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Lodbrok is a floating crane, in the harbor of Ystad 2020. A crane vessel, crane ship, crane barge, or floating crane is a ship with a crane specialized in lifting heavy loads, typically exceeding 1,500 t (1,476 long tons; 1,653 short tons) for modern ships. The largest crane vessels are used for offshore construction. [1]
Crane ships of the United States Navy (2 C, 2 P) F. Floating cranes (16 P) Pages in category "Crane vessels" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
Within the Military Sealift Command, the ships serve as part of the Ready Reserve Force. Five crane ships were deployed to the Persian Gulf in 1990 and 1991, while a single example served as a temporary Army prepositioning ship in 1994. Four crane ships were transferred to the National Defense Reserve Fleet on 28 July 2006.
The smaller cranes start at around 50 tons [which?] in lifting capacity, with the largest being able to lift 20,000 tons. The bigger sheerlegs usually have their own propulsion system and have a large accommodation facility on board, while smaller units are floating pontoons that need to be towed to their workplace by tugboats .
Kearsarge was converted into a crane ship, and was given hull classification symbol IX-16 on 17 July 1920, [55] but it was changed to AB-1 on 5 August. [ 53 ] [ a ] Her turrets, superstructure, and armor were removed, and were replaced by a large revolving crane with a lifting capacity of 250 tons (230 tonnes), as well as 10-foot (3.0 m ...
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