Built in 1964, by Jeffboat Incorporated of Jeffersonville, Indiana (hull #1224) as the Hugh C. Blaske for American Commercial Lines LLC. of Jeffersonville, Indiana.

In 2012, the tug was acquired by the Ingram Barge Company of Nashville, Tennessee. Where she was renamed as the Ozzie.

Repowered in 2013, she is driven by two EMD 12-710G7C III diesel engines. With Lufkin reduction gears, at a ratio of 4.345:1. Turning two, fixed pitch propellers mounted in kort nozzles. She is a twin screw towboat, rated at 6,000 horsepower.