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USACE Towboat Lawson

Towboat:
  • Laid down 2007 at Quality Shipyards, Houma, LA.
  • Launched in 2007
  • Delivered, 31 August 2007
  • Christened, commission and placed in service in October 2007 as USACE Towboat Lawson
  • Assigned to US Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District, Mobile, AL.
  • Current Disposition, active
    Specifications:
    Displacement 388 t.
    Length 96'
    Beam 40'
    Hull Depth 8'3"
    Draft 5'-7 1/4"
    Speed 10 kts
    Range unknown
    Complement 10
    Fuel Capacity 9,990 Gal.
    Potable water 7,865 Gal.
    Gear Oil Capacity 361 Gal.
    Ballast System(9) Tanks 35,268 Gal.
    Machinery, Equipment, and Special Features
    Main Engines(3) Cat C18– 670HP @2100rpm
    Reduction Gears (3) Twin Disc, Model MG5170 Ratio 5.03:1
    Generators (2) John Deere 6081AFM-150kW,480V
    Engine Controls (Electronic)
    Propellers Rice 4 Blade 52” Dia. (Kort Nozzles)
    Steering (6) Flanking (6) Steering
    Deck Winches (4) Patterson 50 Ton Single Drum Electric
    Searchlights (2) Carlisle and Finch incandescent (1) Xenon Remote Control
    Navigation: Radar, Chart Reader, Sonar
    Lube Oil Sys 734 Gal.
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    Lawson
    303000601    		 176k USACE Towboat Lawson underway, 4 September 2012, location unknown.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo 120904-A-EO324-126    		 US Army Corps of Engineers
    Lawson
    303000602    		 210k USACE Towboat Lawson underway, date and location unknown.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 US Army Corps of Engineers
    Lawson
    303000603    		 183k USACE Towboat Lawson underway at Mobile, Alabama, date unknown.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 US Army Corps of Engineers
    Lawson
    303000604    		 254k USACE Towboat Lawson underway, date and location unknown.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 US Army Corps of Engineers
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