Patriot specifications

Owner/Operator: Marine Towing of Tampa
Builder: Washburn & Doughty
Designer: Washburn & Doughty
Dimensions: 93’ x 38’ x 17’
Mission: Assist, escort, ocean towing
Crew size: 3, accommodation for 6

Propulsion
• Engines: (2) Caterpillar 3516C, 2,575 hp each, Tier 3
• Propellers: 95-inch four-blade stainless
• Thrusters: Rolls-Royce US 205 z-drives
• Bollard pull: 75 tons
• Aux. generators: John Deere 99 kW
• Box coolers: Weka 10P6-1300 for the jacket water circuit, Weka 10P8-1450 for the aft cooler circuit

Deck equipment
• Winches: JonRie 220 double drum hydraulic escort winch, JonRie 512 hydraulic tow winch
• Cordage: 400’ of 9” Spectra soft line, 2,000’ of 2” wire
• Fendering: Morse Rubber 24” cylindrical upper bow fenders and Morse Rubber 12” D fender at stern; Viking soft loop fender at bow and along sides

Navigation gear
• Radar: (2) Furuno DRS12A
• GPS receiver: Furuno GP330B
• Electronic chart display: Furuno TZ14
• Depth Sounder: (2) DFF1 Black-Box Sounder and DT-800MSD depth sensor
• Compass: SC30 satellite compass
• AIS: Furuno FA150
• Autopilot: Simrad AP80

Communications
• Radio: (3) Standard Horizon GX5500S VHF

Capacities
• Fuel: 38,000 gallons
• Water: 4,000 gallons
• Lube oil: 1,100 gallons

Firefighting
• Monitors: (2) FFS 1200, 11,966 total gpm FiFi-1
• Pumps: FFS SFP 300×400 pump with 1,300 hp Caterpillar C32 engine plus deluge system
RMS Pilot Alert System
Blue Box system with 10 cameras

By Professional Mariner Staff