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Vessels

Long Island for operations between Bridgeport, Conn., and Port Jef- ferson, N.Y. The 302-foot-long ferry is designed by Brain- tree, Mass.-based Gilbert Associates, with capacity for up to 1,000 passengers and 124 cars, or a combination of cars and up to six trucks. The vessel is powered by twin EPA

Tier 4 Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) 12 ME 23B, rated 3,000 HP at 900 RPM and driving Reintjes WAF 3445 3.083:1 reduction gears delivering power to ? xed pitch

Eastern Shipbuilding Group propellers. It will be capable of operating at 17 knots. The

Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) held a launch and ferry is also equipped with three John Deere 6135 AFM85 diesel generators, rated 300 KW at 1,800 RPM, as well as christening ceremony for the ferry Long Island at its Al- two Berg Model MTT113 FPL bow thrusters, each driven lanton Shipyard in Panama City, Fla. Scheduled to be de- livered later this year, the new Subchapter H passenger and by John Deere 6135 AFM85 diesels rated 500 HP at 2,000 auto ferry is being built for Bridgeport & Port Jefferson rpm and coupled to Reintjes WVS 234 1.50:1 reduction

Steamboat Company, a subsidiary of McAllister Towing, gears. Its steering gear is by Jastram.