Vessels

This 85 foot by 34 foot twin screw towboat was designed and built by Parker Towing Company, Inc. 1982 and named in honor of Mr. Rhett Parker, father of the company's founder Captain Tim Parker, Sr. Built in 1982 by Mississippi marine Towboat Corp., Greenville, MS., it is powered by two 12 cylinder CATERPILLAR model 3512 diesel engines, delivering 2,100 horse power through 6 to 1 CATERPILLAR reduction gears. It is presently in service on the Warrior-Tombigbee, Tenn-Tom, Tennessee Waterways and Mobile Bay.