Built in 1982, by St. Louis Ship of St. Louis, Missouri (hull #4730) as the Robert A. Kyle for the Ingram Barge Company of Nashville, Tennessee.
In 2008, the Ingram Barge Company renamed the tug as the O.H. Ingram.
Powered by three, EMD 16-645E7B diesel engines. With Falk reduction gears, at a ratio of 4.536:1. Turning two, fixed pitch propellers mounted in kort nozzles. She is a triple screw towboat, rated at 9,200 horsepower.