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10Maritime Reporter & Engineering News NEWSVESSELSBy Susan BuchananPlatform supply vessel Cindy Brown Tide was delivered to offshore-service giant Tidewater on Oct. 24, and chartered to oil company BP in the Gulf of Mexico. The boat's namesake is someone missed by many. "The vessel was named for Cynthia Niklaus Brown, a wonderful woman who passed away in late 2009 in Houston after being diagnosed with can-cer," said Joseph Badeaux, general man- ager and vice president at Houma,La.-based Quality Shipyards, a subsidiary of Tidewater. Brown, a New Orleans native, was the wife of Tidewater Vice President Billy Brown and a friend of the family of Tide- water's President and CEO Dean Taylor. For part of their married life, the Browns were stationed overseas, and Cindy had colleagues around the globe.The vessel in her memory took 20 months to build. "We laid the keel in De- cember 2009 and built the boat in Houma," Badeaux said. "Well over 100 employees worked on the project." The Cindy Brown Tide is the last in a series of three PSVs--including the 266-footTerrel Tide delivered in 2009 and the similarly sized Leboeuf Tide in 2010-- also built by Quality Shipyards for Tide- water. The Terrel Tide and Lebouef Tide were both named for Tidewater employ- ees.Billy Brown said his wife Cindy was "quite a woman--a math, science and physical ed teacher who worked in Louisiana and overseas." She grew up in the Gentilly section of New Orleans and graduated from Louisiana State Univer- sity. The mother of three daughters, she was interested in art and was a photogra- pher, sculptor and painter. She resided on four continents during her lifetime andvisited more than two dozen countries. "Our family met Dean Taylor's family in 1980 when we lived in Brazil, and then we met up with them again in 1985 when we resided in Dubai," Brown said. Diagnosed with cancer in early Sep-tember of 2009, Cindy passed away on Oct. 24 of that year at the age of 55. "It allhappened very quickly," Brown said. Her memorial service was held at St. Dominic Church in New Orleans, and donations have been made in her name to the Susan G. Komen For The Cure foundation. Tidewater's business is worldwide. Billy Brown joined the company in 2003 as Vice President of Engineering and Technical Services after nearly three decades in marine construction in theGulf of Mexico, Brazil, the Arabian Gulf and India. He became Vice President of Tidewater Inc. in 2005, and oversees Quality Shipyards, along with Tidewa- ter's engineering and technical servicesgroups.Badeaux recalls the first time that he met Cindy Brown in Louisiana. "I was offered the job of managing Quality Shipyards and had moved to Louisiana from Virginia in July 2007,? he said. ?One day I stopped by the Brown's house in Metairie," a New Orleans suburb. "Cindy insisted I join them for dinner. I didn't know anyone in the area. She was very kind and said 'you're family now,' which meant a lot to me."As for the vessel's characteristics, the Cindy Brown Tide has a 56-foot beam and a maximum draft of 15.9 feet. Its two main engines are 5,150 horsepower. The PSV can carry 2,650 long tons of cargo, 142,500 gallons of fuel oil, 242,850 gal- lons of cargo water and 127,798 gallons of potable water, along with 11,700 bar- rels of drilling fluid. The boat contains 44 sleeping berths, 30 seats, staterooms, alounge, a large walk-in cooler and a big freezer, a hospital and fire fighting equip- ment.Badeaux said "Leevac Industries in Jen- nings, La. designed the vessel, Namasco provided steel for the boat and Caterpil- lar supplied the engines. Rolls Royce provided the bow thrusters, the Z-Drives are by Steerprop and were provided by Karl Senner, Inc., the DP systems are from Kongsberg, and the major electrical Tidewater PSV Named For Cindy Brown CharacteristicsLength x Beam x Depth . . . . . . . .266 x 56 x 19.5 ft. Max/Light Draft . . . . . . . . . . .15.9/5.7 ft. (4.8/1.7 m) Freeboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.9 ft. (0.8 m) Displacement at Loadline . . . . . . .5,295.5 lt/5,380.2 t Deadweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,587.0 lt/3,645.2 t Clear Deck Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178 x 48 ft. Deck Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,024.0 lb/sq. ft. Minimum Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 ft. Deck Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,650 lt 2,692.1 t Cargo Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242,850 gal 919.3 t Fuel Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142,500 gal 458.5 t Potable Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127,798 gal 483.5 t Lube Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,148 gal 3.9 t Bulk Tanks (4) Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6,600 cu. ft. Drilling Fluid (22 lbs/gal) . . . . . . . . . . . . .11,700 bbl Walk-In Cooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .523 cu. ft. Walk-in Freezer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .537 cu. ft. Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Air Conditioning/Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes Flag: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.S. Home Port: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .New Orleans Official Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1235173 Call Sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .KCBE Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Quality Shipyards Tonnage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,435 GITCT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,097 NITCT Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ABS +A1, (E); . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .+AMS, DPS-2, FFV-1, +ACC MachineryMain Engines . . . . . . . .2 x CAT 3516B HD Series II Horsepower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5150 Propellers . . . . . . . . . . .(2) Steerprop, 4 Blades, FPP Kort Nozzles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(2) Steerprop Primary Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 x CAT C18 Emergency Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CAT C9 Speed vs. Fuel ConsumptionMaximum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 knots/260 gph Cruising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 knots/200 gph Range @ 11 knots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8,850 nm Transfer Rates Cargo Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .650 gpm @ 230 ft. Fuel Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .650 gpm @ 230 ft. Bulk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 cfm @ 200 ft. Drilling Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .700 gpm @ 185 ft. (Credit: Skeets Photo Service) MR Feb.12 # 2 (10-17):MR Template 2/7/2012 2:46 PM Page 10