Tunis (Towboat, 1944-1960)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Screw
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1944 at St. Louis, Missouri by St. Louis Shipbuilding and Steel Company
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Decommissioned in 1960
• OWNERS: 1944: Defense Plant Corporation; 1947: Ore Steamship Company; 1950: Inland Waterways Corporation; Unknown date: Federal Barge Lines, Inc.
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1944: Captain William Ripley (master)
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2473; Originally owned by the Defense Plant Corporation she was leased through the Inland Waterways Corporation during WWII. She was then chartered to the Butcher-Arthur Company of Houston, TX. In 1947 she was sold to Ore Steamship Company, a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel Company, and placed in "moth balls" at Beaumont, Texas. November, 1950 she was sold to Inland Waterways Corporation and later ownership was transferred to Federal Barge Lines, Inc.
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Near shore with tow