[QUOTE=tugsailor;178980]Fish processor fires are not limited to YO, FS, or Knot ships. The Aleutian Falcon is an OSV conversion and she had a pretty spectacular fire (even with fire retardant foam insulation) at the dock in Dutch Harbor in the early 90’s.[/QUOTE]
indeed and there was the GOLDEN ALASKA getting baked back in 1989! And the one owned by Ocean Beauty too (what was the name of that one?)
[QUOTE=c.captain;178983]indeed and there was the GOLDEN ALASKA getting baked back in 1989! And the one owned by Ocean Beauty too (what was the name of that one?)[/QUOTE]
As I recall the Golden Alaska was built as a factory trawler in Germany.
The Snowbird was an ex-Army FS. It was 174 feet (53 meters )LOA.
Here she is alongside the pier at Dutch Harbor Alaska.
The hydraulic cargo gear capacity was 7 tons, doubled up the gear could lift 14 tons.
This is the cook and deckhand moving pallets around. At the time we were running between Akutan and Dutch.
Here is a shot taken from the bridgewing. The cook with the red hoodie is next to the bigger aft hatch. You can see the smaller forward hold hatch coaming behind the deckhand with the hose.
Here is Al, aka The Chief.
Here is Captain Doug.
Here we are, on our way home in a little weather.
.Tough little ship. Everything you needed to move cargo and not much more.
