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R/V Lake Guardian: General Specifications

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Dimensions

Performance

Length

180 feet

Cruising Speed11 Knots

Beam

40 feet

Fuel Consumption75 gal/hr

Depth

14 Feet

Range 6,000 miles

Draft

11 feet

Fuel Capacity79,000 gallons

Gross Tonnage

283tons

Potable Water Capacity29,000 gallons

Displaced tonnage (light)

850 tons

Ballast Water Capacity76,500 gallons

Ice strengthened to ABS class "C"

 

Holding Tank Capacity44,000 gallons

Fully air conditioned and heated

 

Contaminated Waste Capacity2,500 gallons

 

 

Machinery:

Main Propulsion

2 Caterpillar D-399 16-cylinder diesel engines each developing 1,200 hp and turning 98" shafts fitted with 84" diameter 4-blade stainless steel propellers housed in Kort nozzles.

Bow Thruster

1 Caterpillar 3406 6-cylinder diesel engine developing 300 hp and driving a Schottel tunnel thruster.

Generators

3 Caterpillar 3306 6-cylinder diesel engines driving KATO generators rated at 135 kW each and isolated for vibration, shock, and noise. Any two generators may be linked to achieve a maximum of 270 kW.

 

 

Auxiliary Machinery:

Watermaker

Offshore Industries Seaquencher (2,000 gal/day)

Marine Sanitation Device

Orca 11-165 (5,000 gal/day)

Oily Water Separator

Nelson Bilge Boy (15 ppm discharge)

Distilled Water System

Superstill S-25 (25 gal/hour and 200 gallon storage capacity)

Vacuum System

GEBR Becker (331 in H2O)

UV H2O Purifier 

Waltron 3000

 

Navigation, Communication, and Survey Electronics:

VHF Radios Icom M127, Sperry RT204
HF SSB Radio Harris RF 3200, Raytheon 152 SSB
EPIRBS ACR Mini B 300 ILS, Cannad 406 & 121.5 MHR
Radars Furuno FR2130 (10cm), Furuno FR1510 MKII (3cm)
Loran's Northstar 800 and Furuno LC 90D
DGPS StaNav Furuno GP 500, Trimble NT 200D
Gyro Compass Sperry MK27
Fathometers Furuno FE 881 Mk-11, Furuno FCV 292 (50/200 KHZ)
Doppler Speed Log JEC JLN-203
Weatherfax Receiver Furuno 214
Autopilot Sperry ADG 3000VT
Satellite Phone and Fax  
Magnetic compass Ritchie SP6 B80
Subbottom Profiler Datasonics 3.5 kHz
Video Surveillance Deck Operations
VHF Direction Finder SI-TEX 525 ADF
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