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USACE Towboat Walnut

Towboat:
  • Built in 1947 by Calmes Engineering, New Orleans
  • Launched date unknown
  • Delivered to the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1947
  • Christened and commissioned USACE Towboat Walnut 1947
  • Assigned to US Army Engineers District unknown
  • Retired from US Army service, circa 1992
  • Sold 1992 as Walnut to Aquarius Marine Inc., Ludlow, KY.
  • Renamed Sara C in May 1992
  • Repowered in 2000, renamed M/V Sara C
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 26 t.
    Length 50'
    Beam 18'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Crew unknown
    Propulsion
    two Cummins KT1150 diesel engines 450hp
    twin disc reduction gears 3.5:1
    two propellers
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    Walnut
    303024701    		 79k Ex-USACE Walnut in commercial service as Sara C underway in a lock with a tow, circa 1992 and location unknown
    Tugboat Information, photo by John E. Dawson    		 John Spivey
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