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Built in 1950, by the Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin (hull #231) as the Emily Jean for the Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
In 1951, the tug was acquired by the G. W. Gladders Towing Company Incorporated of St. Louis, Missouri. Where she retained her name.
In 1968, she was acquired by the Memphis Barge Company of Carruthersville, Missouri. Where the tug retained her name.
In 1972, the tug was acquired by Warfield Towing Services Incorporated of Greenville, Tennessee. Where she retained her name.
In 1975, the tug was acquired the River Towing Company of Union City, New Jersey. Where she retained her name and the tug was chartered to the McAllister Brothers Towing Company of New York, New York.
In 1976, she was acquired by the Horan Transportation Corporation of New York, New York. Where the tug retained her name.
In 1986, the tug was then acquired by the Eklof Marine Corporation of Staten Island, New York. Where she retained her name.
In 1987, the Eklof Marine Corporation renamed the tug as the Rising Sun.
In 1988, the tug was dropped from documentation. And, was converted for use as a floating workshop by the Eklof Marine Corporation at the company's yard in Staten Island, New York.
Powered by two, surplus twelve cylinder Cleveland Diesel engines. Turning two, 8.5(in) by 10(in) fixed pitch propellers. She was a twin screw towboat, rated at 1,800 horsepower
(William Lafferty, Robert Mattsson)