Tugboat Miki Hana, 3000 hp, 194 gross tons, heads downstream on Columbia River. Washington, Oregon 2005
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Fire trucks, boats: Fire boat on Rhine River, Frankfurt, Germany July 2006
Boats/ships/barges: The Fluvius barge ship pushes two other barges under the Elizabeth Bridge headed upstream on the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary, July 2006.
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Marine transportation and construction: Stern (rear) view of USS Gem State, a US Navy Keystone State Class Crane Ship, carrying 6 - 30 ton capacity cranes. Built in 1965 as the breakbulk ship, President Monroe, it was converted to a crane ship in Bay City, Michigan in 1984. 669 ft long, 76 ft beam (width), 33 ft draft, 17 nautical mi speed, it has cargo capacity of 300+ standard containers. It has 2 boilers, 2 geared steam turbines, 10,747 shp, one propeller. Port of Portland, Oregon, 2005.
Lightship Columbia SLV604 exhibited at the Columbia River Maritime Museum. Served at the Columbia River Lightship Station, 5 miles west of the Columbia River's mouth in the Pacific Ocean, from 1951 until it was replaced by a large naval buoy. It is 128 ft long, 30 ft beam, 11 ft draft. Its illumination apparatus is a 1,200 watt light and an aircraft-type beacon with 13 mile range. Its foghorn has 5 mile range. Astoria, Oregon 2005.
Coast Guard boat/ship: 44-foot US coast Guard motor lifeboat 44300, 44 ft long, served 20 years as a motor lifeboat, then 15 years as a training boat. Now housed as an exhibit at the Columbia River Maritime Museum, Astoria, Oregon 2005.
Tugboat Miki Hana, 3000 hp, 194 gross tons, heads downstream on Columbia River. Washington, Oregon 2005
Tugboat Miki Hana, 3000 hp, 194 gross tons, heads downstream on Columbia River. Washington, Oregon 2005
Tugboat Miki Hana, 3000 hp, 194 gross tons, heads downstream on Columbia River. Washington, Oregon 2005
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