Vane Brothers’ brand-new, 3,000-horespower press pull, the Annapolis, relocates along Maryland’s Wicomico River (Photo by Ray Hoffman).
Baltimore, Md., headquartered Vane Brothers has actually taken shipment of the Annapolis, the secondly of 4 3,000-horsepower Salisbury Class press yanks incomplete for the firm by Chesapeake Shipbuilding Shipbuilders as well as Naval Architects in Salisbury, Maryland.
The Annapolis has a layout that corresponds sibling pull Salisbury, provided in 2019. With a size of 94 feet, size of 34 feet, shaped deepness of 10.5 feet, as well as functioning draft of 8.5 feet, each vessel in the Subchapter M-compliant Salisbury Class of press yanks is specifically fit for procedures along inland rivers.
According to Vane Brothers President C. Duff Hughes, “Vane Brothers continues to invest in thoughtfully crafted tugboats and barges that operate to the highest standards demanded by our customers. These purpose-built vessels maximize efficiency in their defined markets while meeting strict, Coast Guard-enforced Subchapter M safety requirements.”
To produce the Salisbury Class style, Chesapeake Naval Architect John Womack operated in close cooperation with Vane Brothers Port Captain Jim Demske, that has actually managed building of almost 50 tugboats for Vane over the last twenty years.
“The Annapolis, like the Salisbury before her, is an extremely robust inland pusher,” claimsDemske “With a solid and sturdy design that delivers unsurpassed performance and safety, Vane Brothers’ crew-friendly Salisbury Class tugs can work efficiently and handle well in both shallow draft areas and open water environments.”
The yanks are large as well as peaceful, as well as function 8 different home heating as well as air-conditioning systems that run individually throughout the vessels. This improves team convenience along with enhancing fire-containment ability in instance of emergency situation.
The Annapolis is powered by 2 Caterpillar 3512 Tier 3, 1,500-horsepower engines.
The roomy, well selected as well as functionally improved pilothouse functions Simrad as well as Furuno electronic devices, along with double Rose Point digital charting systems.
The pull is called for the funding city of Maryland, which is likewise residence to the UNITED STATENaval Academy Vane Brothers has actually been headquartered in Maryland given that 1898.
