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Trinity Delivers Three Corps Of Engineers Vessels

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has taken [elivery of two 85-ft. (25.9-m) towboats and one >3-ft. (16.1-m) drift collector, built by the Trinity darine Group's Equitable Shipyards, Inc. (New

Means) and Aluminum Boats, Inc. (Crown Point, ja.), respectively. Trinity has now delivered ight vessels to the Corps in just over two years.

The two boats, Fred Lee and Bettendorf, are learly identical except the Fred Lee has a hy- draulically-operated elevated pilot house which can rise 10 ft. (3 m) above the waterline. It provides for better visibility over high or long tows, and reduced height for clearance under low bridges. The Bettendorf also has 270 sq. ft. of storage space which is used as a work/tool room.

The new towboats have a 30-ft. (9.2-m) beam and a 10-ft. (3-m) draft. Normal operating draft is 7 ft. (2.1m) Each is powered by two Caterpillar 3512 diesels driving through Reintjes reverse/ reduction gears. Electrical power is provided by two Caterpillar 3304 diesels driving 65 kW gen- erators.

Fred Lee's namesake worked for the Corps for 43 years. The boat is now assigned to the Corps'

Vicksburg, Miss, district for work on the Red

River. Bettendorf is named in honor of that city in Iowa, and is assigned to the Corps' Rock Island district for work in the Quad cities area of

The drift collector Harrell was recently delivered by Aluminum

Boats, Inc. of the Trinity Marine Group to the Corps of Engineers.

Bettendorf, Davenport, Rock Island and Moline and as far south as St. Louis.

The drift collector Harrell, named in honor of

Mark Harrell, a career employee of the Corps, and operated by the Norfolk, Va. district, is designed to pick up and remove floating drift- wood and debris in the Chesapeake Bay area.

The all-aluminum vessel has a 15-ft. (4.6-m) beam and a normal operating draft of four ft. (1.2 m).

It is powered by two Detroit Diesel 8V71 diesel engines developing a total of 610 hp through

Twin Disc reverse/reduction gears. Electrical power is provided by a Northern Lights 20 kW generator.

Recent Trinity deliveries to the Corps include the Mississippi, a 241-ft. (73.5-m), 7,000-hp tow- boat, reportedly the largest towboat ever built in the U.S. and the Corps' flagship; the 300-ft. (91.4- m), 5,700-hp dredge Hurley-, the 65-ft. (19.8-m), all-aluminum, twin-waterjet support/crew boat

Bogue\ and two 50-ft. (15.2-m), 800-hp towboats,

William R. Porter and P.H. Worley.

For more information on Trinity

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New England Trawler Equipment Co.

North American Marine Jet, Inc.

Norwegian Trade Council

Oil Mop Inc./Ambar Marine, Inc.

Omnithruster, Inc.

Orbital Communications Corp.

Orkot Engineering Plastics, Inc. 0SI Technologies

Pacific Coastal Marine Industries, Inc.

Peterson Builders, Inc.

Henry A. Petter Supply Co.

Pilot Marine Products, Inc.

Poly Hi Solidur

Quality Shipyards, Inc.

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Rexroth Pneumatic Corp.

The Royal Institution of Naval Architects

Scale Reproductions

Schottel North America

Schuyler Rubber Co.

Science & Technology, Inc.

SeaFab, Inc.

SEA, Inc.

Sea Recovery Corp.

Selby, Div. of Quaker Construction

Karl Senner, Inc.

Service Marine Industries, Inc.

Shearer & Assoc., Inc.

Ship & Boat International

Ships Machinery International, Inc.

Simrad Robertson, Inc.

SITEX Marine Electronics, Inc.

Snyder General Corp.

Solo Controls/R.G. Rollin Co.

Sound Propeller Services

Spears Manufacturing Co.

Sperry Marine, Inc.

Spurs Marine Manufacturing, Inc.

Standard Communications Corp.

Star Power Services, Inc.

Swiftships, Inc.

Tankontrol AG

Textron Marine Systems

Trimble Navigation

Trinity Marine Group

Turbine Specialties, Inc.

Twin Disc Inc. u

Ulstein USA, Inc.

Ultra Safety Systems

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office

Viking Fender Co.

Viking Life Saving Equipment (America)

Volvo Penta w

Wagner Hydraulic Steering

Warren Pumps, Inc.

Waterway Communications System, Inc.

Western Machine Works

Wijsmuller Brothers BV

Willard Marine, Inc.

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ZF Industries

Zodiac of North America

The towboat Bettendorf (left) and the nearly iden- tical Fred Lee (above), were recently delivered by

Trinity's Equitable Shipyards to the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers. The only difference between the two vessels is that the Fred Lee has a hydrau- lically-operated elevated pilot house which can rise 10 ft. (3 m) above the waterline. )ctober, 1994 77