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St. David search and rescue boat St. David to the Government of Bermuda in

Hamilton.

The vessel features a Corten-steel hull and deck, with an aluminum alloy deckhouse. Crafted for rescue and boarding operations in severe weather conditions, the St. David is capable of withstanding a 360-de- gree rollover. Her rescue speed of 18 knots is provided by twin GM

Detroit Diesel 12V-71N engines, each delivering 480 shaft horsepow- er at 2,300 rpm. The central helm features an elaborate array of elec- tronics, offering the latest in naviga- tion, radio, and depth-sounding equipment.

The St. David is equipped with

Columbian Bronze propellers,

Aquamet propeller shafts, Wagner steering and Morse controls.

TAHOMA

Robert E. Derecktor

Robert E. Derecktor of Rhode

Island, Middletown, R.I., delivered the 270-foot medium endurance class cutter Tahoma (WMEC-908) to the U.S. Coast Guard, last year.

She is the fourth vessel completed under a nine-ship contract with the

USCG.

The mission of the Tahoma, like her sister ships, is to perform multi- task duties including search and res- cue, law enforcement, marine envi- ronmental protection and military preparedness. The cutter features sensors to detect, track and identify vessels at long range and has flight decks for helicopters, thus increas- ing the vessel's range and versatili- ty.

The Tahoma is powered by two 3,500-hp Alco diesel engines, and has a maximum speed of 19.5 knots.

The ship's service electricity is pro- vided by two 475-kw Caterpillar gensets. With a displacement of 1,780 tons, the Tahoma has a beam of 38 feet and draft of 14 feet.

THERMOLINER

Westamarin

The 164-foot-long all-aluminum refrigerated catamaran Thermolin- er was delivered last year by Swede

Ship's Norwegian yard, Westamarin

A/S of Mandal, to her shipowner

Godstrans A/S, Honefoss. The reef- er boat is used for the transporta- tion of fresh fish from Scandanavia to ports on the English Channel, with return cargo of frozen food, fresh flowers and vegetables, etc.

This new concept catamaran, which was developed in close coop- eration between the owner and

Westamarin, offers a viable alterna- tive to truck and air-freight carriage for coastal and feeder traffic to con- tinental ports. Low crew costs, large and easily accessible cargo spaces, high speed, limited draft and on- board loading/unloading equipment are just a few of the reefer's advan- tages.

Main propulsion machinery for the Thermoliner are two MTU 16V 396TB84 diesel engines, each rated at 2,040 kw, driving two Speed Set- ter propellers.

TORPEDO WEAPONS

RETRIEVER

Marinette Marine

The Torpedo Weapons Retriever (TWR) Class vessel is a totally new design developed by Marinette Ma- rine Corporation, Marinette, Wis., for the U.S. Navy. The Navy uses these TWRs to recover spent torpe- does, missiles, small drones and mo- bile targets fired or utilized during weapons system tests of all subma- rines and combatant ships.

The TWR craft deck arrangement has been designed to facilitate rapid recovery of spent torpedos with an effective deck crane, aft ramp and torpedo transfer system. This ar- rangement can accommodate the storage of all types of Navy torpe- does.

The TWR has an overall length of 120 feet, breadth of 25 feet and molded depth of 12 feet. Her dis- placement is 174 long tons.

If needed, this versatile craft can function as a coastal or river patrol craft. With speeds in excess of 16 knots, and the addition of light armament, the TWR could be a for- midable naval patrol boat.

USCG PATROL BOAT

MonArk Boat

Last year, the United States

Coast Guard took delivery of a new twin-screw, high-speed patrol boat designed and built by MonArk Boat

Company's Workboat Division in

Monticello, Ark.

The 28-foot all-aluminum craft is powered by twin Volvo Penta diesel

AQAD41/290 engines, each rated at 200 hp at 3,800 rpm. The vessel is capable of speeds of about 38 knots.

Main Engines Volvo Penta

Stern Drive Volvo Penta

Steering (hydraulic) Teleflex

Compass Ritchie

Radar Furuno

VHF Radio Icom

Depth Sounder Lowrance

Controls Mors

Bilge Pump Rule

Navigation Lights Aqua Signal

Searchlight Jabsco

Horn AFI

Ship to Shore Marinco

Battery Charger Marinc

Wipers American Bosch 1

Fendering Johnson Rubber

Seating Garelick

PA System Whelen

Revolving Lights Whele

OUTSTANDING WORKBOATS & MILITARY SHALLOW-DRAFT VESSELS 1987

BOAT YARD MAIN ENGINES

Avenger Peterson Builders Waukesha (4)

Blair McCall Gulf Craft Cummins (5)

Commodore Marco Seattle Caterpillar

Eagle Moss Point Caterpillar (2)

Fast Coastal Interceptor Tempest Marine Caterpillar (2)

Finlandia Cantiere Navali Ferrari MWM (2)

Island Class Patrol Boat Bollinger Paxman Valenta (2)

Island Queen II Munson Cummins (2)

LCAC Textron Marine Avco-Lycoming (4)

Matt S Marine Builders Cummins (2)

Osprey 55 Class Patrol Boat Danyard MAN B&W (2)

PT Class Patrol Boat SSE MAN B&W (2)

Sir Seewoosagur Jansen Werft KHD (2)

Smit-Lloyd 56 De Groot en van Vliet Wartsila (4)

St. David Gladding-Hearn Detroit Diesel (2)

Tahoma R.E. Derecktor Alco (2)

Thermoliner Westamarin MTU (2)

Torpedo Weapons Retriever Marinette Marine —

USCG Patrol Boat MonArk Boat Volvo Penta (2)

Yard Patrol Craft Marinette Marine Detroit Diesel (2)

The patrol boat is used for patrol, search and rescue missions on Lake

Champlain.

Her cabin is 8 feet by 12 feet and includes a forward berth and sto- wage area with ventilation provided by a 20-inch tinted transparent es- cape hatch. Cabin outfitting in- cludes a pedestal mounted pilot's seat, a 36-inch bench stowage seat, chart/work table, full instrumenta- tion, combination red/white interior lights, and cabin heat.

YARD PATROL CRAFT

Marinette Marine

The 108-foot Yard Patrol Craft (YP), built by Marinette Marine

Corporation, Marinette, Wis., for the U.S. Navy is used for the train- ing of midshipmen in seamanship, navigation and marine engineering at the Annapolis Naval Academy in

Annapolis, Md. and the Merchant

Marine Academy in Newport, R.I.

The wooden hull of the YP is con- structed of Douglas Fir, Alaska Yel- low Cedar, Southern Yellow Pine,

White Pine and Mahogany and has an aluminum superstructure. She is powered by two Detroit Diesel 12V- 71N diesel engines, rated at 437 bhp each. Her maximum speed is 12 knots. Her molded beam is about 22 feet 9 inches and full load draft is 5 feet 9 inches.

The craft is fitted with two De- troit Diesel DDAD 3-71 diesel gen- erator engines with two 50-kw Inter- national Electric E-7168 generators.

The vessel also is equipped with an

EPSCO Loran C and EPSCO plot- ting system, as well as a Magnavox

SatNav/Omega system.

YARD PATROL CRAFT

Equipment List

Main engines Detroit Diesel

Generator engines .... Detroit Diesel

Generators International Electric

Loran C & plotting systems .... EPSCO

SatNav/Omega System .... Magnavox

Thermoliner

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