Let's open with a Belgian towboat: 1956 DE GRUYTER & CO 10 - ERNST DEUBERT, 1969 BUFFEL, 1985 NORWELLA Rhine-tug/Pusher Registered: (NLD)IVR 23.12703 /(BEL)IVR...
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Zane & Alexandra John...
zanenalexandra
Mar 26, 2006 10:32 pm
Piet, Thanks for getting us started! It looks like you have made a recent trip to the US Gulf Coast, I'll bet you have plenty of Towboat photos up your sleeve!...
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Towboat Joe
towboatjoe
Mar 26, 2006 11:46 pm
Hello Piet, been many years since I've heard from you. how's things on your side of the globe? I just joined this group, thanks to Dan Owen who sent me the...
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William M. Zumwalt
oldriverbillz
Mar 27, 2006 2:33 am
... Well I'll Be Dawg Gone! ..... "Hey Piet!"..... Its me - Old River Bill Zumwalt! ..... Long Time - No Hear From - MY Ole Friend! ... (;-))...
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Joe Hank Hawkins
jhhawki
Mar 27, 2006 4:08 am
My name is Joe Hawkins. I didn't work in a towboat-related industry, but I always enjoyed watching the boats when I got a chance. I live North of Tulsa,...
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Zane & Alexandra John...
zanenalexandra
Mar 27, 2006 5:21 am
Joe, Wow, you are dedicated! Welcome to the group. I sure hope that you have taken some photos during your Towboating quest. I look forward to hearing from you...
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Don Brown
capt_whoopee
Mar 27, 2006 2:14 pm
Just got onboard and am looking for a place to dump my gear. I guess this is as good as any. Take care, Don...
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Zane & Alexandra John...
zanenalexandra
Mar 27, 2006 2:53 pm
Well in one day we are about 24 people strong! Thank you all for joining, keep telling your friends because the more people we get the more photos we'll have!...
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Zane & Alexandra John...
zanenalexandra
Mar 27, 2006 3:03 pm
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Piet Van Damme
nekriek
Mar 27, 2006 3:22 pm
Hi Joe, Hi Bill, my 2 old pals. It makes me very happy to meet you guys again. Everything is OK on this side of the Atlantic and I certainly hope the same of...
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Zane & Alexandra John...
zanenalexandra
Mar 27, 2006 3:25 pm
I took this May 14, 2005 while at an oil terminal about 50(?) miles downstream of Baton Rouge, LA. I believe it is an Eckstein boat but I could not read the...
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Dan Owen
olderfotog2001
Mar 27, 2006 4:30 pm
It is an Eckstein Marine Service boat Dan Owen boatphotos@... All incoming and outgoing messages checked by Norton...
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Dan Owen
olderfotog2001
Mar 27, 2006 5:00 pm
Piet; Does your tug list include European duwbots and U.S. tugs? I helped Carl Wayne maintain his list for several years until he died. I have a couple dozen...
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Piet Van Damme
nekriek
Mar 27, 2006 6:14 pm
Yes Dan, since about 8 months I started inputting international towboats, the pushing type, into my database too. Too many are still missing, but I can always...
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Piet Van Damme
nekriek
Mar 27, 2006 9:57 pm
2002 KARA Pusher L20,90m, B10,00m, D2,80m 2 scr +nozzle, 2x diesel Caterpillar type 3508-TA, 855bhp @1600rpm KARA 2002: Casco built by "Schiffswerft Ebert" at...
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Dan Owen
olderfotog2001
Mar 27, 2006 10:35 pm
Piet; I think at the start here you should make a list of all the country abbreviations so that U.S. members will know which country you are writing about....
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wzumwalt
oldriverbillz
Mar 27, 2006 10:52 pm
Sure is good to hear from you - old friend. Wondered where ya went to? And I'll try to keep closer tabs in the future - with you too. I'm doin ok,...
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Piet Van Damme
nekriek
Mar 27, 2006 11:05 pm
Dan, the country abreviations I use are the ISO standard ones. I do not have the URL by hand, but they can be found on the internet. Eventually, for those...
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wzumwalt
oldriverbillz
Mar 27, 2006 11:08 pm
Zane, Bout time somebody started this kind of group! So I'm already spreading = The Word .... Amongst my towboat'un friends and even have it advertised on my...
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Piet Van Damme
nekriek
Mar 27, 2006 11:18 pm
Bill, I'm glad to read you are still as hardheaded and courageous as before. Besides, need it to be said, slow workers are quality workers. It can only approve...
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Zane & Alexandra John...
zanenalexandra
Mar 29, 2006 4:15 pm
In July 2004 I was sailing on the Research Vessel THOMAS G THOMPSON and we made a visit to the shipyard in Portland, Oregon (One of my favorite ports!). Our...
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Zane & Alexandra John...
zanenalexandra
Mar 29, 2006 4:18 pm
The Towboat DESCHUTES and CLEARWATER in the Willamette on July 21, 2004. Zane Johnston...
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Zane & Alexandra John...
zanenalexandra
Mar 29, 2006 4:26 pm
The USS BLUEBACK moored at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry as a museum ship on the Willamette River. Very interesting tour if you ever get to...
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Zane & Alexandra John...
zanenalexandra
Mar 29, 2006 4:27 pm
The Towboat UMATILLA on the Willamettr River on July 21, 2004. Zane Johnston...
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Dan Owen
olderfotog2001
Mar 29, 2006 4:42 pm
The below boats formerly owned by American Boat Co., Inc., Cahokia, Ill., have been dismantled/scrapped: RAZNER 248942 originally GEORGE T. HORTON, BETTY...
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Richard E."Dick&...
towboatgallery
Mar 29, 2006 4:43 pm
An interesting departure from the typical Mississippi/Ohio towboat. All the towboats that you sent seem to have "long necks", but the Umatilla has a REALLY...
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NKPCAR@...
puppypieholly
Mar 29, 2006 5:31 pm
Did the Razner still have its F-M engines? JIM...
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Dan Owen
olderfotog2001
Mar 29, 2006 5:50 pm
That's the last I heard. But they might have taken them out prior to scrapping. Dan Did the Razner still have its F-M engines? JIM...
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Towboat Joe
towboatjoe
Mar 29, 2006 8:28 pm
Yep, those boats that run the Columbia and Snake Rivers out in Oregon and Washington push those tall pulp barges. I've been meaning to build one of those...
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Piet Van Damme
nekriek
Mar 29, 2006 9:54 pm
1979 CASEY JEAN, 19xx UMATILLA Registered: (USA)ON 613398 136 GT, 93 NT, (60.4'x24.0'x9.8') diesel CASEY JEAN 1979: Built by "Nichols Boat & Barge" at...
