New Supply/Fire-Fighting Vessel Delivered To Gulf Fleet Marine
Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation, headquartered in New Orleans, has taken delivery of the Gulf Fleet No. 45 (shown above), a 185-foot by 40-foot by 14-foot supply/fire-fighting vessel from Quality Shipyards, Inc., another Gulf Fleet company, located in Houma, La.
The vessel is powered by twin GM Electro-Motive Division 16- 645 E6 diesel engines that generate a total 3,900 bhp at 900 rpm, driving through Reintjes WCV 481 3:1 reduction gears.
Equipped with four bulk tanks with a total capacity of 4,000 cubic feet, the Gulf Fleet No. 45 can carry 1,250 barrels of liquid mud or calcium chloride that can be transferred at a rate of 550 gpm at 180 feet, and can carry 141,360 gallons of drill water that can be transferred at a rate of 400 gpm at 160 feet.
In addition to exceeding basic offshore supply vessel requirements, the Gulf Fleet No. 45 is equipped with two fire pumps and four fixed water nozzles for fighting fires offshore. The fire pumps are driven by GM Detroit Diesel Allison 16V-92NA diesel engines installed below deck in segregated pump rooms. Each engine develops approximately 736 bhp at 2,100 rpm while the vessel's fuel system is piped directly to the fire pump engines allowing continual replenishment of the fuel supply for a possible fire-fighting role.
Fire pumps are horizontal split case pumps m a n u f a c t u r e d by Warren Pump Company and are direct-coupled to the drive engines.
Each pump is capable of delivering 5,000 gallons per minute at 177 psi discharge head of saltwater. Total system capacity is 10,000 gallons per minute. The pumps take suction through 24- inch individual sea chests, and discharge through headers located port and starboard.
The 6-inch f i r e nozzles are mounted on the discharge headers.
The discharge piping is arranged in order that either one or both pumps can d i s c h a r ge through any combination of water nozzles. The nozzles are strategically located forward on the catwalk between the stacks and aft on the main deck to allow for maximum flexibility and water spray patterns when fighting o f f - shore fires. Each nozzle is capable of delivering 2,500 gallons of water per minute.
The unique fire-fighting system is also capable of producing up to 4,000 gallons per minute of specially formulated fire-fighting foams. When required, the system can be converted from a conventional water system to the foam system. The foam system is completely self-contained, with 12,319 gallons of f o am liquid stored in integral hull tanks.
A 25-hp foam injection pump is piped into the discharge header of the fire system. Foam spray is produced by injecting the foammaking liquid into the system through a specially designed proportioning system that mixes the foam liquid with seawater. In the foam-generating mode, the four water spray nozzle tips are replaced with adjustable fog nozzles.
Fire-fighting s y s t em pumps, controls, and valves are installed in the below-deck pump rooms.
For ease of access and control they are segregated from the vessel's systems. The special firefighting system meets requirements of the Norwegian regulatory agency, Det norske Veritas, 'Fire Fighter I" classification for height and d i s t a n c e of water stream throw.
In a brief ceremony aboard the Gulf Fleet No. 45 at the Chevron Oil Company Docks at Amelia, La., Capt. William J. Ecker, USCG, Officer in Charge of Marine Inspection in New Orleans, presented a certificate to Gulf Fleet president Richard M. Currence.
This represents a significant milestone in the development of the U.S. Coast Guard's Marine Safety Information Systems, which awarded its first computer-generated Certificate of Inspection to the vessel.
The U.S. Coast Guard's Marine Safety Information System has been under development since the mid-1970s. It is designed to ultimately connect, via a data transmission network, all Coast Guard Marine Inspection Offices, Captain of the Port Offices, Marine Safety Offices, District Offices, and Coast Guard Headquarters. This telecommunications network will link these offices to the Coast Guard's Operational Computer Center, where an information system has been developed to maintain all facets of the Coast Guard's activities involved with safety of life, property, and environment in the marine domain.
While this "ultimate goal" is several years away, the system is gradually building toward it by providing limited capabilities to field offices as the system is developed.
The New Orleans Marine Inspection Office, the largest office in the United States, has been actively involved in the development of this information system. It is the first office to award a Certificate of Inspection from the information system data base.
