Tim Parker

Tim Parker

This 85 foot by 32 foot twin screw towboat was designed and built by Parker Towing Company, Inc. 1980 and named in honor of the company's founder Captain Timothy Mize Parker Sr., his son Timothy Mize Parker, Jr. and his grandson Timothy Mize Parker III.

Built in 1980 by Mainstream Shipyards, Greenville, MS., it has been re-powered with two Mitsubishi S12R Heavy Duty engines and Reintjes WAF665 reduction gears at 5.95.1 delivering 2520HP at 1600 RPM. It is presently in service on the Warrior-Tombigbee, Tenn-Tom, Tennessee Waterways and Mobile Bay.