Cummins-Powered Cruise/Dining Vessel 'Star Of Louisville' Now In Service On Ohio River
The cruise/dining vessel Star of Louisville, built by Marine Builders Inc. of Utica, Ind., was recently put into service on the Ohio River and is now offering lunch, dinner and moonlight cruises along Louisville's shore. Owned by Star of Louisville, Inc., and operated by Starline Corporation, the vessel can accommodate 350 dinner passengers and is Coast Guard certified for a total of 600.
The Star of Louisville, 126 feet long by 35 feet wide, has two fully enclosed, temperature-controlled dining decks and an outdoor observation deck. Two 48-inch by 32-inch five-blade Doran propellers are turned through 3.5:1 reduction gears by twin Cummins NTA-855-M in-line, sixcylinder marine diesels rated 350 hp each at 1,800 rpm, providing speeds up to 12 mph under the 700-hp propulsion of the engines. The propulsion system incorporates Lo Rez vibration isolaters which dampen normal vibration, resulting in quiet operation over the entire speed range of the engines.
Two Cummins 6BT5.9 diesels were selected to drive Lima 100-kw generators, with one providing electrical power exclusively for the galley. All the Cummins engines were supplied by Cummins Cumberland, Inc. of Louisville.
The "Star" employs an electrical/hydraulic steering system designed by Marine Builders.
Johnson keel coolers were specified, along with Furuno radar, a Polaris Regency VHF, depth finder, Murphy alarm system, and a Kahlenberg horn.
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- B u t t e r w o r t h Adds Eighth U.S. Supply C e n t e r— M a r i n e H a r d w a re page: 6
- Kiene Offers Improved Diesel Compression Set page: 7
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- Sims Pump Valve Offers Durable Composite Impellers And Parts For Marine Use page: 8
- Three Engines—One Design Concept: MAN B&W's State-Of-The-Art Propulsion Family For The 90s page: 10
- MAN B&W Holeby's CODAG GenSet Is Said To Save Up To 50 Percent In Electricity Production Costs page: 11
- OUTSTANDING OCEANGOING SHIPS OF 1988 page: 12
- $29.4-BILLION FY89 NAVY BUDGET APPROVED FOR SHIPS AND EQUIPMENT page: 23
- MAJOR NAVY CONTRACTS page: 25
- U.S. SHIP MAINTENANCE & REPAIR— A $50 BILLION TO $60 BILLION 10-YEAR MARKET page: 28
- MMA Meeting Studies Changes In Navy Acquisition page: 36
- Philadelphia Sections Of SNAME, ASNE Hear Paper On Maritime Industry page: 37
- Halter Marine Delivers First Of Six U.S. Navy Ocean Surveillance Ships In $85-Million Contract page: 38
- Deck Cannister N o w Offered For Avon Coastline Life Raft page: 47
- Cummins-Powered Cruise/Dining Vessel 'Star Of Louisville' Now In Service On Ohio River page: 48
- High-Performance Coatings Division Acquired By Hempel From Reliance Universal page: 48
- Westmont Industries Offers Eight-Page Color Brochure On Port Equipment page: 49
- Sperry Marine To Distribute Northstar Computerized Loran-C Navigators page: 50
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