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Ship's Equipment and Capabilities

Quick Index:
General Info - Ship Plans - Winches and Wire - Ship's Crane - Other Deck Equipment - Electrical Capabilities

General Information


Ship Plans

Plans and pictures are available covering the Working Deck, Lab Space, 01 Deck, Below Decks, and Bow Area Welding Plates

The documents these links go to are fairly graphics intense, with ship plans and digitized photos of select areas around the ship. Please keep this in mind before proceeding! Most pictures are miniature versions with the full sized version available via external viewing.


Winches and Wire Rope

Three main winches serve the needs of coring, trawling, and hydrographic sampling. Information (including specifications and images) is available for the Coring, Trawl, and Hydrographic winches


Ship's Crane

The Ship's Crane is used for a variety of task -- recovery and deployment of equipment at sea, moving of heavy equipment on deck, and dockside loading and unloading of heavy gear.


Other Deck Equipment

Information is available on Other Deck Equipment, including information on the Hydro A-Frame, Stern A-Frame, Air Tuggers, Rosette/CTD Rail, Hydro Platform, Capstan, Work Boats, Bulwarks, and Working Side


Electrical Capabilities

The ship's Electrical Capabilities and performance of ship's generators and other electrical systems are described, including measurements of frequency and voltage fluctuations.

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Contacts:
Tim Holt, holtt@oce.orst.edu, MT Skunk Works