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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 the center - Askhat Ziganshin. 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] The barge is known for drifting 49 days across the North Pacific Ocean in 1960 after being disabled ...
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. Then "preloading" takes place, where the weight of the barge ...
The liftboat Kaitlyn Eymard was built in the US by Conrad Industries in 2002. A liftboat is a self-propelled, self-elevating vessel used in support of various offshore mineral exploration and production or offshore construction activities. A liftboat has a relatively large open deck to accommodate equipment and supplies, and the capability of ...
A. D. Kahn, "Concrete Ship and Barge Program, 1941-1944" Ships for victory: a history of shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II [28] Concrete ship. 265-foot BCL (barge, concrete, large) Type B Concrete Barge [29] 5 Builders of Concrete Ships [30] Design MC B7-D1, 2 ships for US Army [31] World War II in the Pacific ...
10,250 tons. The SS St. Marys Challenger is a freight-carrying vessel operating on the North American Great Lakes built in 1906. Originally an ore boat, she spent most of her career as a cement carrier when much larger ore boats became common. After a 107-year-long working career as a self-propelled boat, she was converted into a barge and ...
The SS J.L. Mauthe, was originally a straight-deck bulk carrier steamship, hull #298, built in 1952 by the Great Lakes Engineering Works on the River Rogue, Michigan site and delivered to its owner, Interlake Steamship Company. [1][2][3] The SS J.L. Mauthe operated as a self-propelled vessel for 46 years. Upon conversion into a barge, it was ...
Narco-submarine. A narco-submarine captured by the Peruvian Navy in December 2019 [1] A narco-submarine (also called a drug sub or narco-sub) is a type of custom ocean-going, self-propelled, semi-submersible or fully- submersible vessel built by (or for) drug smugglers. [2][3][4] Newer semi-submersibles are "nearly-fully" submersible in order ...