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Posted by OL Chief on September 04, 2005 at 21:22:49 from (69.91.92.238):
Today I received a call requesting me to leave retirement and return to work as marine engineer on a heavy lift crane ship that I had previously served on.Our Navy owns 11 of this class of vessel,all of which are civilian manned and operated.These vessels were constructed to operate any place world wide ,as floating port facilities.In other words the ships can act as a means of taking place of shore side cranes that have been destroyed.The Ships are fitted with Six twin mounted 30 ton cranes on a whirlly which gives each set 60 ton cap. or can be married to lift 120 tons.The booms are 145 feet long and each weighs 96,000 pounds.Since the port of New Orleans port facilities have been destroyed the government has decided to utilize several crane ships to fill in the gap. N.O. Was a very busy port an without cranes loss of revenue is astounding.Lost time for a large ship waiting to load or discharge can cost $ 20,000 per day more or less ,hence the decision to employ crane ships.I have no idea how long this operation will last but I will be in a good position to get lots of photos of what is going on.I am only mentioning this in the event anyone here would be interested in seeing any of this operation because being landlocked does not allow one to see this sort of stuff.Sorry to have been so windy.I know this has zero to do with tractors but is just not every day stuff.I love my 16 tractors but also love ships.Thanks for listening. Ol Chief
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