397 January 2007

Triple Screw Model Bow Tug

The Basile-designed tug taking shape at Lockport Fabricators in early December 2006.  (Photo by A.Haig-Brown)

Dickie Adams' at Lockport Fabrication has a triple screw model bow tug building for Russell Plaisance of Galliano Louisiana. Powered by three six-cylinder Cummins KTA19 engines the boat is being built to a Frank Basile (Entech and Associates Inc.) design. While a triple engine and triple screw configuration is a common method of maintaining a shallow draft, this boat is interesting in that only the middle propeller is fitted with a kort nozzles while the two outside props will be open.

Basle explains that he has had vessels built to this design with two Cummins KTA38s for main engines but since this owner will be using the boat to service near shore oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico the triple engine installation will deliver a similar bollard pull with a shallower draft. The 84 by 27-foot vessel has an 11.6-foot molded depth and will be delivered in the spring of 2007.

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Please note GA and photo below, for further information please contact:

Richard “Dickie” Adams Jr.
Lockport Fabrication Inc.
528 East Main St.
Lockport, LA 70374
USA
Phone: 985 532 8466
Fax: 985 532 8467

Joe Gregory
Territory Sales Manager
Cummins Mid-South
110 E.Airline Highway
Kenner, LA 70062
Phone: 504 468 3535
Mobile: 985 397 2252
Fax: 504 465 3408
E-Mail: joe.gregory@cummins.com

Frank J. Basile P.E.
Entech & Assoc., Inc.
P.O. Box 1470
Houma, LA 70361
Phone: 985 868 5524
Fax: 985 857 9032
E-mail: frankb@entech-associates.com

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