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Feature

Great Vessels of 2023

All American Marine

SHACKLEFORD

Built to service the growing offshore wind market as allowing accurate and repeatable lever arm calculations to well as accomplish many other scienti? c survey missions, all survey sensors. Coordinate Uncertainty Analysis of the

Shackleford is a 73- by 26.7-foot aluminum research and ? nal DimCon survey establishes an overall RMS of 0.0001 hydrographic survey vessel constructed by Bellingham, meters between all established points within the network.

Wash. shipbuilder All American Marine (AAM) for the “To achieve the highest level of data accuracy day in and day growing ? eet of Geodynamics, an NV5 company. out, our model over the last two decades is simple: we consider

Designed by Nic de Waal of Teknicraft Design in Auck- the boat as a precision survey instrument, purpose built for land, New Zealand speci? cally for site development and the speci? c survey environment and then wrapped around the cable surveys for offshore wind and telecommunications for ideal sensors for a speci? c set of missions,” said Chris Free- extended 12- or limited 24-hour operations, the newbuild le- man, SVP at Geodynamics. “This new best-in-class vessel will verages fundamental design elements of the Duke University provide an unmatched platform for our continued focus per-

Marine Lab’s Shearwater and Blue Tide Puerto Rico’s Blue forming to the most stringent offshore survey speci? cations in

Manta—both built by All American Marine for operations the world, whether that is for nautical charting or for subsea in near-coastal research environments. The Shackleford in- exploration to support offshore wind development.” tegrates Teknicraft’s signature symmetrical and asymmetri- Capable of 18- to 24-knot cruising speeds, Shackleford cal combined hull shape, bow wave piercer and a patented is equipped with twin EPA Tier 3 Caterpillar C-18 diesel hydrofoil-assisted hull design. The hull and hull components engines rated at 803 hp at 2,100 RPM that drive two ? xed are designed to break up wave action and ensure reduced drag pitch propellers through ZF 665V remote mounted gear- while enhancing passenger comfort and survey conditions. boxes. The vessel has two 21 kW Northern Lights generators.

From its homeport of Beaufort, N.C., Shackleford will With a large fuel capacity of 1,500 gallons, this fuel- serve an integral role in Geodynamics’ mission of providing ef? cient design is licensed for up to 16 day passengers and turnkey single pass offshore surveys and has been speci? cally has live-aboard accommodations of up 10 passengers. On customized to perform specialized nearshore and mid-shelf board the vessel, passengers and crew have comfortable hydrographic and geophysical survey operations for the bur- quarters, large state-of-the-art lab spaces, and a full range geoning offshore wind sector on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. of hydrographic and marine geophysical instrumentation.

To reduce survey mobilization costs, Shackleford is out- Shackleford offers ? ve dedicated computer stations, three ? tted with fully dedicated and redundant survey systems, bunkrooms, two heads and a full galley.

including a Kongsberg EM 2040 MKII multibeam echo- Ron Wille, All American Marine president & COO, sounder deployed through the vessel’s moonpool via retract- said, “This vessel will enable Geodynamics to take their able strut. Dimensional Control (DimCon) surveys utiliz- business to the next level, provide unmatched services and ing applied metrology techniques orient the Shackleford’s expand their scienti? c activities on the east coast signi? - primary IMU/multibeam reference systems, and a network cantly. The vessel will also help advance the rapidly grow- of discrete benchmarks set within the vessel’s reference frame ing windfarm industry on the East Coast and beyond.” 54 | MN November 2023