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Remembering Longtime Towboat Captain Willie Chauvin Jr.
| 题名： | Remembering Longtime Towboat Captain Willie Chauvin Jr. |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | FRANK MCCORMACK |
| 摘要： | Willie Chauvin Jr., a longtime and beloved towboat captain and native of Mar-rero, La., died June 11 at his home in Lor-anger, La. He was 75. Chauvin was born August 14, 1946, to the late Enola Estay and the late Willie Chauvin Sr. One of 12 children, he and his brother, Larry, both went into the towing industry. Chauvin got his start in the towing industry with Federal Barge Lines in the late 1960s. He also captained for Point Landing in the 1970s. In the 1980s, Chauvin formed Marine Towing and bought a boat, which he named the mv. Lady Maria after his wife of 56 years, Maria Dufrene Chauvin. "It didn't work out for him, because it was a bad time in the '80s with push boats," his son, Brad Chauvin, said. "But during that time, I basically grew up on the boat. When we were out of school for summertime, we'd be on the boat, me and my brother. It just stuck. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 136 |
| 期： | 13 |
| 页码： | 12-12 |
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