Built in 1975, by Mainstream Shipyards Incorporated of Greenville, Mississippi (hull #58) as the Edwin L. Kennedy for the Ingram Barge Company of Nashville, Tennessee.

In 2019, the tug was acquired by the Whitetail Vessel Company LLC. of Paducah, Kentucky. Where she was renamed as the Roger K. Shaw.

Powered by two, GM 12-645E7B diesel engines. With Falk reduction gears, at a ratio of 4.48:1. Turning two, fixed pitch propellers mounted in kort nozzles. She is a twin screw towboat, rated at 4,300 horsepower.