St Johns Ship Building of Palatka, Fla. has delivered a new Offshore Support Vessel the ATLANTIC SPIRIT to Inland and Offshore Contractors, Ltd.
“ATLANTIC SPIRIT” (Yard No 157) was designed by Entech and Associates Inc. of Houma, Louisiana. The vessel is the third delivery of this design with forth scheduled for delivery in late March early April this year.
This ABS +A1 classed DP-1 state-of-the-art OSV measures 496 ITC Gross Tons, 148 Net tons. The vessel has LOA of 157′-6″ (48.01-m), breadth of 38′-0″ (11.58-m), depth of 11′-6″ (3.51-m), design draft 9′-0″ (2.74-m) and maximum draft of 9′-8″ (2.95-m).
With boarded deck space of 3000 sqft (278.7-m²), fuel capacity of 62,916 gallons, Rig/Ballast water capacity of 117,792, potable water capacity of 22,510 gallons the vessel is ideally suited for operations in the Caribbean.
St. Johns Ship Building, Inc. is a full service ship building facility with over 30 years combined experience, state of the art equipment and a crane capacity of 500 Tons. The shipyard features over 900′ of bulkhead waterfront including a 400′ launch basin, a 1,200 Ton Dry Dock, a 425′ X 75′ fabrication shop as well as complete carpentry, electrical and machine shops.
[mappress] stjohns, January 30, 2014