Pictured as: the Safety Pride (American Commercial Barge Lines) Photo by: Kyle Stubbs
Built in 2007 by B and B Boatbuilders Incorporated at Bayou La Batre, Alabama (hull #263) as the Safety Pride for J. Russell Flowers Incorporated of Greenville, Mississippi.
From delivery, the tug was chartered to AEP River Operations LLC of Chesterfield, Missouri. Where she retained her name.
In 2015, AEP River Operations LLC was acquired by American Commercial Barge Lines Incorporated of Jeffersonville, Indiana. American Commercial Barge Lines then continued the lease of the tug. Where she retained her name.
Powered by two Cat 3508 II diesel engines, with Twin Disc reduction gear at a ratio of 4.6:1. She is a twin screw towboat rated at 1,550 horsepower.