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In the Shipyard

Latest Deliveries, Contracts and Designs

P/B New York for Sandy Hook Pilots

Photo courtesy HII/Ingalls Shipbuilding Division

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Dales Marine Services launched a new multi-cat style vessel Réalt na Far- raige, with quayside support from Whytes Crane Hire and

McIntosh Plant Hire. The launch was made more sig- ni? cant considering that the last time the Dales Marine’s

Aberdeen dry dock saw a andy Hook Pilots Association wel- Drydock and Ship Repair of Staten Island, new vessel built was more comed its new Pilot Station Boat New and consisted of a hull inspection, dropped than 33 years ago.

SYork, a converted oil spill response ves- rudders, shaft inspection and a complete mod- sel (OSRV), which, at 208 feet long, is the i? cation of the stern, readjustment of mast and largest in the Sandy Hook Pilots ? eet. observation tower and developing of anchor

Halcón III

On February 3, the new P/B New York pockets. There was also an initial inspection

SAAM Towage expanded its sailed to its new home, the Sandy Hook Pilot and project approvals made by the American ? eet in Chile with the addi- base in Staten Island, N.Y., situated alongside Bureau of Shipping and the Coast Guard.

tion of the tug Halcón III, the its predecessor, the old P/B New York. The ? nal two phases were completed at company’s fourth RA2400SX-

Sandy Hook Pilots searched for years for Feeney’s Enterprises situated in Kingston, series tug acquired from the a vessel to replace the aging P/B New York, N.Y. Two main projects that Feeney’s had to

Turkish ship yard SANMAR when it came upon OSRV Maine Responder, complete before seasonal weather changes over the past three years. made available by Marine Spill Response were the tear outs of the vessel’s oil/water re-

Measuring 24.4 x 11.3m, the

Corporation. A full study of the OSRV en- covery system on deck and in the holds. New tug features bollard pull of sued, with surveys of the entire vessel includ- potable water tanks were fabricated to allow 70 tons and a max. speed ing sea trials of a sister vessel on pilot station the vessel to keep stationed up to six weeks of 13 knots. It is powered by two Caterpillar 3516C main to compare seakeeping and ship handling ca- before returning for fuel and water. One major engines, each achieving pabilities to the present station boats. addition was the construction of a two-deck 2,100 kW at 1,600 rpm.

JMS Naval Architects, of Mystic, Conn., house that sleeps up to 28 pilots, with a pilot’s were hired to survey the OSRV and assist in lounge and mess hall. the conversion. The completed version in- The bridge wings were extended to give a cludes a new deck house for pilot berthing clear view of the pilot launch landing area on and facilities with enhancements to the exist- each side of the vessel with CCTV camera ing house and superstructure. system installed throughout the vessel’s inte-

The conversion project was conducted in rior and exterior spaces.

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