SUMMARY
- The Largest liftboat in the world.
- 4 Legs with leg length of 97.5 meters.
- The first designed and built liftboat in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
- The first to use major liftboat components manufactured in the United States and shipped to Vietnam for installation.
- The first to use an American made liftboat jacking system in Vietnam.
- The first to use Levingston's United States Patented leg-encircling-crane ("LEC") in Vietnam.
- The first ABS Classed liftboat in Vietnam.
SPECIFICATIONS
HULL CHARACTERISTICS
Length: 57 meters (187 feet)
Beam: 44.2 meters (145 feet)
Depth: 6.9 meters (22.5 feet)
LEGS
Number of Legs: 3
Length: 97.5 meters (320 feet) including spudcans
Diameter: 3.1 meters (10 feet)
Working Water Depth: 4 meters (13 feet) to
65 meters (213 feet)
DECK LOAD CAPACITY
Moving: 680 metric tonnes (750 short tons)
Jacking: 680 metric tonnes (750 short tons)
Operation: 680 metric tonnes (750 short tons)
JACKING SPEED
Setting on Location: Lowering Legs: 8 feet per minute
Raising Hull: 4 feet per minute
Departing Location: Lowering Hull: 4 feet per minute
Raising Legs: 8 feet per minute
THRUSTERS
Design Speed: 6 knots approximately
Three 1,500 hp L-Drive with one 600 hp bow thruster. The L-Drives are powered by variable speed AC motors with
bow thruster electrically powered.
CRANE SPECIFICATIONS
Number/Location: 2 / Starboard and Port
Type/Model: LEC500 (U.S.A. Patent #6,607,331)
Manufacturer: RAM Crane
Boom Length: 120 feet with optional 20 foot extensions
Capacity: 227 metric tonnes
Whip/fast line 5.4 metric tonnes (6 short tons)
MAIN AIR COMPRESSORS
Type/Number: Rotary/2
Output pressure and volume: 150 psi
DIESEL ENGINE GENERATOR SETS
Number: 4
Manufacturer: Caterpillar
Type: 3516 or equivalents
Output: Approximately (1,285 kW)
Usual total daily fuel consumption: 3,300 gals/day estimated
Auxiliary Generator: 400 kW
LIVING QUARTERS
Number of personnel accommodated: 160
Number of Dining Rooms: 1
Seating in Each Dining Room: 80
Recreational Facilities: Located over hospital, meeting room aft of stern jacking tower.
Hospital: 4 beds, easy access to heli-deck, resuscitators, rescue stretchers, dangerous drugs locker, and refrigerator
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
Inflatable Life Rafts: 4 x 80 man life rafts
FIRE HYDRANT SYSTEM
Number of Outlets: 3
Hose Length: 100 ft. aft and 2 at 50 ft. each bow
HELI-DECK
Maximum Size / Type: Sikorsky S-92 and S-61