New MARCO Combination Boat Columbia To Fish The North Pacific

Columbia, the latest 122-foot combination fishing- vessel built by MARCO Seattle, was christened in Seattle, Wash., recently by Kristine Fuller, daughter of one of the owners.

The all-steel vessel is outfitted for crabbing and for packing salmon and herring. Owners of the vessel include Charles Bundrant, Philip Fuller, William Howell, Don Leuthold, Kaare Ness, George Schmidt, and Don Tucker.

Dave Kopra, experienced North Pacific fisherman and skipper of the Columbia, is fishing the new boat in the current Alaska tanner crab season. Later, the Columbia will pack herring and salmon before participating in the 1980 Alaska king crab season.

The Columbia is powered by a Caterpillar D399 t u r b o c h a r g ed and aftercooled diesel engine that develops 1,125 bhp and is coupled to a Caterpillar 7271 hydraulic reverse/reduction gear. The vessel has a Coolidge 90-inch, fourblade stainless-steel propeller.

Auxiliary power is provided by three diesel engines, including a Caterpillar D3408 TA coupled to a 250-kw generator with a MARCO hydraulic pump drive; a turbocharged Caterpillar D3306 TA with a 155-kw generator and a MARCO hydraulic pump drive; and a Caterpillar 3304 T with a 90-kw generator.

The Columbia has three insulated holds and an 80-ton chilled seawater system for salmon and herring packing. For crabbing, the holds provide space for 205,000 pounds of live crab.

Hydraulic deck machinery for c r a b b i n g includes a MARCO "KingHauler" for hauling crab pots, a MARCO "KingCoiler" for line handling, an articulated crab pot dumping rack, a bait chopper, and a 12-ton Slattery crane.

Galley, mess area, anteroom, bait and food freezer, stores, and seven-man crew quarters are located on the main deck; pilothouse and captain's stateroom are on the fo'c'sle deck above.

Pilothouse electronics i n c l u de two radars, two Loran Cs, autopilot, echosounder, depth indicator, and two SSB radios.

The Columbia is the 11th combination fishing vessel for the North Pacific fisheries MARCO has delivered this year.

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