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CAPT. NILES SHOEMAKER
Photo by: Keith Koether

Built in 2012, by Raymond and Associates Incorporated Bayou LaBatre, Alabama (hull #462) as the Capt. Niles Shoemaker for Blessey Marine Services Incorporated of Harahan, Louisiana.

Powered by two, Cummins KTA38-M2 diesel engines. With Twin Disc reduction gears, at a ratio of 7:1. Turning two, stainless steel, fixed pitch propellers. She is a twin screw towboat, rated at 2,000 horsepower.


  • Vessel Name: CAPT. NILES SHOEMAKER
  • USCG Doc. No.: 1239879
  • Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
  • Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted
  • Call Sign: WDG4261
  • Hull Material: STEEL
  • Hull Number: 462
  • Ship Builder: RAYMOND & ASSOCIATES LLC
  • Year Built: 2012
  • Length: 84.5
  • Hailing Port: NEW ORLEANS, LA.
  • Hull Depth: 10.5
  • Hull Breadth: 35
  • Gross Tonnage: 312
  • Net Tonnage: 212
  • Owner:
    BLESSEY ENTERPRISES INC
    1515 RIVER OAKS ROAD EAST
    HARAHAN, LA 70123
  • Previous Vessel Owners:
    WALRICH INC, BLESSEY ENTERPRISES INC, BLESSEY ENTERPRISES INC, BLESSEY ENTERPRISES INC, BLESSEY ENTERPRISES INC, BLESSEY ENTERPRISES INC, BLESSEY ENTERPRISES INC, BLESSEY ENTERPRISES INC, BLESSEY ENTERPRISES INC, BLESSEY ENTERPRISES INC, BLESSEY ENTERPRISES INC, BLESSEY ENTERPRISES INC, BLESSEY ENTERPRISES INC, BLESSEY ENTERPRISES INC, BLESSEY ENTERPRISES INC