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Artist's rendition of the M/V Patricia M. Skurra & Manufacturing, with the car deck doors sup- plied by MacGregor-

Navire.

Lifesaving equip- ment was provided by

Viking Life-Saving

Equipment, Schat and

Willard Marine.

Other suppliers in- clude Hopeman Bros.

King Engineering;

Cospolich; Automated

Compaction and

Gaylord.

The owners of the ship are in the process of obtaining financing for this project. Ship- yards on the East and

Gulf Coasts as well as in the Great Lakes re-

Beckley To Design New

Passenger Ship With 'Buy

American' Concept

Bald Eagle Cruise Line, Muskegon, Mich., is a new company which is intent on serving residents and tourists in Wisconsin and Michigan by provid- ing modern, state-of-the-art transportation on

Lake Michigan between the ports of Muskegon,

Mich., and Milwaukee, Wis. The company con- tacted Beckley Engineering Co., Inc., a naval ar- chitect, marine and mechanical engineering firm based in Savannah, Ga., to design the vessel.

Beckley Engineering designed the M/V Patricia

M. Skurra with the "buy American" concept in mind. The ship is 300 feet long and 65 feet wide and will have a capacity for 1,250 passengers and 63 vehicles. Two Caterpillar 3616 main engines, each producing 6,600 bhp at 900 rpm, will provide the ship with a service speed of 21 knots. Two

Caterpillar 3512 DI T A diesels provide electrical power to the ship with emergency power being produced by a Caterpillar 3406 DI T engine.

Other propulsion equipment includes: Lufkin reverse reduction gears, with approximately a 5:1 ratio; Quincy air compressors; Bird-Johnson four- blade fixed pitch propellers; pumps from Allis-

Chalmers; an Otis elevator; two York 250-ton screw compressors for air conditioning; two ORCA 11-500 sewage treatment plants; and two Clayton oil-fired heating boilers.

The navigation and control system, "Integrated

Bridge Control," was provided by Sperry Marine.

Deck machinery was from by McElroy Machine gion have been requested to submit proposals to the owner.

A concept review by the U.S. Coast Guard

Marine Safety Center has been completed and construction is expected to begin in mid to late 1993.

For complete information on the services provided by Beckley Engineering,

Circle 172 on Reader Service Card

Patricia M. Skurra

Equipment List

Main engines Caterpillar

Gears Lufkin

Generators Caterpilla

Bowthruster Caterpillar

Emergency generator Caterpilla

Propellers Bird-Johnson

Air compressors Quincy

Pumps Allis-Chalmers

Elevator Oti

Sewage treatment ORCA

Air conditioning York

Boilers Clayton

Car deck doors MacGregor-Navire

Navigation & Control Sperry

Deck machinery McElroy Machine

Life rafts Viking

Davits Schat

Rescue boat Willard Marine

Joiner work Hopeman Bros.

Tank gauging King Eng.

Refrigeration Cospolich

Compactors Automated Compaction

Exhaust hoods Gaylord

Circle 266 on Reader Service Card

Alaska Diesel Helps Repower Pushboat 'Jackie Cenac/ With Lugger Diesels

Cenac Towing Company of Houma, La., re- cently overhauled its pushboat, Jackie Cenac. An engine room overhaul was part of the work per- formed, and the existing twin screws were re- placed with triple-screws, each powered by a Lug- ger 6170A rated at 640 hp for continuous duty.

The turbocharged and aftercooled six-cylinder, in-line engine was Cenac's choice after the suc- cessful repower of two smaller pushboats with the 400 hp Lugger 6140A's. The Jackie Cenac also received two new 36-kW Northern Lights gensets.

The Jackie Cenac's duties include pushing up to 900 feet of tow on the Mississippi River and Inter- coastal Waterway, a job which requires her en- gines to run virtually non-stop for up to four days.

When pushing 75 percent of a full tow at five knots, each of the Luggers average 15.8 gallons of fuel consumed per hour, at 1,825 rpm.

The 70-foot, steel-hulled Jackie Cenac has a loaded draft of eight feet and can carry 18,000

The Jackie Cenac was repowered with Lugger diesels. gallons of fuel. Together, its three main engines and one genset consume approximately 50 gal- lons of fuel per hour, and lube oil consumption is "minimal" by the owner's own estimation.

The vessel's Twin Disc MG520, 7:1 ratio marine gear is coupled to the main engines through a torsional coupling. The boat has a four-bladed propeller from Padgett-Swann.

For information on Alaska Diesel Electric,

Circle 79 on Reader Service Card

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