PATROL BOAT REPORTCoast Guard Receives North River BoatsNorth River BoatsNew Response BoatALMAR by North River Boats of Roseburg Oregon re-cently built and launched the ? rst of three 29 x 10 ft. Liberty Walk Around vessels destined for the San Francisco area. The Liberty family of boats features a Wing Hybrid Foam/Air Fender protecting the exterior perimeter of the boat. Capable of speeds greater than 46 knots, this is a high speed craft USCGdesigned for pursuit, quick maneuvering and excellent sea The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Station Main Particularskeeping capabilities. The ? rst Length: 29 ft.Milford Haven accepted delivery of ft. LOA: 34.6 of these boats was built for the the station’s newest asset, a 45-foot ft. Beam: 10 San Francisco Fire Department Response Boat - Medium, which rep-ft. Bottom: 8.25 and will serve as a rescue plat-resents the 146th boat in a ? eet of 170 ° Deadrise: 24 form working near the Golden Draft: 23 in. light ship, 26 in. fully being delivered to the service. The loadedGate Bridge. One of its main RB-M replaces the aging ? eet of 41-ft. lbs Lightship: 8,550 uses will be for Search and Utility Boats (UTB) and assorted non-Full Load: 11,500 lbsRescue missions. The next two standard boats being used at Coast Speed: 46.2 knots of these boats will be used for Range: 320 NMGuard stations throughout the country. Law Enforcement in the same The RB-M has a top speed of 49 mph general areas. The boat is load-Operationsand the new design includes a full ed with a number of advanced features to make operations • Hybrid foam / air fender for hull protection, stability cabin to protect the crew from the ele-more safe and ef? cient, including:and ? otation if swampedments, provides heating and air condi-• Walk Around cabin designed for ease of movement • Twin Mercury Verado 300 hp outboard motors tioning and features shock-mitigating about the craft• Shoxs 6300 shock mitigating seats for operator and seats. Station Milford Haven RB-M • Sliding side operator and navigator doors navigator. is number 146 of approximately 170 • Excellent visibility with 360 degree coverage and • Furuno MFD 12 Navnet electronics packageboats being delivered to the Coast spotter windows• FLIR Thermal ImagingGuard during a period of eight to 10 • Spacious aft deck for cargo, MEDEVAC stretchers/years, half of which are being built E: commercialsales@northriverboats.comstokes, or personnelin Kent, Wash., by Marinette Marine W: www.northriverboats.com • Rescue notches to aid in Search & Rescue and Dive Corporation’s major subcontractor, Kvichak Marine Industries of Seattle, Wash. MMC is building the other half of the ? eet in Green Bay, Wis.www.uscgnews.comGladding-Hearn DeliversGladding-Hearn DeliversSilver Ships to Build 36 Navy Boats Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has de- created to improve the performance and the arrangement of Silver Shipswon an Inde? nite De-livered the ? rst of six Chesapeake Class pilot boats for coast- planning hulls like our pilot boats. This new generation of livery Inde? nite Quantity contract to al and offshore patrol operations and port security, provided Chesapeake launches, equipped with the IPS 2 pods, gives provide the U.S. Navy with the follow by the Colombian Department of the Navy. Designed by C. pilots what they have been asking for: higher speed, lower on variant of the 11-m Naval Special Raymond Hunt & Associates, the all-aluminum deep-V hull fuel consumption, and more comfort,” said Peter Duclos, Warfare Surface Support Craft for a measures 56.6 ft. overall, with a 17.8-ft. beam and 3-ft. draft president, Gladding-Hearn. With a deep-V hull designed total of 36 boats over ? ve years. The and has a top speed of 27 knots. The launch is powered by by C. Raymond Hunt & Associates, the all-aluminum pilot 11-m NSW SSC is an aluminum deep-twin MAN R6-800CRM diesel engines, each delivering 800 boat measures 52.7 ft. overall, with a 16.8-ft. beam and a vee hulled boat with a protective col-Bhp at 2,300 rpm. The engines turn Ultra Jet UJ-452 water 4.5-ft. draft. It will be powered by twin Volvo Penta D11-lar for open water utility operations. jets through ZF 360 gears. The boat is equipped with a 16kW 503, six cylinder, EPA Tier 3 diesel engines, each produc-Crafts are used from inland bays and Alaska Diesel genset. At the transom is a winch-operated, ing 503 bhp at 2,a250 rpm. Each engine is connected to a waterways to deep water over the ho-rotating davit over the water-level recessed platform for res- Volvo Penta IPS propulsion pod, which is ? tted with dual rizon transits, in all operating condi-cue operations. Interior accommodations include six bunks, forward-facing, counter-rotating propellers and integrated tions and weather. Open ocean diver a head and full galley, air conditioning, and Llebroc seats and exhaust system, and Volvo Penta’s integrated EPS electronic and swimmer support, safety craft, an upholstered settee in the pilothouse. steering and control system. The shipyard’s goals of opti-medical transport, alongside vessel mizing fuel economy, vessel handling and comfort of the operations, combat craft and para-Tampa Bay Pilots Chesapeake Class pilot boats are also behind installation of chutist water airdrop training support, The Tampa Bay pilot association ordered its second Ches- a Humphree Interceptor trim-control system. In addition to over-the-horizon training evolutions. apeake Class launch and the ? rst in a new generation of Humphree’s Automatic Trim Optimization System, the boat Craft has a multipurpose deck for car-Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding’s popular, smaller pilot boats. will be out? tted with the company’s Coordinated Turn Op-rying various payloads, dive equip-Delivery is scheduled for 2015. Since the Chesapeake Class timization System (CTOS) integrated with the Volvo Penta ment, or mission gear. Silver Ships pilot boat was introduced by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard IPS pods. “The automatic trim-control system, which adjusts continues its relationship within the in 2003, 15 have been delivered to pilot associations through- the running trim for a given speed, will give the pilots faster NSW community in providing a qual-out the United States. According to shipyard of? cials, the acceleration and improved comfort, while conserving fuel. ity platform and successful program.latest improvements incorporate the performance bene? ts Northern Lights generator, with 9kW of output, will provide www.silverships.comof Volvo Penta’s IPS 2 pod system. “The IPS 2 system was electricity. The vessel’s top speed is to reach 27 knots.48 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News MARCH 2014•MR #3 (42-49).indd 48 MR #3 (42-49).indd 48 3/4/2014 11:29:26 AM3/4/2014 11:29:26 AM