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free-standing king post to support the main boom, cargo booms and crow's nest.

The vessel, which has an overall length of 221 feet 7 inches, beam of 40 feet 3 inches and draft of 20 feet 1 inch, is powered by a single General

Motors EMD 20-cylinder 20645

E7B main engine developing 3,600 bhp at 900 rpm with a single fixed- blade propeller. She has an approxi- mate net tonnage of 475 tons and a gross tonnage of about 1,000 tons.

For maneuverability, the Sajo

Victoria is fitted with a 350-hp, 47- inch MARCO model T350 bow- thruster powered by a Caterpillar model 3406 DITA engine. Her auxil- iary power is provided by three

KATO 300-kw generators driven by three Caterpillar Model 3412 DITA engines. independent, high-thrust, fully rot- able propulsion/steering units that can be operated individually or to- gether in any direction to put maxi- mum power exactly where it is needed.

The Sally's pilothouse, high above the deck, offers excellent visi- bility. The helm station features dual unilever-type controls and a functional console with all necessary instrumentation. The tug is fitted with 12-inch bow and 16-inch aft towing bitts, two 40-ton hand-oper- ated barge winches, and a hydraulic vertical capstan which is incorpo- rated into the aft towing bitt. She is capable of a bollard pull of some 80,000 pounds. Schulyer 6-inch and 11-inch tendering borders the deck edge, and 9-inch-thick tendering provides gripping action during ship-handling operations.

For ease of service and mainte- nance, the Ulstein angle drive units, including propellers and Kort noz- zles, can be lifted through deck hatches without drydocking the ves- sel. (continued) kuw. * - tfl ff IB1T' he twin-screw, 360°-rotating-nozzle, ship-docking tug ally is powered by two G.M. Detroit Diesel Allison engines ated 900 shp at 2,400. > UDBCCA COLOUR, AKPi

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SALLY

Gladding-Hearn

Shipbuilding

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding,

Somerset, Mass., delivered the pow- erful docking tug Sally to Wilming- ton Tug and Launch, Inc., Wilming- ton, Del.

Powered by two Detroit Diesel 12V-149TI diesel engines rated at 900 shp at 2,400 rpm, the Sally has an overall length of 70 feet, beam of 30 feet and draft of 12 feet 6 inches.

The builder describes the Sally as having "the power of a bulldozer and the maneuverability of a sports car." She can handle vessels with deadweights ranging from 50,000 to 125,000 tons.

Like her sister boat Tina, she does not employ conventional rud- der with fixed propellers. Rather, the Sally is fitted with a pair of

SALLY

Equipment List

Main engines (2) Detroit Diesel

Generator set Volvo Penta/Lima

Propellers Ulstein Maritime

Steering Ulstein Maritime

Controls Ulstein Maritime

Compass Ritchi

Radar Raytheon

VHF radios Raytheo

Depth sounders Raytheon

Horn Buell

Bilge pumps Jabsco

Anchor Danforth

Battery charger . . . Professional Mariner

Searchlight Phoenix

Navigation lights Aqua-Signal

Wipers American Bosch

Fendering Schuyler

Mufflers Cowl

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