Vessels

This 133 foot by 34.4 foot twin screw towboat was purchased by Parker Towing Company, Inc. in June, 2010 and re-named in honor of Captain Tom Huckabee, a long time Parker Towing Company, Inc. employee and senior captain.

Built in 1968 by Greenville Shipbuilding Corporation, Greenville, MS., it is powered by two 16 cylinder General Motors E.M.D. model 645E2 diesel engines, delivering 3,800 horsepower through 3.737 to 1 HALEY reduction gears.

Originally named the JIMMY VICKERS while owned by Delta Towing Company, Greenville, Mississippi it was sold in 1970 to Gulf-Northern Company, Inc., McKees Rocks, PA. and renamed SARAH E.THOMAS. Sold in December, 1976 to Harcon Barge Company, Smithland, KY and renamed MARIE THOMPSON. Sold in February, 1988 to M/G Transport Services, Inc., Cincinnati, OH and renamed RICHARD A HAIN. Sold December, 1994 to Ingram Barge Company, Nashville, TN and renamed HOWARD A. THOMPSON. Sold April 2004 and renamed DOUG ROBERTS by DJP Marine LLC and operated by Florida Marine Transporters, Inc., Mandeville, LA.

It is presently in service on the Warrior-Tombigbee, Tenn-Tom, Tennessee, Ohio, Upper and Lower Mississippi, Intracoastal East Waterways and Mobile Bay.

Photo by: Fred Miller II