Fort Ripley specifications

Owner/Operator: Southeast Ocean Response Services, Charleston, S.C.
Designer/Builder: C. Raymond Hunt Associates, New Bedford, Mass./Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, Mass. (design and build)
Dimensions: L: 64’ B: 21’ D: 6’
Mission: Supply boat, fireboat, pilot boat
Crew size: 2

HULL
Aluminum deep-V monohull

PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: 30 knots
Cruising speed: 25 knots

PROPULSION
(3) Volvo Penta D13 diesels, 700 bhp at 2,300 rpm
(3) Volvo Penta IPS pods with dual counter-rotating propellers

GENERATORS
(2) Northern Lights 30 kW

CAPACITIES
Fuel: 2,000 gallons
Water: 100 gallons

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT
FFS 600 remote-control fire monitor, 2,500 gpm
Elkhart Brass manual fire monitor, 1,250 gpm
Hale fire pump, 3,500 gpm
FoamPro integrated foam firefighting system, 20 gpm 
Palfinger 2300 knuckle-boom crane
Duramax fendering
Humphree Active ride control system

NAVIGATION/COMMUNICATIONS
(2) Icom VHF transceivers
(2) Icom HM162B Command Mic III
Raymarine 430 loud hailer with horn
Saab R5 Supreme AIS
Furuno NavNet 3D radar
Furuno PG-500 electronic compass
Simrad AP35 autopilot
Furuno WS200 weather station
Furuno DFF1 NavNet sounder
Furuno DRS12A radar pedestal with 6-foot open array antenna
Furuno 525T-BSD bronze through-hull transducer
FLIR M-625L thermal imaging camera
KVH TracVision HD7 satellite TV system
KVH TracPhone V7 mini-VSAT satellite antenna system
40-inch LED TV

CLASSIFICATIONS
USCG Subchapter T, 100 miles from shore

By Professional Mariner Staff