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Rados Converts Tuna Purse Seiner

Into Stern Trawler "Alaska I'

Rados International Corporation,

Naval architects and marine engi- neers of San Pedro, Calif., has an- nounced completion of a new design to convert existing tuna purse seiner fishing vessels into mid-water stern trawlers.

Under a contract with the Fishing

Company of Alaska, Rados was re- cently commissioned to convert the 214-foot M/V Fenicio, ex-Bold

Phoenician, ex-Maria Elena, origi- nally designed and construction su- pervised by Rados, and built in 1972 by San Diego Marine Construction

Company as a tropical water, 1,100- ton-capacity tuna purseiner, into the Alaska I (shown above), a mid- water stern trawler operating prin- cipally in the Gulf of Alaska.

With the primary philosophy of utilizing as much of the existing equipment and arrangements as possible in the conversion process,

Sternwheeler 'Colonel' Launched

By Moss Point Marine

Moss Point Marine, Inc., Esca- tawpa, Miss., has launched the sternwheel/excursion boat, Colonel (shown above), which is being built for the Colonel Museum, Inc., Gal- veston, Texas.

When completed later this sum- mer, the sternwheeler will be able to accommodate as many as 800 pas- sengers on sightseeing, historical and jazz dinner cruises on the Gal- veston Bay Harbor. The Victorian- styled riverboat will be 152-feet in length, with a 40-foot beam, and an 8-foot 6-inch depth upon comple- tion. She will also be powered by two Caterpillar 3408 diesel engines developing 365 hp each at 1,800 rpm.

The Colonel will be operated by

New Orleans Paddlewheels (Texas)

Inc., for its Texas owners. The com- pany operates a similar vessel, the

Creole Queen in New Orleans.

For a complete equipment sup- pliers' list and further details and background on the Colonel, check the June 1985 Double Issue of Mari- time Reporter, "Moss Point Marine

To Build Victorian-Style Stern- wheel Riverboat." minimum structural modifications were implemented and much of the existing equipment overhauled for continued use.

The tall kingpost/mast with its associated crow's nest atop, long identified as a tuna purse seiner trademark, was removed along with other tuna fishing equipment such as booms, winches, ammonia refrig- eration equipment and brine sys- tem.

After a complete modification to the stern section, including in- creased length, beam, and stern ramp alterations, new trawl han- dling facilities were erected and in- stalled, including a stern gallow structure and an "A" frame struc- ture, capable of handling 35 tons of fish. The addition of a hydraulic, stern wave gate, designed to prohib- it the flooding of the work deck by trailing seas, was also incorporated.

Alterations to the superstructure included reinforcement of the for- ward and side portions of the deck- house to accommodate heavier Arc- tic Sea conditions, and reinforce- ment of decks and working plat- forms especially around the large trawl winch, provided by Kawasaki of Japan. It has a trawling strength of 35 tons.

With the addition of 10 new crew berths, four of which are just aft of the stack area on the boat deck, the total crew complement has been in- creased to 30.

Adjacent to the crew quarters on the starboard side of the boat deck, an aft-facing maneuvering and equipment control station was add- ed, which houses all controls and monitoring for the machinery and trawling operations including net deployment, and acts as communi- cations center for deck operations.

All hull modifications were de- signed and approved in accordance with the American Bureau of Ship- building Regulations.

As the catch is brought aboard and funneled through a hydraulic loading hatch to the wet deck or main deck, it is sorted, filleted, and cartoned before being conveyored to six large plate freezers supplied by

Mycom of Japan. The freezers are capable of freezing 27 metric tons of fish per day at a temperature of -35 C.

The catch is then transferred to ten of the existing cargo wells, and (continued on page 32)

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