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'Birgit-N'— First Crabber/Trawler

From Tacoma Boatbuilding

For Bering Sea Service deck are protected by watertight doors.

The efficiency of the Birgit-N's design is enhanced by the use of two 10-ton cranes, both fabri- cated by Northern Line Machine, a division of Tacoma Boat. The forward crane has a reach of 36 feet, and will serve as the picking boom. The aft crane is a unique level luffing design with a reach of 48 feet. The level luffing fea- ture of this crane allows the op- erator to raise and extend the boom without the need to con- stantly pay out or haul in line.

No matter how the boom is ma- nipulated, the line length remains fixed. This arrangement is safer, faster, and more precise than ex- isting installations. Both cranes are controlled by hydraulic servos on the main control valves which are located in the engine room.

The boat is also equipped with a pair of trawl winches, a stern

The newly christened fishing vessel Birgit-N is the first crab- ber/trawler built by Tacoma Boat- building Co., Inc., Tacoma, Wash., for service in the Bering Sea.

The Birgit-N (shown above) was built by Tacoma Boatbuilding Co.,

Inc. for Peter Njardvik and A.O.

Nordheim to join their other ves- sels in the rigorous and highly competitive Bering Sea crab fish- ery. The design, by B.F. Jensen and Associates, incorporates sev- eral features improving the effi- ciency of the vessel.

The Birgit-N has four crab tanks, each tank being insulated with 6 inches of closed cell ure- thane foam. The four-tank ar- rangement allows for ease of load- ing crab, and also facilitates han- dling of salmon when the vessel acts as a tender during the Alas- kan salmon season. A 60-ton re- frigeration plant is installed to maintain fish in the tanks at a temperature of 30F in chilled seawater. Sumps located in the forward tanks and a sliding wa- tertight door between tanks will allow rapid discharge of the fro- zen salmon via a fish elevator through the forward tank hatches.

A major benefit of the four- tank arrangement is a shaft alley allowing access from the engine room to the steering compart- ment and lazarette below decks.

The circulation pumps are located in the shaft alley, thus leaving more usable space in the engine room. All compartments below the

The Birgit-N

Length Overall 123 Feet

Beam 32 Feet

Depth, Main Deck to Keel 16 Feet

Fuel Capacity 46,000 Gallons

Crab Tank Capacity 8,800 Cubic Feet

Propulsion Caterpillar D399 main engine with 4.5 to 1 Reduction Gear

Controls Mathers Controls

Speed 12 Knots

Electric Power 2 Caterpillar 3406 with 210-kw Generators; 1 Caterpillar 3304 with 90-kw Generator.

Hydraulic System 2 Vickers 4525 pumps 2 Vickers 3525 pumps

Driven by Clutched Power Take-offs

Chilled Seawater System 2 York 30-Ton

Compressors and Four 15-Ton

Chillers in the Crab Tanks

Deck Cranes 2 Northern Line 10-Ton

Cranes: 1 Telescoping; 1 Level Luffing "Knuckle" Boom. ramp, and a Northern Line net reel to allow the Birgit-N to trawl for bait fish.

Pentimonti Appointed

VP-Engineering At APL

Eugene K. Pentimonti has been named vice president, Engineer- ing at American President Lines,

Ltd., Oakland, Calif. His respon- sibilities include overseeing all engineering design and construc- tion of vessels, facilities and equipment.

Eugene K. Pentimonti

The announcement was made by Henry Kozlowski, senior vice president, Planning and Control.

Mr. Pentimonti joined Ameri- can Mail Line (which subsequent- ly merged into APL) in 1972. He has served as director of engi- neering for APL since 1973, con- centrating on the engineering as- pects of the company's shift to containerization in the early 70s.

More recently, Mr. Kozlowski said, Mr. Pentimonti has played an integral part in evaluation and design of the company's three new diesel-powered C-9 container- ships (1,247 forty-foot container capacitv), scheduled for delivery in 1982.

Mr. Pentimonti is a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Acad- emy, Kings Point, N.Y., and the

Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology. Prior to joining APL, he sailed as an engineer and worked in a Seattle shipyard. He is based at the company's headquarters in

Oakland.

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