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Yard Skipper Liner

Type Stern wheeler

Name Genesee Belle

SkipperLiner delivered the Gen- esee Belle, an 81-ft. (24.7-m) stern- wheeler, to its owner, Genesee

County, Flint, Mich. The vessel is operated by Genesee County Parks and Recreation at the historical

Crossroads Village on Mott Lake.

Propulsion is by a Cummins 6BT5.9G2-M, driving the genera- tor and hydraulic pump. The 150- passenger vessel could not be de- livered via waterway, which re- quired the boat to be designed and built at SkipperLiner, in a manner making it possible to transport the vessel overland to the lake.

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Yard Trinity

Type High-speed ferry

Name Carlbe Cay

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Yard McDermott

Type Stern wheeler

Name American Queen

American Queen, constructed by

McDermott Shipyard of Amelia,

La., and designed by Rodney E.

Lay & Associates of Jacksonville,

Fla., was delivered to the Delta

Steamboat Co. The 418.5-ft. (127.5 -m) steamboat is reportedly the largest overnight passenger vessel built in a U.S. shipyard since the 1950s, built at a cost of $65 million.

Hopeman Bros, provided produc- tion joiner work at McDermott as well as finish joiner work, a con- tract totaling $15 million. Amer- ican Queen features antique steam engines salvaged from the steam dredge Kennedy. The vessel cruis- es the inland waterways of the

Mississippi River and its tribu- taries.

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Aluminum Boats, Inc., of the

Trinity Marine Group, delivered the 95-ft. (28.9-m) high-speed alu- minum ferry Caribe Cay to

Transportation Service of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The 30- knot, 276-passenger ferry is the third built by Trinity shipyards for the Virgin Islands tour and ferry operator.

Overall, Caribe Cay is 95 ft. long, with a 24-ft. (7.3-m) beam and a 9.6-ft. (2.9-m) depth. Loaded draft is 5.5 ft. (1.7 m). The vessel can carry approximately 2,800 gallons of fuel and 250 gallons of potable water. Caribe Cay is powered by five Cummins KTA19M3 diesel engines driving Twin Disc reverse/reduction gears with a 1.92:1 ratio. Each engine produces 700 hp at 2,100 rpm. Electrical power is produced by two

Cummins 300-kW generators and the boat is equipped with two hydraulic steering stations.

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Yarci Blount Industries

Type Oceangoing Ferry

Name Cayo Norte

Blount Industries delivered MV

Cayo Norte to the Puerto Rico

Ports Authority in San Juan. The 156-ft. (47.5-m) oceangoing ferry accommodates eight full-size trail- ers. Its air-conditioned passenger space seats 125, plus four disabled passengers on runs between Fa- jardo and the islands of Vieques and Culebra. The vessel also meets ADA compliance for the dis- abled. Cayo Norte is fitted with

Twin Disc gears and an Ellis four- blade propeller. She has a Furuno radar, an Icom radio and a Ritchie compass. The vessel is the 291st to be built at the Blount Shipyard in

Warren, R.I., and the 19th ferry to be built by Blount for the Puerto

Rico Ports Authority.

For more information from Blount

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