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- Utility Vessel And Tugboat Delivered By Service Machine Group Maritime Reporter, May 1980 #10
Two new workboats — the offshore utility vessel PBR-216 and the tug Stone Mountain — were completed recently by The Service Machine Group, Inc. of Morgan City, La.
The PBR-216, built for PBR Offshore, Inc. also of Morgan City, has an overall length of 118 feet, beam of 26 feet, depth of 11.5 feet and draft of 10 feet. Cargo water capacity is 58,000 gallons, fuel oil capacity is 30,000 gallons, and deck cargo load is 103 tons, with additional below-deck capacity of 217 tons.
She is powered by two General Motors 16V-92N diesel engines with a total of 1,200 bhp, supplied by George Engine Company, driving Twin Disc 5:1 reduction gears for a speed of 12 knots.
Electric power is provided by two GM4-71N engines driving 50-kw generators.
Additional equipment includes a Sitex Model 22 radar, a Motorola 55/75 VHF radio, a Drake TRM-115 SSB radio, an SRD Model CLX Loran, and a Datamarine Model 2650 depth finder.
The PBR-216 is the first of six sister vessels being built for the same owner. Service Machine will deliver the remaining five during 1980.
The second recent delivery was the tugboat Stone Mountain, built for Black Towing Company of Morgan City. The 75-foot vessel has a free-running speed of about 12 knots, provided by twin GM- 16V-92N diesels driving 64-inch bronze propellers supplied by Rice Propellers through Twin Disc 5:1 reduction gearing.
A Smatco towing/anchor handling winch provides a line pull of 50,000 pounds. Skipper, Inc.
provided the hydraulic steering units, two air compressors came f r o m Quincy, and the Barnes bilge/ballast/fire pump and the sanitary and potable water pressure sets were supplied by Pump Systems, Inc.
Electronic gear in the Stone Mountain i n c l u d e S i t e x radar, Drake SSB radio, two Motorola VHF radios, Datamarine depth finder, and T e x a s I n s t r u m e nt computer-controlled Loran.
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- Innovative Tugboat #Jekyll Isle7 Delivered By Gladding-Hearn Maritime Reporter, Jul 15, 1980 #34
o u r crewmen and three to four guests. The vessel has central heating and air-conditioning throughout. Main propulsion power is supplied by two General Motors 16V- 92 Detroit Diesel Allison engines with a total output of 1,200 bhp, giving a free-running speed of 11.3 knots. At cruising speed, the boat
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- DIESEL POWER REVIEW Maritime Reporter, Oct 15, 1980 #14
diesels are rated up to 348 continuous bhp at 1,900 rpm for propulsion, and 235 kw at 1,800 rpm in ship's service generator sets. by twin General Motors 16V-92 diesel engines rated at 1,200 shp and equipped with Twin Disc MG527, 5.17:1 reduction gears. Fernstrum grid coolers are to be installed
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