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A brand new Victorian-style sternwheel riverboat reflecting the elegance of a bygone era is now under construction at Moss Point

Marine, Inc., Escatawpa, Miss., for the Moody Foundation of Galves- ton TGXSS

The 152-foot-long Colonel will be able to accommodate up to 800 pas- sengers on historical and jazz dinner cruises of the Galveston Bay harbor beginning in the summer of 1985.

She will be able to serve 500 for dinner and will be equipped with catering facilities, bars, bandstands and hardwood dance floors. Her two main salons, the Galveston Room and the Texas Room, which can host separate parties, will each serve 250. The Colonel will feature large windows affording passengers unob- structed viewing while allowing more people to use them. She will also have a large, open promenade deck at the upper level which can accommodate up to 500 passengers.

A souvenir shop will also be located on the promenade deck.

The idea for the vessel began with

Bobby Moody, a director of the

Moody Foundation, while viewing

Paris from a sightseeing boat on the

River Seine. He envisioned a beauti- ful sternwheeler which would show tourists the many interesting sights of Galveston Bay while becoming a tourist attraction itself.

With no prior knowledge of pad- dlewheelers, or their operations, the

Moody Foundation made a nation- wide review of similar vessels and their operators. The foundation concluded that the New Orleans- based Creole Queen was the best type of boat for Galveston, and its operator, New Orleans Paddle- wheels, Inc., was ideally suited to operate the boat, as well as provide technical assistance on design, se- lection of a shipbuilder, and con- struction oversight.

The Colonel will be operated by

New Orleans Paddlewheels (Texas),

Inc.

Mr. Moody said New Orleans

Paddlewheels president Warren

Reuther is uniquely qualified as he is an experienced, successful river- boat operator, as well as a former shipbuilder.

Mr. Reuther said Moss Point

Marine, Inc. was selected to build the Colonel because of the ship- yard's demonstrated ability to build high-quality vessels, and the ease of dealing with the yard's management and construction workers.

The Colonel will be 152 feet in length with a 40-foot beam and 8- foot 6-inch depth. She will be pow- ered by two Caterpillar 3408 diesel engines developing 365 hp each at 1,800 rpm. They will turn two stain- less-steel, five-bladed 52- by 46- inch-diameter propellers through

Caterpillar 7221 reverse/reduction gears.

Fifty-six tons of Carrier air condi- tioning and heating will keep the

Colonel's passengers comfortable year-round. Power for the air condi- tioning and other ship's services will be provided by two Caterpillar 3306 diesels through Delco 135 kw, 60- cycle generators.

An EMI, electro-hydraulic steer- ing system located at three stations will guide the vessel, and steering will be enhanced by a 100-hp Pro- pulsion Systems, Inc. bowthruster.

The rich Victorian red carpeting will be provided by a mill in Kitty- minster, England, and the decora- tive wrought iron "Bird of Paradise" and "Pontalba" trim will come from a foundry in Birmingham, Ala.

The sternwheeler is named after

W. L. Moody Sr., a Confederate colonel during the Civil War. He founded several enterprises includ- ing banks and a cotton company in

Galveston.

COLONEL

Suppliers' List

Main engines (2) Caterpillar

Gears Caterpilla

Engine controls WABCO

Steering system SSI

Bearings . . . B.F. Goodrich (Cutless)

Generator & engines .... Caterpillar

Main & emergency switchboard . . Continental Electric

Distribution

Panels Continental Electric

Bilge/ballast/fire pumps . . . Goulds

Oily water pump Viking

A/C pump Goulds

Air compressors Quincy

Sanitary Fittings Crane

Radar Sitex

VHF radio Horizon

Anchors Danforth

Paint International

Ballast tank coating Texaco

Boom winches Beebe

Watertight doors Marhil

Capstan Skipper

Exterior lights Pauluhn

Search & Navigation lights . . . Perko

Flood lights Hubbel

Muffler Maxim

Water heater Crane

Air conditioning Carrier

Batteries Delco

Alarm SSI

General Alarm System .... Henschel

Powered phones Hensche

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Artist's conception of the Victorian-style sternwheel riverboat Colonel under construction at Moss Point Marine shipyard in Escatawpa, Miss.

Moss Point Marine To Build

Victorian-Style Sternwheel Riverboat

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