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USED Towboat Nemacolin

Towboat:
  • Built in 1929, as Nemacolin for the US Army Corps of Engineers, at Dravo Corp, Neville Island, PA.
  • Launched in 1929
  • Delivered to the US Army Corps of Engineers, 1n 1929
  • Commissioned in 1929 as USED Towboat Nemacolin
  • Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District for job towing service
  • Retired in 1954
  • Sold in April 1954 to the J.F. Hardyman Co., of Maysville, KY, renamed Glenda H.
  • Sold in 1970 to Charles T. Jones, Amherst Industries, Charleston, WV, renamed Laura J. after his daughter
  • Owernship transferred May 2010 to Red Star Towing Co., Charleton, WV.
  • Sold in August 2020 to Amherst Madison employee Brian Patterson, renamed Nemacolin
  • Current Disposition, active
    Specifications:
    Displacement 68 t.
    Length 100'
    Beam 16' extebded to 20'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 3'6"
    Speed unknown
    Crew unknown
    Fuel Oil Capacity unknown
    Propulsion Detroit GM 6-71 120 HP
    Drive Train Type Twin Disc MG 509, 200 double chain
    Sternwheel Diameter: 12’6”, Width: 12', 24 Buckets
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    USED Towboat Nemacolin
    Nemacolin
    303003401    		 79k USED Towboat Nemacolin underway, date and location unknown
    Photo from University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, Murphy Library    		 John Spivey
    Commercial Service
    Nemacolin
    303003402    		 486k Ex-USED Towboat Nemacolin in private service as Amherst Industries towboat Laura J..
    Photo from Waterways Journal    		  
    Nemacolin
    303003403    		 93k Laura J. underway, post-1970, location unknown.
    Photo from Dick's Towboat Gallery, by John R. Miller    		 John Spivey
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