Interviewer(s): A. Anand. Cut Off, LA

Affiliation: University of Arizona

Mr. Buddy (A.J.) Cantrelle was referred to me by Mr. Ferrel of Crosby Tugs as a person with extensive offshore experience. He was younger than I'd assumed. Mr. Cantrelle lives in a fairly new house. His wife and daughter were home watching TV in the living room, and I was cursorily introduced to them. On the phone he'd mentioned to me that his father might join us, but Mr. A.J. Cantrelle (Sr.) could not make it.

Mr. Buddy Cantrelle was born in 1960 and began to work on boats at a very young age. He began working as a deckhand on a tugboat while he was still in high school and returned to the boats after graduation. He became a captain at the age of 20 and worked offshore from 1977-1993; his father worked tugboats from 1953-1986. Mr. Buddy has worked on the east coast and abroad, and he feels that Louisiana's infrastructure needs more funding, given its importance to the nation.