Vessel Owner: United States Army Corps of Engineers
Builder: Basic Marine, Inc., Escanaba, MI. Delivered: February 2012
Project Delivery Team: USACE’s Marine Design Center and Memphis District
Vessel Operation Team: USACE Memphis District
Vessel Certification: American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) “Maltese Cross, A-1, BARGE, River Service” with "Reinforcement B" notation.
Vessel Mission: Rock placement during river bank revetment operations on the Mississippi River System. Transport materials, Caterpillar D6, D7-H and D7-Gs bulldozers.
Vessel Particulars:
- Length Overall: 200’- 0”
- Breadth: 40’-0”
- Hull Depth: @ CL: 8’ -0”
- Camber: None
- Deck Load: 1000/2000 PSF
- Deck Plate: 3/4" thick
- Draft (light): 4’- 4”
- Fuel: 29,000 gallons
- Water: 13,000 gallons
- Excavator: Caterpillar Longboom, Model 345
Equipment:
- (2) Genesets, John Deere/Northern Lights, rated 175 kW @ 1800 rpm
- (1) Boarding Ramp 20’-0” wide and 30’-0” long with a capacity of 165,000 lbs
- (4) Spuds 36”x 36”x 50’-0” long, 36,500 lbs each
- (1) Spud & ramp hoisting system Applied Hydraulics, Chicago, IL
- (4) Deck winches: WW Patterson WWP40E-7.5-14, 40,000 lbs Hauling, 80,000 lbs holding
- (2) Barge Haul winches: WW Patterson WWP65E-12.5-20, 47,000 lbs Hauling, 130,000 lbs holding
- (1) Skiff crane HydraPro HP20/2T