Maersk Ohio:
Not a good representative for the US flag Maersk fleet.
Sema-1 is a good design Deck Barge to serve at most projects such as heavy equipment embarking/disembarking, crawler crane placement for marine construction projects, concrete pump/mixer embarking for casting at the site, berthing pontoon. It has reinforced crane paths are also can be used for heavy loads up to 2000 tons. She has valid class certificates and holding unrestricted navigation status. Deck strength is 40 tons/m2 at crane paths and 10tons/m2 at the remaining deck area. 4 pcs 15tons maneuvering winches and anchor windlass placed on the deck.
you can see here the some pictures while working.
https://sema-marine.com/en/recent/
USNS SUPPLY still going strong after 26 years. Any former crew on the forum?
BALTIC SEA – Military Sealift Command’s fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) is participating in the 49th Baltic Operations (BALTOPS 2020) exercise in the Baltic Region, June 7-16, with 19 NATO allies and partner nations.
Participating nations includes Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the U.K., and the U.S., with 28 maritime units, 28 aircraft and 3,000 personnel.
Here is a picture of a vessel some of you working the GOM in the late 70’s. The middle picture shows the rocket scientists flexing their knuckles for another days anchor handing. the last showing standing off preparing to run an anchor in the sunny south seas.
mighty tide.pdf (485.9 KB)
I should add that it must have been a bit cold because the normal PEP could be a pair of shorts and a T shirt. Nobody knew what HR stood for. The Mighty Tide was also was working out of Vung Tau the last time I saw her…
Mighty Tide was one of the 4 UT 704s built for Tidewater at Sterkoder Shipyard in Kristansund, Norway in 1983. (At the very end of the UT 704 era)
I have worked with the Mighty Tide many times over the years.
Last time I saw her she was laid up in Batam in a sorry state.
Pictures for your time onboard the Mighty Tide?
https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/8119625
The Norwegian owned, Canadian flag Live fish carrier Aqua Tromoy is operating in BC:
Specs for Aqua Tromoy:
https://www.dessaqua.com/aqua-maly-1/aqua-maly-3ry67-76lcr-fz7c5-8g24n-9zsat-ssgw7-ajaan-bydy7-p5mjt
I downloaded lots of pics from https://datalastic.com/
Nice old coaster:
Blt. 1961
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=56502
Sunk 07.Oct. 2011:
https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?242412
It’s always been a dream to own and operate something that size. a bygone fantasy now. It would have been a family affair with the missus and kids running around barefoot while tramp steaming. Maybe go full Greek and carry chickens and goats too.
S.S. Elclipse May 1974. Retirement party for Bosun (front row second from rt.) Osman Matt. I joined as AB and transferred to the Socony Vacuum as extra third mate a few months later.
I worked on her again in 1975 and took this picture in Houston (I think). She spent her time back then in the crude and heavy fuel oil trade. Mobil sold her off in the 1980s to Cove shipping where she was named Cove Spirit.
Here’s a picture I took from the E/R sky light looking down to the control station and the HP and LP turbines
while in port.
Specs for the Damon B Bankston, Built 2002, Vik & Sandvik VS480 designed PSV with Diesel-Electric propulsion:
https://www.shipsandoil.co.uk/wartsila-vik-sandvik/vs480-psv
Over the years from 1950s to 1980s there were a fleet of small reefer ships with homeport Ålesund, Norway that regularly crossed the Atlantic with a cargo of frozen fish. Destination was mostly Gloucester, Mass.
Quite amazing that such small ships could be economical in that trade, aside from the fact that they survived winter crossings all those years. They were also the staritng point for many seamen from Ålesund and Sunnmøre.
Here the Kolåstind, built 1949 and all of 535 DWT:
http://www.polarhav.com/Kolastind.htm
Followed by M/V Ålesund,
M/V Borgund
http://www.polarhav.com/Borgund.htm
M/V Karitind:
http://www.polarhav.com/Karitind.htm
And the flagship of the fleet, M/V Caribia, built as late as 1967:
Still better than some of the small fish carriers used in Alaska I presume (??)