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- A d d i t i o n s To T i d e w a t er Fleet V a l u e d At M o re T h a n $ 5 0 M i l l i on page: 4
- United States Cruises Acquires Title To SS 'United States' page: 4
- Improved Controllability Topic At Chesapeake Section Meeting page: 5
- 1981 RTCM ASSEMBLY page: 6
- Donald Caldera Named Senior VP-Marketing For Midland Affiliated page: 7
- ASNE Day 1981 Scheduled For April 30-May 1 In Washington page: 8
- MarAd Study Details 'Multiplier Effect' Of U.S.-Flag Merchant Fleet page: 9
- Long Beach Terminal Orders Two Additional Transtainer Cranes page: 9
- New Scanning Pyrometer For Diesel Temperatures —Literature Available page: 10
- Pisani Named Head Of MarAd's Port And Intermodal Office page: 10
- Delta Line Appoints World Shipping As Midwest Agents page: 10
- Gulf Fleet Marine Will Add 19 New Vessels At Total Cost Of $50 Million page: 11
- Marine Industries Corp. Will Market NABRICO Products In St. Louis page: 12
- American Aero To Build New Facility That Will Double Current Capacity page: 12
- Twin EMD Diesels Power Newest Turecamo Tug Built By Matton page: 12
- New Cruise Line Features Yacht-Like Luxury Ships page: 12
- Naikai Zosen Delivers Versatile Cargo Ship For Philippines page: 14
- Chesapeake Shipbuilding Constructing Third Vessel For American Cruise Lines page: 14
- Watts Named President And Chief Operating Officer Of Solus Ocean Systems page: 14
- Levingston Launches Jackup Drilling Rig For Dixilyn-Field page: 14
- Hampton Roads SNAME Hears Paper On Shipboard Piping page: 14
- Halter Delivers Tug/Supply Boat To D.F. Levy Marine page: 15
- Consortium To Offer New Container Service Between Canada And Europe page: 16
- District Engineer James Ton Gets Philadelphia SAME Award page: 16
- Ship Structure Committee Offers Three Free Technical Reports page: 16
- New Drydock Doubles Capacity At Newport News Shipbuilding page: 16
- Fuel Utilization Seminar And Exposition Scheduled For Baltimore Sept. 1-4 page: 17
- Enclosed Lifeboats Serve As Escape Craft For Offshore Oil Platforms page: 17
- New Tube-Cleaning Unit Announced By Goodway —Literature Available page: 18
- William Turner Named Vice President For Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring page: 18
- IHI Delivers Suction Dredge And Tug To Mexican Government page: 18
- Los Angeles SNAME Discusses Liquid Level Gauging By Radar page: 18
- New Cummins Brochure Describes K Series Of Marine Diesel Engines page: 19
- American President Lines To Test Feasibility Of 45-Foot Cargo Containers page: 19
- NOR-SHIPPING '81 page: 20
- New Supply/Fire-Fighting Vessel Delivered To Gulf Fleet Marine page: 20
- NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT A Review page: 22
- Liquefied Gas Minicarrier Delivered By Moss Verft page: 23
- Hayward Offers New Line Of Valve Operating Stands —Literature Available page: 24
- Automatic Logging System Developed By NMS— Literature Available page: 24
- Neorion Yard Expands Its Gritblasting And Coating Facilities page: 25
- $5-Million Contract Awarded By South Jersey Port Corporation page: 26
- J.J. McCarthy Appointed Director Of Sales At Waukesha Engine Division page: 27
- Curry Named VP And Ritch Secretary Of Ogden Corporation page: 27
- Fraser Shipyard Will Convert Three U.S. Steel Ore Boats To Self-Unloaders page: 28
- Tracor Introduces New Satellite Navigator —Literature Available page: 29
- Gems Offers Explosion- Proof Junction Boxes —Literature Available page: 30
- B&W-Powered Bulk Carrier Delivered By Hitachi Zosen page: 32
- Barges Carried Some 40 Percent Of U.S. Grain Exported In 1980 page: 33
- Floating Desalination Plant Ordered From Krupp By Abu Dhabi page: 34
- Tacoma Boat Had Record Year In 1980—Backlog Is More Than $300 Million page: 34
- S N A M E N e w E n g l a nd S e c t i o n Hears Paper On Thrust B e a r i n gs page: 38
- & K To B u i l d Split H u l l H o p p e r Dredge For H e i n r i c h Hirdes page: 38
