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Deck Equipment


Cranes and Frames

Main Deck Crane

  • Manufacturer: Goodcrane
  • Type: Knuckle boom
  • Boom Length: 40 ft.
  • Lifting Capacity: 10,000 lbs. at maximum reach
Main Deck Crane extended Main Deck Crane

Aft O1 Deck K-Boom Crane

  • Type: North American Crane
  • Maximun Length: 35 ft
  • Lifting Capacity: 2,325 lbs
Aft 01 Crane Aft 01 Crane lifting

A-Frame

  • Location: Stern
  • Type: Appleton Marine, Inc., Moveable
  • Clearance over the stern: 12.3ft
  • Horizontal Clearance: 14ft
  • Clear width at deck: 13ft
  • Max Load at low sea state: 25,000 lbs
  • Max Load at high sea state: 18,750 lbs
A-Frame and rov A-frame

J-Frame

  • Location: Port Side of Main Deck
  • Type: Electrohydraulic
  • Clearance over side: 6 ft.
  • Vertical clearance: 13.9 ft
  • Lifting Capacity: 5,000 lbs.
J-Frame with CTD J-Frame

Winches

DT Winch

  • Cable: 900 meters of 0.322 inch
  • Maximum Pull: 3,000 lbs
DT Winch

EM Oceanographic Winch

  • Type: Markey COM 15V
  • Cable: 5,000 meters of 0.322 inch conducting electro-mechanical cable
EM Oceanographic Winch

Almon-Johnson Winch

  • Type: Series 505 Hydrographic
  • Cable: 6,000 meters of ¼ wire rope or 6,000 meters of .322 inch electro-mechanical cable
  • Maximum Pull: 5,000 lbs
Johnson Winch

Portable Stern Capstan

  • Type: Schoellhorn-Albrecht 7.5 HP Electric
  • Speed: 40 feet per minute line speed
  • Running Pull: 5,500 lbs
  • Static (Bollard) Pull: 35,000 lbs
Capstan

Ground Tackle

Bow Anchor

  • Quantity: 2 (port and starboard)
  • Type: Stockless
  • Weight (each): 2,000 lbs
  • Anchor chain: 6" links, port side 6 shots, starboard side 7 shots
NF Bow anchors Stbd anchor and Meatball

Anchor Windlass

  • Type: Fritz Culver FCWH-6
  • Wildcat line pull: 24,000 lbs
  • Gypsy line pull: 21,000 lbs
Anchor windlass fwd view

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