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Offshore Service Vessels, Tugboat

And Inland Towboat Fleets

AMERICAN INLAND TOWBOATS 31 December 1983

Horsepower Range 1 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 9500 10000 10500 11000

YEAR BUILT 499 999 1499 1999 2499 2999 3499 3999 4499 4999 5499 5999 6499 6999 7499 7999 8499 8999 9499 9999 10499 10999 11499 Unk TOTALS

Unknown 18 15 12 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 100 1870-1879 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1880-1889 2 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1890-1899 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1900-1909 6 5 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1910-1919 7 3 0 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1920-1929 19 19 8 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 57 1930-1939 104 25 4 14 5 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 1940-1949 254 115 60 51 14 8 23 12 l 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 543 1950-1959 449 214 95 59 36 24 37 21 7 5 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 957 1960 43 19 5 8 1 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 88 1961 31 18 9 6 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 1962 35 28 8 6 3 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 1963 39 34 3 7 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 1964 42 30 7 5 3 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 1965 38 45 11 4 3 1 0 1 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 1966 70 51 18 6 5 7 4 3 1 1 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 177 1967 51 41 20 11 2 1 2 2 0 1 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 1968 40 41 20 8 5 1 3 1 2 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 1969 49 41 13 13 3 0 3 1 2 2 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 1970 48 39 19 6 1 6 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 1971 37 34 9 17 3 3 4 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 1972 29 42 14 13 3 3 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 1973 32 43 15 8 2 1 5 4 5 0 0 11 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 1974 22 71 21 10 4 1 6 5 10 0 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 169 1975 38 78 53 23 3 5 6 6 12 1 0 13 0 1 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 249 1976 30 58 17 13 3 3 4 0 9 2 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 154 1977 24 49 12 10 2 0 4 2 1 2 0 12 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 122 1978 30 67 7 8 1 1 1 0 4 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 126 1979 50 78 30 11 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 187 1980 58 159 57 12 2 2 1 4 0 3 0 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 313 1981 23 135 61 13 11 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 272 1982 17 35 29 9 10 0 7 6 4 0 1 8 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 144 1983 8 7 12 3 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 49

Totals 1744 1646 660 378 138 80 134 97 75 28 15 131 50 4 22 0 9 13 3 2 2 9 1 60 5301

INLAND TOWBOATS—This fleet consists of all towboats and tugs operated exclusively on the inland waterways and intracoastal canal system. The fleet includes vessels operated on the inland waters of the Pacific Northwest and the Atlantic Coast as well as those operated on the Mississippi River System and her tributaries.

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The packing gland on this

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