Engineering:MV Edwin H. Gott
Edwin H. Gott
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Name: | MV Edwin H. Gott |
Namesake: | Edwin H. Gott |
Builder: | Bay Shipbuilding Company[1] |
Yard number: | 718[1][2] |
Launched: | 1979[1] |
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Status: | In service as of 2019 |
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Class and type: | Lake freighter |
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Beam: | 105 ft (32 m)[1] |
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Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h)[4] |
MV Edwin H. Gott is a very large diesel-powered lake freighter owned and operated by Great Lakes Fleet, Inc, a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway. This vessel was built in 1979 at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and included self-unloading technology.
The ship is 1,004 feet (306 m) long and 105 feet (32 m) at the beam. It has a carrying capacity of 2,105,527 cubic feet (59,621.9 m3), has a 280-foot (85 m) unloading boom and is capable of unloading 11,200 NT/hr.[3] This is a maximum load of about 74,100 tons.[4] The ship has five cargo holds,[3] but 20 hatches which are 28 by 11 feet (8.5 by 3.4 m). The hatches are significantly smaller than other large lake freighters.[4]
History
The ship was originally built in 1979 for U.S. Steel[2] and was named for their former chairman and chief executive officer, Edwin H. Gott.
The ship was originally built with two 16-cylinder Enterprise DMRV-16-4 diesel engines which powered twin propellers and was rated at 19,500 brake horsepower (14,500 kW).[4] These were replaced with two 8-cylinder MaK/Caterpillar 8M43C diesel engines which each produce 9,650 horsepower (7,200 kW) and are compliant with EPA emission requirements. The project was partly funded by a $750,000 EPA Clean Diesel grant. MV Edwin H. Gott conducted sea trials of the new engines in March 2011.[5] The ship was repowered at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin during the winter of 2010/2011.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Vessel Documentation Query". NOAA/US Coast Guard. 2015-07-02. http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/pls/webpls/cgv_pkg.vessel_id_list?vessel_id_in=585852. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Colton, Tim. "Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI". Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20150703093316/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/active/bay.htm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Great Lakes Fleet Brochure". http://www.cn.ca/-/media/Files/Our-Business/supply-chain-solutions/Great-Lakes-Fleet-Brochure-EN.pdf.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Bawal, Raymond A. (2011). Superships of the Great Lakes: Thousand-foot Ships on the Great Lakes. Inland Expressions. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-9818157-4-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=_LTqoJtyM5MC&pg=PA55#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ↑ "M/V Gott Repowering Project Completion". Quarterly Update (Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute). April 2011. http://www.glmri.org/downloads/quarterlyReports/2011_04.pdf.
- ↑ Status of the US - Great Lakes Water Transportation Industry (Report). US DOT - MARAD. 2013. p. 67. http://www.marad.dot.gov/wp-content/uploads/pdf/US-Flag_Great_Lakes_Water_Transportation_Industry_Final_Report_2013.pdf.