The manifold diverts water to the monitors and six thruster ports. www.workboat.com • JUNE 2021 • WorkBoat
