Built in 1976, by the Nashville Bridge Company of Nashville, Tennessee (hull #2483) as the Sam M. Fleming Ingram Barge Company of Nashville, Tennessee.

In 1994, the tug was leased Coastal Towing Incorporated of Houston, Texas. Where she was renamed as the G.B. Pickett Jr.

In 1994, she was returned to the Ingram Barge Company of Nashville, Tennessee. Where the tug was renamed as the Marge McFarlin.

Powered by two, GM 12-645E7B diesel engines. With Falk reduction gears, at a ratio of 4.448:1. Turning two, fixed pitch propeller in kort nozzles. She is a twin screw towboat, rated at 4,300 horsepower.