- Santa Fe Drilling's Seven Offshore Rigs To Cost $350 Million page: 40
- Brent Christens Cummins-Powered Towboat 'Melinda Brent# page: 42
- Corpus Christi Gets Its First Floating Drydock page: 44
- GM-Powered Towboat 'Trotter' Delivered By Hudson Shipbuilders page: 46
- Marinette Launches Another Berthing Barge For U.S. Navy page: 46
- Mare Island Naval Shipyard Elects New NCAA Officers page: 46
- Hellenic Lines To Convert Four Cargo Ships To Container Vessels page: 48
- Standard 35,000-dwt Bulk Carrier Developed By Japan's Nippon Kokan page: 48
- Choctaw Asks Title XI For Rig Reconstruction To Cost $86 Million page: 48
- OTC 81 page: 49
- VPA Draws Plans For 25-Million-Ton Coal Exporting Facility page: 51
- ASNE Delaware Valley Chapter Hears Report On Delaware River page: 51
- Holland-America Selects Sulzer Diesel Engines For Its Two Cruise Ships page: 51
- Promet Private Launches Jackup Drilling Rig For Sedco page: 52
- SNAME New York Section Honors William J. Dormari page: 52
- Marathon LeTourneau, C-E And Sea Tank Form New Company page: 53
- Broughton Rig Commissioned At Bethlehem's Beaumont Yard page: 54
- Mangone Swiftships Delivers Pocket Tanker To Sun Transport page: 54
- Long Beach-Los Angeles ASNE Elects New Officers page: 54
- New Catalog Describes Coppus Engineering's Turbine Generator Sets page: 55
- Big Car Carrier 'Glorious Ace' Completed By Hitachi Zosen page: 56
- HUDSHIP Delivers Twin Supply Vessels To Gray Mackenzie page: 56
- Lykes President W.J. Amoss Receives American Legion Merchant Marine Award page: 70
- IME Eastern U.S.A. Branch Hears Paper On Fuel Treatment page: 70
- Ridgon And Almerico Named Managers At Gulf Fleet Marine page: 86
- Bailey Delivers Two 60-Ton Water Chilling Units To Navy page: 86
- Canadian Pacific To Buy One-Third Share In Dart Containerline page: 86
- New Brochure On Arc Welding Available From Westinghouse Electric page: 88
- Brown And Symon Named To Board Of Liberian Shipowners' Council page: 89
- Honeywell ELAC Introduces Survey/Sediment Sounder —Literature Available page: 89
- HUDSHIP's First 85-Foot Towboat Delivered To Energy Transport page: 90
- Advanced Marine Enterprises Announces Corporate Changes And Move To New Facilities page: 92
- Zapata Marine Service Announces Assignments In Its Marketing Group page: 95
- New Brochure Describes History And Products Of Sulzer Bros., Inc. page: 95
- Denyer Succeeds Nelson As Managing Director Of Butterworth Systems (UK) page: 96
- Advanced Studies Center Dedicated At Maine Maritime Academy page: 96
- Literature Available On Pourable Resin Chocking For Stern Tube Assembly page: 96
- New Customer Support Organization Implemented By Honeywell Marine page: 97
- Paul Hall Named First Posthumous Recipient Of AOTOS Award page: 98
- American Commercial Asks Title XI On Towboats And Barges To Cost $84 Million page: 98
- Wheeler Named U.S. Agent For Royal Schelde's Repair Yard At Vlissingen page: 99
- Promet Private Launches Jackup r For The Offshore Comrp an7y page: 100
- Hitachi Zosen Delivers Bulk Carrier For Norwegian Owner page: 100
- New Protective Fender For Offshore Structures Developed By Seaward page: 101
- Proceedings Of 1980 REAPS Symposium Now Available page: 101
- David Porter Elected Vice President Of Childs Engineering page: 103
- Institute Marks 25 Years Of Containerized Shipping page: 103
- New Pipe Freezing Kit Saves Time And Money —Literature Available page: 103
- Soviet Union Orders Nine ACVs From Wartsila Helsinki Yard page: 106
- Richard Davis Named Director Of Service At Waukesha Engine page: 107
- Dome Will Employ Japanese Technology In New Shipyard page: 110
- Wayne Harper Named Sales Engineer For Delta Shipyard page: 110
- Isdahl And Sotir Named Senior Vice Presidents At Royal Viking Line page: 111
- Port Of Los Angeles Approves Major Coal Terminal Concept page: 112
- Webb Institute Receives $25,000 Grant From The Teagle Foundation page: 112