摘要: |
TEN YEARS AGO, Buffalo Marine christened the mv. Patrick J. Studdert, built by Sneed Shipbuilding; Elite Towing added the new mv. R.C. Creppel to its fleet; and the Port of Osceola, Ark., reopened after being closed for a month by low water on the Mississippi River. TWENTY YEARS AGO, reports indicated that Army Secretary Thomas White and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld were planning to transfer the Corps' civil works program to a different agency; and the mv. Walter E. Blessey was christened in Houston, Texas. THIRTY YEARS AGO, Serodino Inc. finished construction of a 1,000 hp. twin-screw tow-boat, the Buckeye, for TVA; and Shamblin Stone Inc. applied to the Huntington Engineer District for a permit to build five tri-pile clusters along Wilson Island on the Kanawha River at Dunbar, WVa. FORTY YEARS AGO, the 4,200 hp. Warren W Hines was christened for Hines Inc. at Bowling Green, Ky.; and Missouri Valley Shipyard finished the first phase of a hull assembly building at Leavenworth, Kan. |