Insley Yard Delivers Tug To Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
The Sunshine State, a new twin-screw tug designed by S.L. Petchull, Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was recently delivered to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company by the builder, N.E. Insley, Inc. of Crisfie'ld, Md.
Built to American Bureau of Shipping standards, the new tug, with dimensions of 46 feet by 16 feet and a 5-foot draft, has been placed in operation as a dredge tender on the Florida Coast. The Sunshine State's ample 'beam and deep V hull configuration will provide increased stability in rough seas.
The hull, framed on 18-inch centers, is heavily built using J^-inch plate for the sheer strake and 5/16-inch for sides and bottom. There are four transverse bulkheads and four fuel tanks with a total capacity of 2,800 gallons.
Twin Detroit Diesel Model 6-71 engines with 3.85 to 1 reduction gear turn 44-inch-diameter stainless steel propellers. Free speeds in excess of 11 knots were recorded during trial runs.
The Sunshine State is equipped with hydraulic steering, two 3.5-kw diesel generators, air starting for main engines, keel cooling, radar, radiotelephone, monitor receiver, depth finder, and both hand and electric bilge pumps.
The tugs forecastle offers full-day boat accommodations and seats six men. The pilothouse is large with good visibility. A fulllength bunk/seat provides additional seating required during crew deployment.
The Insley shipyard is presently engaged in the construction of a 1,200-hp towboat, as well as the repair and construction of various smaller steel vessels. Additional information may be obtained 'by writing Jack Hoyle, N.E. Insley, Inc., P.O. Box II, Crisfield, Md, 21817.
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- Shallow-Draft Bulk Carrier Study Award To M. Rosenblatt page: 4
- Naval Hydrodynamics Symposium To Be Held At M.I.T. June 24-28 page: 4
- Dravo Corporation Launches Most Powerful Towboat For Use On World's Inland Waterways page: 6
- U.S. Lines Names Pert Manager-Operations For Eastern Division page: 8
- $40-Million Contract To Nashville Bridge For Towboats, Barges page: 10
- Nathan Friedland loins Santa Fe Engineering page: 10
- Todd Appoints Stuart Jones To Head New Tanker Planning page: 11
- Todd Shipyards Los Angeles Division To Build Four 89,700-Dwt Tankers At A Total Cost Of $136 Million page: 11
- Officers Named By Johnston Pump Company page: 11
- AML And APL Announce Changes Of Key Personnel page: 12
- Ingram Signs 10-Year $150-Million Contract To Transport Fuel Oil page: 13
- Three Appointments To Towing Industry Advisory Committee page: 13
- Alaska Pipeline Background Information -Tankers Required To Cost $1.6 Billion page: 14
- Minneapolis Investors Acquire Grafton Boat page: 14
- First Phase Of New Keppel Subsidiary, Tuas Shipyard, To Cost $70 Million —A Number Of Key Appointments Made page: 17
- Long-Term Charters Planned By Sohio page: 17
- Finnish Passenger Ship To Be Powered By Turbo Power & Marine Systems Gas Turbines page: 17
- Universal Gas & Oil To Sell LPG Carrier For $32.5 Million page: 18
- Harold Reinauer Named Vice President AWO Region Five page: 22
- Adm. Healey, USN (Ret.) Joins EDO Corporation page: 23
- Study Indicates U.S. Waterborne Trade To Triple By Year 2000 page: 26
- Lufkin Announces Three Appointments page: 27
- New Pacific Coast Shipping Association Invites Membership page: 28
- COMSAT General Corp. Names David W. King page: 28
- Moore And McCormack Changes Firm Name— Earnings Increased page: 32
- American Export Lines Agrees To Sell Two Passenger Vessels page: 33
- Stork-Werkspoor Receive Orders For 32 Engines page: 33
- ASME Marine Committee To Present Thirteen Papers At Zurich Gas Turbine Conference page: 34
- Dearborn-Storm To Concentrate On Offshore Drilling Industry —Computer Leasing To Be Sold page: 35
- B&W To Supply Six Marine Boilers For Three Merchant Ships page: 36
- C.J. Hendry Co. Appoints John Iamarino page: 36
- Waterways Attract 87 Plant Facilities In Last Quarter 73 page: 37
- Liffey Marine Operating New Supply Vessel Designed To Carry A Wide Variety Of Cargo page: 38
- AAPA Committee Names John Finnegan page: 39
- Soviet Trading Firm Takes Space In N.Y/s World Trade Center page: 39
- A.L. Burbank Forms Shipcentral, Limited —Tsao Named To Board page: 40
- Colt Industries To Build Fairbanks Morse Diesels To Power ODECO's Ocean Ranger page: 42
- Insley Yard Delivers Tug To Great Lakes Dredge & Dock page: 42
- British Ocean Group Forms New Shipbroking Company page: 43
- Kings Point Alumni Opposes Committee Dismemberment page: 43
- Engelhard To Provide Cathodic Protection For 16 Navy Destroyers page: 44
- Northen Of ACT/PACE Elected CI President page: 44
- Campbell Launches 18th In Series Of Tuna Superseiners page: 45
- Rule Changes By Lloyd's Register page: 49
- Carrington Slipways Builds Fleet Of Eight Supply Vessels For Australian Offshore page: 50
- 60% Of Spanish-Built Ships Built By Astilleros Espanoles —Spain Now In Fourth Place page: 50
