Halter Marine Delivers Two Supply Boats To Tidewater

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E a c h v e s s e l h a s a n o v e r a l l l e n g t h o f 1 8 0 f e e t , a 4 0 - f o o t b e a m , a 1 4 - f o o t d r a f t , a n d a n o r m a l o p e r a t i n g d r a f t o f 1 1 f e e t . T h e i r n o r - m a l d i s p l a c e m e n t i s 6 0 5 . 3 3 l o n g t o n s .

B o t h a r e p o w e r e d b y t w o C a t e r p i l l a r D - 3 9 9 e n g i n e s p r o d u c i n g 1 , 0 9 0 h o r s e p o w e r e a c h a t 1 , 2 2 5 r p m . T h e y s w i n g 7 6 - i n c h - d i a m e t e r s t a i n l e s s - s t e e l f o u r - b l a d e d p r o p e l l e r s w h i c h a r e d r i v e n b y t w o A B S G r a d e 2, 7 y 2 - i n c h - d i a m e t e r f o r g e d - s t e e l p r o p e l l e r s h a f t s .

F r e e - r u n n i n g s p e e d is a p p r o x i m a t e l y 12 k n o t s .

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T h e J o n e s T i d e a n d L a u g h l i n T i d e a r e e a c h e q u i p p e d w i t h t w o G e n e r a l M o t o r s 8 V 7 1 d i e - s e l e n g i n e s d r i v i n g 1 2 5 - k w g e n e r a t o r s . T h e y a r e fitted w i t h t w o 2 , 0 0 0 - p o u n d a n c h o r s w i t h a t o t a l o f 1 , 0 8 0 f e e t o f l ^ - i n c h h i g h - s t r e n g t h s t e e l l i n k c h a i n .

E a c h v e s s e l i s a l s o e q u i p p e d w i t h a M u r - r a y T r e g u r t h a b o w t h r u s t e r f o r i m p r o v e d m a n e u v e r a b i l i t y d u r i n g l o a d i n g a n d o f f - l o a d i n g .

T h e y a r e A B S c l a s s e d , M a l t e s e C r o s s , A - l , A M S f u l l o c e a n t o w i n g , c a r r y P a n a m a C a n a l a n d S u e z C a n a l a d m e a s u r e m e n t c e r t i f i c a t e s , a n d a r e U . S . P u b l i c H e a l t h a p p r o v e d .

T h e T i d e w a t e r v e s s e l s w e r e b u i l t a t H a l t - e r ' s M o s s P o i n t , M i s s . , D i v i s i o n , o n e o f 10 s h i p y a r d s o w n e d a n d o p e r a t e d b y H a l t e r i n t h e S o u t h e a s t e r n U n i t e d S t a t e s . H a l t e r is t h e w o r l d ' s l a r g e s t b u i l d e r o f s u p p l y v e s s e l s f o r t h e o f f s h o r e o i l a n d g a s i n d u s t r y .

Maritime Reporter Magazine, page 43, Aug 1978

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