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42 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • MAY 2014

FEATURE SHIP

Breaking the champagne bottle to offi cial christen the R/V Neil Armstrong.

AGOR 27 Neil Armstrong Main Particulars

Yard ........................... Dakota Creek Industries (DCI),

Designer ................. Guido Perla and Associates, Inc.

Owner .........................................................NAVSEA

Operator .........................................................WHOI

Organizations .. NAVSEA, the Offi ce of Naval Research (ONR), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the

University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI

Class ............................................................... ABS

Main engines .............................................Cummins

Cranes .................................................Allied Marine

Winches ....................................... Markey Machinery

Sonar ........................................ Kongsberg Maritime

Survey ....................................................Sonardyne

Schat Harding ....................Rescue Boat Davit SA135

Schottel ...............Stern Thruster 1x 620kW (830 HP)

White Gill ..............Bow Thrusters 1x 686kW (920 HP)

MTU ..........Emergency Generator 1x 210kW (280 HP)

Propulsion System ........................... Siemens Marine

Over the next two months, Siemens will be installing their new Blue system. This advanced, multi-drive, low- voltage system manages the speed of various AC pro- pulsion motors controlling the propellers, stern thruster and bow thruster. The system provides enhanced reli- ability with multiple failsafe features, lower maintenance costs, increased effi ciency, and increased operational ease for the crew. Reduced fuel consumption results in lower greenhouse gas emissions. Siemens is also supplying the majority of the electrical switchgear, the

ACCU automation, and condition-based monitoring sys- tem.

Markey • 2x type CAST6-125 Deep Sea Research Winches with active motion compensation • 1x type DETW-9-11 All-Electric Traction Winch System with two storage drums • 1x instrumented fl agging block • 1x ship board wire monitoring system • 1xtype WES-23 Electric Anchor Windlass with two wild cats and two warping heads.

Kongsberg • Deep Water Multibeam Survey System EM-122 • Mid Water Multibeam Survey System EM-710 • Single Beam Survey System EA-600

Allied Systems • Stern Frame A-30 • Main Crane TK70-70 • Portable Crane TK4-30 • CTD Handling System CTD-Lars • Starboard Side Handling Device (Cour tesy of Guido Perla and Associates)

Portrait of the dignitaries assembled for the christening of the R/V Neil Armstrong. Guests from the US Navy, NOAA,

NASA, Woods Hole, Dakota Creek Industries and Guido Perla Associates were on the dais along with members of the

Armstrong family.

Left: Carol Armstrong, wife of the ship’s name- sake, astronaut Neil

Armstrong, addressed the crowd of visitors at the christening event at

Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, Washington.

Right: Kali Armstrong watches her grandfather’s namesake ship pulling away from the pier. (Cour tesy of Karla DeCamp, Dakota Cr eek Industries) (Cour tesy of Karla DeCamp, Dakota Cr eek Industries)

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