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原文传递 45′ research vessel for New Jersey built by Delaware Bay Ship Building

题名：	45′ research vessel for New Jersey built by Delaware Bay Ship Building
正文语种：	eng
作者：	K. Hocke
摘要：	Delaware Bay Ship Building, Leesburg, N.J., recently delivered the 45′×5′6″×6′4″ aluminum research vessel Explorer to Research Vessel Explorer LLC, Rustin Cassway, Cape May, N.J. With a 58″ draft and a deadweight tonnage of 50,000, the new shipwreck research and salvage vessel was designed, built, and commissioned to be the "best shipwreck exploration vessel for a private client ever made," said Capt. Rustin Cassway, one of Research Vessel Explorer's managing partners. The vessel lines were developed by Mike LeMole of LeMole Naval Engineering, Tuckahoe, N.J., and then put into 3-D by Stephen Pollard of Specmar Inc., St. Helens, Ore. The Explorer went from initial welding to completion in under 12 months and is currently engaged in shipwreck exploration on a weekly basis, including working with families to give them closure on the sinking of a submarine in 1920 and working with the Air Force to find a plane lost in 1962. "Next year, we will be working with some people from Italy on the Andrea Doria site." (The Italian ocean liner sank in 1956, killing 46 passengers. More than 1,700 passengers were rescued.) The Explorer's main propulsion comes from twin Cummins QSM-11 diesel engines, producing 670 hp at 2,300 rpm each. The mains connect to Acme 32″×33″ wheels through ZF VEE drives with 2.037:1 reduction ratios. The propulsion package gives the new research vessel a top speed of 27 knots.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	Work Boat
卷：	79
期：	9
页码：	23,26