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Outstanding OceangoingVessels of 1988 (continued) heads separate the hull of the North King into fire sections. Her forward section houses the forepeak, BBC fridge compressors and Jastram bowthruster. Accommodations for her crew of 12 and located in the second section, while the third sec- tion contains the hold. The fourth section contains the engine room. The North King is equipped with two Neunfelder Maschienfabrik cranes, with safe working loads of 30 and 35 tons at outreaches of 79 and 65 feet, respectively. Other deck machinery was supplied by Steen. ODEN Gotaverken Arendal In the last quarter of 1988, ship- builder Gotaverken Arendal AB (GVA) of Gothenburg, Sweden, de- livered Sweden's newest and most modern icebreaker, the 353-1/2-foot Oden, to her owners, Svenskt Isbry- tarkonsortium KB, Stockholm, Sweden. Designed and developed by GVA in collaboration with Canadian Ma- rine Drilling Ltd. of Canada, the Oden represents an enormous ad- vance in global icebreaker technolo- gy. She has a beam at midships of 82 feet, maximum displacement of ODEN Equipment List Main engines (4) Sulzer CP propellers Lips Reduction gears Renk Tacke Generator engines Sulzer Emergency generator Cummins Boilers Sunrod Computerized control system Asea Master Mooring winches Pusnes Integrated navigation systems Sperry Navigator Robertson-Shipmate Hull wash/jet thruster system Scanpump Propeller pumps JW Berg Towing winch Pusnes Cranes Hydralift Lifeboats Harding 13,000 tons, and draft operation range of 23 to 28 feet. Her beam over reamer is over 96 feet, making her, if not the widest, than one of the wide- st icebreakers in the world. The Oden is powered by four medium- speed, eight-cylinder Sulzer ZAL40S diesel engines with a total output of 24,500 hp. She is equipped with two dual input single output Renk Tacke reduction gears and fit- ted with a pair of controllable-pitch Lips propellers in nozzles. Electric power is supplied by four medium- speed six-cylinder Sulzer AT25H diesel engines. The powerful Oden has a wide spoon-shaped bow which is relative- ly shorter and more blunt than that of conventional icebreakers. Addi- tionally, along both sides of her intermediate link, between her bow and midships section, she is fitted with reamers, an oblique bulb-like structure, which enables the Oden to open a 96-foot-wide channel through ice, despite having only an 82-foot beam at midships. The Oden is able to break 1.8 meters (about 6 feet) of level ice at 3 knots. Her turning radius is one ship length in 0.8 meters (about 2-1/2 feet) of ice. The Oden, which replaces the 1957-built Oden, has standard quar- ters for 48 people and an operating crew of 26. (continued) Oden BUILT BY BLOUNT Another busy year ,51;,! .SB-T mi a mmn rum SPIRIT OF CHICAGO April 1988 192'x 35'x 6'Steel Dinner Boat Owner: Spirit of Chicago Trust Norfolk, VA ISiiiW fiaps? PiUPiilllllllH "'"mi rows llflHIIIIOIIIII ill SKSBE2L i ALEXANDRIA BELLE July 1988 87'x 32'x 8'Steel Dinner Boat Owner: Uncle Sam Boat Tours Thousand Islands, NY LAPINTA June 1988 92' x 22' x 5' Aluminum Passenger Ferry Owner: Puerto Rico Ports Authority San Juan, Puerto Rico STOP BY OUR BOOTH AT THE NAPVO NATIONAL CONVENTION SAN DIEGO JANUARY 7-10 Since 1949, the words "Blount built" have stood for quality marine design and construction. And every year we add to that reputation, building proud new vessels from elegant dinner boats to passenger/auto ferries to super-fast, low- wake, HITECH® commuter boats. For innovative solutions to your trans- portation needs, make sure your next boat is "Blount built." Send for our Buyer's Guide or call (404) 245-8300. Blount Marine Corporation 461 Water Street, Warren, Rl 02885 December, 1988 Circle 196 on Reader Service Card 41
