Raked stern fitted with adjustable skegs and a 66' notch for Tug
Double skinned side tanks & bottoms (surrounding ballast)
8 cargo holds port/stbd
6 ballast tanks port/stbd
Forepeak
Forward & aft machinery spaces
Forward & aft voids
Structure
Classification
American Bureau of Shipping A-1 unmanned barge for Great Lakes & Ocean Service
Inspection
United States Coast Guard Certificate of Inspection
Capacities
Cubic Capacity
18,305 short tons (cement @ 80 lbs/ft)
19,449 short tons (cement @ 85 lbs/ft)
Normal running Ballast
7,910 short tons @ 14' x 15'10" drafts
Cargo System
104 Fuller Kovako transverse air slides (52 per side) fitted between hogbacks on 6' centers with 52 hydraulic gates
Webb Materials tunnel conveyor system approximately 364' long which transports cargo forward to bucket elevator
Webb Materials bucket elevator feeds cargo from horizontal conveyor into a surge hopper situated over the cement pumps
(2) Fuller Kenyon 300 mm type M cement pumps arranged for parallel discharge
(6) Fuller rotary air compressors:(2) CC250's rated for 1621 CFM @ 30 PSIG each
(4) CC150's rated for 730 CFM @ 30 PSIG each
(1) Jet Air Technologies Dust Collector, model # 1620-4-3 rated for 12,000 CFM
Equipment
Anchor Windlass
New England Trawler Model X-2453, 20 hp with 450' x 1 ¾" wire rope & (1) 8500 lb stockless anchor equipped with remote radio drop control
Rode
600'
Winch
(4) New England Trawler constant tension mooring winches Model X-2385
CT with line pull of 20,000 lbs, line speed 60 fpm max & 400' x 1 1/8" wire
rope each
Generators
(2) 1100 kW unloading generators, CAT 3516
(1) 300 kW auxiliary generator, CAT 3406
Blow Down Air Compressor
(1) LIPS controllable pitch 800 horsepower with 2 load controls and 1 remote
