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  2. Davit - Wikipedia

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    A davit (/ ˈ d eɪ v ɪ t /) [1] is any of various crane-like devices used on a ship for supporting, raising, and lowering equipment such as boats and anchors. [2] Davit systems are most often used to lower an emergency lifeboat to the embarkation level to be boarded. The lifeboat davit has falls (now made of wire, historically of manila rope ...

  3. Left Coast Lifter - Wikipedia

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    22 feet (7 m) Propulsion. none. Left Coast Lifter is a floating derrick barge or sheerleg which was built to assist in the eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. The barge carries a shear legs crane which is the largest barge crane ever used on the U.S. West Coast. The barge's name is taken from "Left Coast", a ...

  4. Derrick - Wikipedia

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    Gin pole derrick. A gin pole derrick (also known as standing derrick or pole derrick) is a derrick without a boom and with single tower or mast supported by four guy wires (two side guys, a fore guy and a rear guy). Its guys are so arranged from its top as to permit leaning the mast in any direction. The base of the tower is hinged and the top ...

  5. Ship's boat - Wikipedia

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    Special derricks had to be used to lift these boats, as the davits used for the lighter engineless ones were insufficient. [6]: 87, 89, 111 Senior officers started to be assigned steam boats from 1882, when a steam cutter was provided for the sole use of the Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies station.

  6. Chesapeake 1000 - Wikipedia

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    Draft. 20 ft 1 in (6.1 m) Chesapeake 1000 (formerly Sun 800) is a heavy lift sheerleg crane ship, owned by Donjon Marine Co., capable of lifting 1,000 short tons (890 long tons; 910 t). [1][2] It is one of the largest boomable stiff-leg-derrick barges on the eastern seaboard of the United States. [a][1][2] The barge measures 191 feet (58 m ...

  7. Crane (machine) - Wikipedia

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    Manual crane from the late 19th century used for unloading small loads from ships at the Port of Barcelona, Spain. A crane is a machine used to move materials both vertically and horizontally, utilizing a system of a boom, hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves for lifting and relocating heavy objects within the swing of its boom.

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