Vessels

This 140 foot by 35 foot twin screw towboat was purchased by Parker Towing Company, Inc. in December, 2004. 
Built in 1974 by Mainstream Shipyards, Greenville, MS., it is powered by two 16 cylinder Caterpillar 3516 diesel engines, delivering 4,200 horse power through 7 to 1 REINTJES reduction gears. Originally named the FRANK H. PEAVY while owned by Greenville Towing Co., Inc. It was transfered to William Leasing Company, Greenville, MS in March, 1979 and renamed SHELLY MOTT. Sold in May, 1982 to TPC Transportation Company Inc., St. Louis, MO. and renamed SNO SHEEN. Sold in February, 1989 to Peavey, MS and renamed GREENVILLE. Sold in March, 1996 to American Commercial Barge Line, Jeffersonville, Indiana.

It replaces the original M/V Thelma Parker which was destroyed by a devastating fire while transiting the Tenn-Tom Waterway on October 18, 1998. It is presently in service on the Warrior-Tombigbee River, Tenn-Tom, Tennessee, Ohio, Upper and Lower Mississippi, Intercoastal East Waterways and Mobile Bay.

Photo by: Fred Miller II