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OUTSTANDING

INLAND/OFFSHORE VESSELS

AND RIGS OF 1985

A portfolio of some important inland and offshore shallow-draft vessels and rigs built during 1985—selected for their high standards of design or performance

ANDREW FLETCHER

Offshore Shipbuilding

The passenger vessel Andrew

Fletcher was delivered during 1985 by Offshore Shipbuilding of Palat- ka, Fla. Designed for inland waters, the new vessel is being operated on corporate and other charters as well as excursion trips by Seaport Line out of a newly refurbished pier at

South Street Seaport in New York

City. She is approved by the U.S.

Coast Guard for carrying 400 pas- sengers, and is registered under

Chapter T Rules for passenger ves- sels.

Propulsion is by two side paddle- wheels, each driven by a GM Detroit

Diesel engine via hydraulic pump and hydraulic motor. The hydraulic system has cross-connectors, with an automatic control valve in the event of an engine failure. Direction of rotation of the paddlewheels is controlled from the pilothouse or port and starboard stations by re- versing the speed and flow direction of the pumps. Because of the mid- ship location of the paddlewheels

ANDREW FLETCHER

Major Suppliers

Main engines (2) . . . . Detroit Diesel

Paddlewheel motors (2)

Hagland-Manathan

Paddlewheel pumps (2) ... Sunstand

Main generators (2) . . Detroit/Delco

Switchboard . . . . . . Power Panels

Engine controls Sheridan Bellows-

Hydrokinetics

Steering system SSI

Air compressors Quincy

Fire & bilge pumps Flow Max

Air conditioning Carrier

In-port generator . . Detroit/Delco

Radar Furuno

Radio Horizon

P.A. & intercom systems .... Audio Environments

Galley equipment . . . . Basic Leasing

Electric system . . .Beacon Electric

Rescue boat . . . Durocraft port and starboard as well as a steer- ing rudder aft, the vessel has a high degree of maneuverability.

For further information on the

Andrew Fletcher's operations, con- tact Seaport Line, 19 Fulton Street,

New York, NY 10038; (212) 406- 3434.

BAY QUEEN

Blount Marine

Blount Marine Corporation of

Warren, R.I., early this year com- pleted the dinner/cruise vessel Bay

Queen, designed to accommodate dinner dances, luncheons, private charters, Bay Island cruises, and other day and evening tours on Nar- rangansett Bay.

Owned by Blount Leasing Corpo- ration, the new Bay Queen is oper- ated by Rentacruise, Inc., also of

Warren. She replaces the Bay

Queen built in 1984, which has been sold to interests in Toledo, Ohio, and renamed Arawana Queen.

The new vessel is powered by two

Detroit Diesel 8V92 engines and has two 99-kw Detroit/Delco generators.

Admeasuring just under 100 tons, she can attain a speed of 11 knots.

Capable of seating more than 450 at dinner, the Bay Queen is certified by the U.S. Coast Guard to carry a maximum of 600 passengers. With an overall length of 145 feet, beam of 32 feet 4 inches, and depth of 9 feet 4 inches, the vessel has two fully enclosed decks and a third open deck that provides unrestricted viewing. The bridge deck, which has exterior seating, also affords passen- gers a panoramic view.

The vessel can accommodate two separate charter groups simulta-

BAY QUEEN

Major Suppliers

Main engines (2) . . . . Detroit Diesel

Propellers . . . . Columbian

Generators (2) . . . . . Detroit/Delco

Engine controls Morse

Steering system . Wagner

Pumps . . .Mario & Tabsco

Air compressor . . . . Detroit Diesel

Coatings .... International

Electric cable . . Anixter

Electric panels . . Square D

Air conditioning Carrier

Windows Kearfott

Radar Furuno

Depth sounder . . Datamarine

Compass . . . . Ritchie

VHF radio . . . . Regency

Searchlight . . . . ITT Portable Lights 12 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News