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Congratulations Hvide Marine

Builder Marinette Marine Corp.

Vessel name Kukui

Vessel type Seagoing buoy tender

Owner/operator U.S. Coast Guard

Kukui

Main Particulars

Designer Marinette Marine

Flag U.S.

Classification ABS

Length 225 ft. (68.6 m)

Breadth 46 ft. (14 m)

Draft 13 ft. (4 m)

Main engine (2) Caterpillar 3608

Output 3,100 bhp at 900 rpm

Reduction gear/propellers Single Shaft, Bird lohnson CP

Thruster (1) bow 460 hp/DC fixed pitch; (1) stern 550 hp DC fixed pitch

Generators (2) Caterpillar 3508 450 kW

Reduction gears Philadelphia Gears

Crane 120 ton hydraulic, 60 ft. telescoping boom

Engine controls Tano

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Kukui

Builder •••••••••••••• • • • ••••••••••••••••••••• •Hiilter Murine

Vessel name • • .New River

Vessel type Ship Docking Module (SDM)

Owner/operator Hvide Marine

Hvide Marine

Inc. celebrated the christening of its revolutionary Ship

Docking Module (SDM) last month at Port Everglades,

Fla. Built by

Halter Marine at a cost of approxi- mately $4.75 mil- lion, SDM New

River, the first tug of its kind, is capa- New Rjver christenmgi he|d on December 4. ble of generating 100 percent of its power in any direction, lending exceptional maneuverability.

The SDM's twin Z-drives are set fore and aft and offset from cen- ter. Capable of rotating 360 degrees, they give the vessel its maneu- verabilty and power, necessitating a crew of only two. New River is the first of three SDMs on order from Halter Marine and will be assigned to Hvide's Port Everglades Towing division. The remain- ing two SDMs are due out in the first half of 1998, and are sched- uled to be based at Hvide's Mobile Bay Towing and/or Tampa Bay

Towing divisions.

Length

Breadth ....

Draft, design .

Gross tonnage

Total hp

Engines

Z-drives

Winch

Bollard pull .

Firefighting .

Classification .

New River

Main Particulars

T/VVU (2) Caterpillar 3516B diesels

Ulstein Model 1650H fixed pitch .Markey Type DYSF-39 Hawser Hydraulic with Spectra tow line 115,000 lbs. in all directions (1)3,000 gpmfirepump

ABS .90 ft. (27.4 m) .50 ft. (15.2 m) .16 ft. (4.9 m) . .Less than 200