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Wood pilings grouped into a pair of dolphins serving as a protected entryway to a boat basin. A dolphin is a group of pilings arrayed together to serve variously as a protective hardpoint along a dock, in a waterway, or along a shore; as a means or point of stabilization of a dock, bridge, or similar structure; as a mooring point; and as a base for navigational aids.
Shipboard bitts Shoreside bitts. Bitts are paired vertical wooden or metal posts mounted either aboard a ship or on a wharf, pier, or quay.The posts are used to secure mooring lines, ropes, hawsers, or cables. [1]
Bollard sleeves in various alloys or finishes are designed to cover security bollards to enhance their appearance. [citation needed] U-shaped bollards are typically used for the protection of equipment and are common in areas that need coverage over a wider area than of a normal bollard, such as fuel stations and bike lanes. [citation needed]
USCGC Bollard (WYTL-65614) is a cutter in the U.S. Coast Guard. Bollard is a small icebreaking harbor tug that operates in Long Island Sound and north to Narragansett Bay. Her homeport is New London, Connecticut. [3] She was constructed at Western Boat, in Tacoma, Washington in 1966 and was commissioned in
The shipyard was sold in 1997 to Baltimore Marine Industries Inc. In 2012, it was owned by Barletta Industries, which had converted it to the Sparrows Point Shipyard and Industrial Complex. [1] [2] As of 2021, it is owned by Sparrows Point Terminal, LLC and has been renamed Tradepoint Atlantic.
It was decided that these ships did not provide the required bollard pull to assist the newer larger vessels like HNLMS Karel Doorman.The four oldest ships were replaced by three Damen built hybrid tugboats, the Noordzee class.
B. Cavanaugh, Chittenden's replacement as Seattle District Commander, construction of the Ballard, or Government, Locks connecting Salmon Bay to Shilshole Bay began in 1911, proceeding without further controversy or legal entanglements. [7] In July 1912, the Locks gates were closed for the first time, turning Salmon Bay from saltwater to ...
Bollard pull is a conventional measure of the pulling (or towing) power of a watercraft.It is defined as the force (usually in tonnes-force or kilonewtons (kN)) exerted by a vessel under full power, on a shore-mounted bollard through a tow-line, commonly measured in a practical test (but sometimes simulated) under test conditions that include calm water, no tide, level trim, and sufficient ...