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A hopper barge is a type of barge commonly designed to transport commodities like coal, steel, rocks, sand, soil and waste. [1] 'Hopper barge' can also refer to a barge that dumps cargo at sea. These are now commonly called 'split hopper barge', because they split along the length of the hull. Split hopper barges can be non-propelled or self ...
A self-propelled dry bulk barge carrying crushed stone near Wuhan, 18 June 2006 The towboat, Donna York, pushing coal up the Ohio River.The tow had just exited the Louisville and Portland Canal at Louisville, Kentucky, 17 May 2009 An empty coal barge showing cargo bay smaller than hull along the Weser River in Bremen, May 2005 15 long coal barges on the Monongahela River near Pittsburgh, 28 ...
The self-propelled barge T-36 was a Soviet barge of the Project 306 type. Its waterline length was 17.3 m, width 3.6 m, depth 2 m, draft 1.2 m. It had two engines, speed of 9 knots, and tonnage of 100 tons. [1]
A jackup rig is a barge fitted with long support legs that can be raised or lowered. The jackup is maneuvered (self-propelled or by towing) into location with its legs up and the hull floating on the water. Upon arrival at the work location, the legs are jacked down onto the seafloor.
YFRN Barges were not self-propelled. YFR Barges were self-propelled. Olson & Winge of Seattle WA made 10 YFRN: YFRN-833 to YFRN-841 in 1943, for the war. Defoe Shipbuilding Company of Bay City, Michigan built three: YFR-888, YFR-889 and YFR-890 in 1945. Long Beach Naval Shipyard of Long Beach, California built the YFRN-997 in 1945.
In 1997-1998, the Interlake Steamship Company converted the SS J.L. Mauthe into a self-unloading barge, and renamed to the vessel SS Pathfinder in 1998. [ 5 ] Pathfinder was coupled with the pusher tug MT Joyce L. VanEnkevort from 1998 to 1999, [ 7 ] until the Interlake Steamship Company built their new Z-drive tug, called the MT Dorothy Ann ...
YFR barges are self-propelled, YFRN barges are not. The YFR and YFRN hull numbers are part of the YF and YFN sequence. YFR-443, ex-YF-443, transferred to Colombia [61] YFR-447, ex-YF-447; YFR-451, ex-YF-451, lost by explosion and fire, 14 miles northwest of Boston MA. harbor, 11 May 1944 [62] YFRN-833 through YFRN-841; YFR-888 through YFR-890 ...
US Navy barracks ship APL-61 in 2003. A barracks ship or barracks barge or berthing barge, or in civilian use accommodation vessel or accommodation ship, is a ship or a non-self-propelled barge containing a superstructure of a type suitable for use as a temporary barracks for sailors or other military personnel.