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MISS CYNTHIA

Leevac Shipyards, Inc.

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Leevac Shipyards, Inc., founded in 1913, delivered the Miss Cynthia, an inland pushboat measuring 72 feet long with a 26 foot beam and a draft of 8.5 feet, to Higman Barge

Lines, Inc.

The vessel, which features bot- tom, hull sides and main deck plat- ing of one-half inch, is powered by two Detroit Diesel 8V-149TI engines, which together deliver 1,480 hp.

That power will enable the operator to maneuver the company's new 297.5- by 54- by 12-foot barges.

Higman Barge Lines transports more than 45 million barrels of pe- troleum products annually. The engines are electronically controlled and drive 72-inch, S/S Bird Johnson propellers. The pushboat is also out- fitted with Twin Disc MG-520 6.11:1 gears.

Miss Cynthia is capable of carry- ing 20,000 gallons of fuel, 10,000 gallons of water and 400 gallons of lube oil.

Electric power is supplied by two

Cummins 6B, 50 kW KATO genera- tor engines. The boat was manufac- tured with Skipper Hydraulics' me- chanical over hydraulic steering con- trols, and is fitted with electronic equipment such as: two Standard

Triton VHF radios; one Stephens

SEA 222 SSB radio; and an Anritsu 721 radar. It also sports a six-inch

Ritchie compass. The vessel, which features York air conditioning,

Fernstrum coolers and four flank- ing rudders, was coated by Ameron.

The SIS is powered by a 350 hp

Detroit Diesel 8V-92NA engine and can reach a top speed of 20 knots.

The vessel features heating and air conditioning, seating for six in the wheelhouse, a roof-boarding plat- form and pilot-rescue platform off the transom.

One of the most notable improve- ments is the SIS's reduced noise levels.

A combination of older and new technologies, which have been adapted from the yard's catamaran ferries, has reduced the sound levels in the wheelhouse to 78 decibels.

The boat includes metal sheathed, high-density sound-absorbent insu- lation underdeck and against the engine room bulkheads and an air intake system that reduces engine noise.

The boat is also equipped with very heavy duty, sound-absorbing engine mounts and a hospital-grade exhaust system.

MISS CYNTHIA

Equipment List

Main engines Detroit Diesel

Propellers Bird Johnson

Generator engines Cummins

Engine controls Detroit Diesel

Steering controls Skipper Hydraulics

Deck machinery Nabrico

Coatings Ameron

VHF radio Standard Triton

SSB radio Stephens

Radar Anritsu

Pumps Barnes fire/bilge and ballast

Air conditioning York

Coolers Fernstrum

SIS PILOT BOAT

Equipment List

Main engines GM Detroit Diesel

Propellers

Engine controls

Michigan

Morse

Northern Lights

Teleflex Seastar

VHF

Depth sounder

IC0M

Datamarine

Ritchie

Raytheon

Raritan

SIS PILOT BOAT

Gladding-Hearn

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Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, the Duclos Corp., delivered the SIS 39-foot pilot boat to Charleston

Branch Pilots.

The vessel is used to ferry crews from downtown Charleston, S.C., to

Wando Terminal in Mt. Pleasant, in addition to transporting pilots to ships. The trip, normally made over- land, will save an estimated 30 min- utes.

The all-aluminum vessel was de- signed by C. Raymond Hunt Associ- ates of Boston.

Extra heavy chine bars protect the deep-V hull when maneuvering alongside submarines and the inde- pendently-mounted 350-gallon fuel tank prevents overboard spills in the event of hull damage.

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