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Crewboat Lady Tierney Delivered

Lady Tierney was built for Sea Supply Inc.

Halimar Shipyard announced the delivery of Lady

Tierney, a 205-ft. monohull, DP-2, ABS-classed,

USCG-certi? ed crew supply vessel for Sea Supply,

Inc., a B&J Martin Inc. subsidiary of Galliano, La.

With design expertise from Incat Crowther’s Lafay- ette, La., of? ce, combined with concept design and standards from the Morgan City, La., based shipyard and the vessel owner, the vessel will meet the needs of the demanding deep water offshore industry in the

Gulf of Mexico.

For transportation of supplies, Lady Tierney fea- tures a large aft cargo deck comprising of 3,950 sq. ft. of timber covered area with a capacity of 450 LT.

Also featured on the aft deck are two FFS 1200LB, 5300 gpm ? re monitors for emergency ? re extin- guishing. Forward of the cargo deck is a main cabin featuring seating for 50 passengers, plus a bathroom, a dedicated luggage area, a storage room, a room for dynamic positioning equipment from Beier Radio, plus an HVAC closet. A generously-sized deck locker accessible from the cargo deck is also integrated into the main cabin.

Above the main cabin sits a wheelhouse featuring forward and aft control stations, with DP controls well-arranged at the aft station that provides unob- structed views of the cargo deck and offshore struc- tures. In? atable life rafts are situated outboard of the wheelhouse on each side of the vessel and are easily accessible for rapid deployment in case of an emer- gency. Below deck crew accommodations features ? ve crew staterooms, each with double bunks and locker, a bathroom, a HVAC closet, galley, pantry and a mess/lounge area.

Forward of the crew accommodations lies a bow thruster compartment featuring two Thrustmaster 30TT200AL tunnel bow thrusters. A series of tanks located between the engine room and crew accom- modations have a capacity of 20,720 gallons of ship’s fuel, 44,000 gallons of transferrable rig fuel, 44,330 gallons of transferrable rig water and 2,600 gallons of ship’s water.

The engine room includes main propulsion ma- chinery consisting of four Caterpillar 3512C, Tier III engines operating at 1911 bhp at 1600 rpm coupled to

Twin Disc MGX 61000 SC reverse reduction gears.

Each engine drives a four-bladed NiBrAl propeller enabling a top speed of 27 knots and the two inboard engines are also arranged to drive FFS SFP 250x350

XPC ? re-? ghting pumps.

The generator room houses two John Deere 6090AFM75, 150ekW generator sets and two John

Deer 6090AFM75 auxiliary engines providing power for bow thruster hydraulic pumps. The steering gear room features a Beier Radio (Sentinel Controls) steering system to control the two oversized stain- less steel rudders which enhance station keeping and maneuverability.

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