Crane barge special vessel Chesapeake 1000

YEAR BUILT 1972 DERRICK All welded steel construction, having one end raked (forward/towing end) and one end square. LIFT CAPACITY 1,000 short tons at 63' maximum radius fenders to hook. BOOM 230' 9" long plus 25' long jib boom. HOUSE (2) steel deckhouses are fitted on deck with forward house containing hoist machinery and equipment and midship house containing the generator room, office, and galley. CLASSIFICATION American Bureau of Shipping ? Maltese Cross A-1 Barge ? International Load Line ? Cargo Gear Certificate United States Coast Guard ? Certificate of Inspection TOWING GEAR Main Towing Bridle: (2) 75' long legs of 2" diameter wire rope and (9) links of 2" stud-link chain connected with 50 ton SWL safety shackles. Emergency Towing Hawser: 13" circumference by 600' long with trailing line and buoy with quick release mechanism. Emergency Anchor: 3,000 lb. steel anchor with 300' of 1" diameter wire rope anchor cable with a quick release mechanism. Mooring System: Winch: ? (6) Mooring/Warping Winches Anchors and Wires: ? 1,600 ft. 1" diameter wire rope. ? 8,000 lb. anchors for open ocean mooring. ? Anchors to 30,000 lb. available for specialty mooring arrangements.