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Jeffboat Delivers Esso Texas To Humble Oil & Refininq The 154th vessel delivered by Jeffboat in 1968 is put through her paces before delivery to Esso. Jeffboat, Inc., has delivered a new 1,700-hp, twin-screw, diesel towboat, Esso Texas, to the Humble Oil & Refining Company. Capt. Charles Edwards took command of the vessel for the owner's trial and maiden voyage from the shipyard. Designed and built at Jeffboat, the Esso Texas was the 154th vessel delivered by the Jeffersonville, Ind., shipyard in 1968. The vessel's principal dimensions are 90 feet by 28 feet by 10^2 feet, with a normal operating draft of 8 feet. The Esso Texas is unusually well outfitted for a vessel of this size, and uses the most modern equipment in all phases of its con-struction. It boasts monitering, navigational, and communication equipment normally found only on the larger, 5,000-hp class towboats. Another unusual feature is the towboat's hull design. Most towboats are designed to use a single method of towing. The Esso Texas is designed to adapt to both push towing and hawser towing, the two principal methods. Propulsion is provided by two Caterpillar Model D398 diesel engines, each rated at 850 shp at 1,225 rpm, driving 75-inch stainless steel propellers through a 4:1 Lufkin No. 1818 reverse-reduction gear. Two 75-kw generators, driven by Caterpillar Model D330 diesels, pro-vide 440-volt, 3-phase, 60-cycle electric power for the vessel. The Esso Texas is equipped with two steering rudders and four flanking rudders, all operated by independent hydraulic steering engines. Hydraulic power is provided by two Racine variable volume pumps, each driven by a main propulsion engine. The auxiliary machinery includes Simplex generator-control panels, Dunham-Bush air conditioning and electric heaters, Quincy air compressors, Trabon grease lubrication sys-tem, Fairbanks-Morse potable water pressure set, McNaulin incinerator, Marlow fire pump (together with a Walter Kidde fixed fire ex-tinguishing system in the engine room), and a Pall sewage plant. Deck machinery consists of two Link Belt pull-pak capstans and two Nabrico single-drum hydraulic winches. For engine monitoring and generator control a National Marine Service Tugmonitor system is installed. The navigation and communication systems include two Motorola SSB, VHF and public correspondence radios, two RCA radars, Ray-theon fathometer, Executone intercom, Hen-schel sound-powered telephones, Carlisle & Finch searchlights, Kahlenberg air horn, and a Decca rate of turn indicator. Captain Edwards delivered the new towboat to Houston, Texas, for christening and from there to the Gulf Intracoastal Canal where it was put in service between Baytown and Baton Rouge. Jeffboat, Inc. is an integral part of the Inland Waterways Services Division of Texas Gas Transmission Corporation. r mt" I M 22U ?cm. i i ATLAS MASTIC ASPHALT LTD. Marine Decking Consultants For All Materials & Systems Canadian Agents (DURASTIC LTD. UK.) 565 Congregation St. Montreal - 104 - Canada 514-932-7012 514-932-3531 MARINE SERVICES NAVAL ARCHITECTS MARINE ENGINEERS A Division of Genge Industries, Inc. Honolulu: 1375 Dillingham San Diego: 3467 Kurtz Los Angeles: 4419 Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks, Col. (213) 981-3111 William L. Banks, Jr. Cargo Gear Consultants 226 Warner Avenue (516) MAyfair 1-7264 Roslyn Heights, N.Y. J. L. 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