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Marine and communications construction: Deep ocean cable laying ship Global Sentinel layed the first fiber optic cable between the USA and Japan for AT&T. It is 475 ft (145 m), electrically driven from 2100 power generated by its three 12-cylinder diesel engines. Astoria, Oregon 2005.
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Marine and communications construction: Deep ocean cable laying ship Global Sentinel layed the first fiber optic cable between the USA and Japan for AT&T. It is 475 ft (145 m), electrically driven from 2100 power generated by its three 12-cylinder diesel engines. Astoria, Oregon 2005.

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  • 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.
  • Fire trucks, boats: Fire boat on Rhine River, Frankfurt, Germany July 2006
  • Marine transportation and construction: The tug boat James T. Quigg or Portland, Oregon towing a barge by cable on the lower Columbia River. 2005
  • Marine transportation and construction: The tug boat James T. Quigg or Portland, Oregon towing a barge by cable on the lower Columbia River. 2005
  • Marine transportation and construction: Unmanned tank bunker barge Shauna Kay being towed by a tug boat on lower Columbia River. The double hull barge is 82.7 meters long and carries 40,988 barrels of oil. Astoria, Oregon 2005.<br /> The tug boat James T. Quigg or Portland, Oregon towing a barge by cable on the lower Columbia River. 2005
  • Marine transportation and construction: Dry dock at sunset, ready to receive ship for repair/refit. Port of Portland, Oregon, 2005.
  • Coast Guard Cutter/Ship: United States Coast Guard Reliance Class Patrol Cutter STEADFAST (WMEC) 623 was commissioned in 1968. She is now homeported in Astoria, Oregon where the great Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean in the most dangerous ocean/river entry in the world. The STEADFAST is 210.5 ft long and 34 ft wide with 10.5 ft draft, and it displaces 1,050 tons. She is propelled by 2 diesels with 2 shafts/propellers with 5,000 bhp and 18 knot speed, and she has a helicopter deck at midships (area surrounded by railing/net). She carries a crew of 62. Astoria, Oregon 2005.
  • Coast Guard Cutter/Ship: Bridge of United States Coast Guard Reliance Class Patrol Cutter STEADFAST (WMEC) 623 was commissioned in 1968. She is now homeported in Astoria, Oregon where the great Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean in the most dangerous ocean/river entry in the world. The STEADFAST is 210.5 ft long and 34 ft wide with 10.5 ft draft, and it displaces 1,050 tons. She is propelled by 2 diesels with 2 shafts/propellers with 5,000 bhp and 18 knot speed, and she has a helicopter deck at midships (area surrounded by railing/net). She carries a crew of 62. Astoria, Oregon 2005.
  • Fireboat, EMS: Fireboat 201 Vigilant is a Class ‘C’ fireboat equipped with a 1500 gpm PTO (power takeoff = uses power from main engines) pump. Powered by twin Cummings diesels and Hamilton hydro jets, Vigilant can run at greater than 40 knots. Potomac River, Alexandria, Virginia, November, 2006.
  • Cruise ship: Queen of the West stern paddle wheel cruise ship carries 160 passengers in staterooms with 58 crew to explore the Columbia and Snake River basins. Two Cummins diesel engines power hydraulic pumps that drive the stern paddle wheel. Docked at Astoria, Oregon 2005.
  • Marine transportation: Bulk carrier ship Ostria Breeze, 17,679 gross tons, 9894 net tons. Tug boats are pushing on bow and stern to head ship out. Lower Columbia River near Pacific Ocean. 2005.
  • Towing trailer, sailboat: Towing deep keel sailboat on highway. Ontario 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Marine transportation and construction: Bow (front) view of the Gem State, a 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.
  • Marine and communications construction: Deep ocean cable laying ship Global Sentinel layed the first fiber optic cable between the USA and Japan for AT&T. It is 475 ft (145 m), electrically driven from 2100 power generated by its three 12-cylinder diesel engines. Astoria, Oregon 2005.
  • Lodal side loading, compacting recycling truck used for curbside pickup of recyclable materials. Ann Arbor, Michigan 2007.
  • Tugboat Miki Hana, 3000 hp, 194 gross tons, heads downstream on Columbia River. Washington, Oregon 2005
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