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In the Shipyard

Latest Deliveries, Contracts and Designs

Vane Bros takes 3,000-hp Tug

Photo courtesy HII/Ingalls Shipbuilding Division

LPD 29

Huntington Ingalls Industries’

Ingalls Shipbuilding division launched the amphibious transport dock Richard M.

McCool Jr. (LPD 29), the 13th

LPD in the San Antonio class of amphibious assault force ships. Ingalls Shipbuilding is building the entire San

Antonio class of ships, and

Photo courtesy Vane Brothers each measures 684 x 105 ft., displacing 25,000 tons.

ane Brother (Baltimore, MD) took peake Naval Architect John Womack worked delivery this month of the ? nal boat in collaboration with Vane Brothers Port Cap-

Vin a series of four 3,000-hp Salisbury tain Jim Demske, who has overseen construc-

AET

Class push tugs. Named the Charles Hughes, tion of 48 tugboats for Vane over the last two

AET took delivery of Eagle th

Vane’s newest addition is the 20 Maryland- decades. “Chesapeake has such a talented

Campos, the ? rst of three built towing vessel to join Vane Brothers’ ? eet group of shipbuilders right in our backyard,”

Suezmax Dynamic Position- since 2008. says Demske. “Each tug capitalizes on safety, ing (DP2) Shuttle Tankers

Designed and constructed by Chesapeake comfort and productivity.” purpose built for long-term

Shipbuilding Shipbuilders and Naval Ar- Along with the four push tugs, Chesa- charter to Brazil Shipping I chitects of Salisbury, MD, Vane’s Salisbury peake Shipbuilding has supplied sixteen

Limited, a wholly owned indi-

Class push tugs have a molded depth of only 3,000-horsepower, model-bow tugs.

rect subsidiary of Shell.

10.5 ft., making them well suited for work- The tug Charles Hughes is named in honor

Eagle Campos was built at ing in con? ned, shallow-draft waterways. of the late Charles F. Hughes, former Vane

Hyundai Heavy Industries

The Charles Hughes’ operational area is the Brothers Chairman of the Board and the father (HHI) and delivered to AET

Northeast U.S. of Vane’s current President, C. Duff Hughes. on January 5, 2022. It will

The Charles Hughes’ three sister tugs, the Charles Hughes was a U.S. Navy veteran, commence operations in

Salisbury, Annapolis and Rock Hall, were de- Johns Hopkins University graduate, and Vane

Brazil joining Eagle Pilar.

livered in 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively. Brothers executive from 1951 to 2004.

Along with providing exceptional crew com- A previous push tug Charles Hughes, built fort, reliability and operational ef? ciency, all in 1975 and rated at 1,800 horsepower, was four Salisbury Class push tugs comply with acquired by Vane Brothers in 1991 and sold in federally mandated, U.S Coast Guard-en- 2019. The classic-looking nameboards from forced Subchapter M safety standards. the ? rst Charles Hughes were re? nished and

To create the Salisbury Class design, Chesa- are now mounted on the new Charles Hughes.

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