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Built in 1944, by Decatur Iron and Steel of Decatur, Alabama (hull #DPC-42) as the DPC-42 for the United States Defense Plant Corporation. The tug was later sold and renamed Skipper, then Viatic. In 1957, she was acquired by the Dalzell Towing and Transportation Company (New Haven Transport Company) of New York, New York, and renamed Dalzellance.

In 1965, the Dalzell Towing and Transportation Company was acquired by the McAllister Brothers Towing Company of New York, New York. In 1967, the tug was acquired by Thomas J. Brown and Son of New York, New York, and renamed Cecilia J. Brown. She was single-screw, rated at 700 horsepower.

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