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CALIFORNIA RESPONDER Equipment List Main engines Caterpillar Thruster Schottel Thruster engine Caterpillar Generator engines Caterpillar Reduction gears Reintjes Steering controls EDI Windlass, capstan Fritz Culver Cranes Utility Steel Coatings Internationa Sound-powered telephone Hose-McCann GPS Magnavox Loran Northstar Radar, navigation plotter, weather fax, depth sounder, and water temperature gauge Furuno Autopilot, speedlog, compass Sperry Depth sounder Furuno VHF & SSB radio Sailor Waste compactor Custom Compactor Oil transfer pumps Frank Mohn training of personnel with our five regional offices may not be as visible but is just as important. Our em- ployees have made a commitment to oil spill response and to the marine environment," The first of four boats, the Wash- ington Responder, was launched at the Halter-Lockport yard two weeks after the California Responder. For free literature detailing the boatbuilding services of the Trinity Marine Group, Circle 32 on Reader Service Card ting. Upon completion this fall, she will be based in Port Hueneme, Calif. Sister ships will be located at various ports around the U.S. coastline from Maine to Washing- ton state, and in Hawaii and St. Croix. Besides the California Re- sponder, four other MSRC spill response vessels will be built at the Halter-Moss Point yard. Addition- ally, four boats will be built by the Lockport, La., yard of Halter Ma- rine, Inc., and three at the Trinity Beaumont shipyard in Beaumont, Texas. The three shipyards are part of the 11-shipyard Trinity Marine Group, headquartered in Gulfport, Miss., a subsidiary of Trinity Industries, Inc., Dallas, Texas. The vessels are designed to tem- porarily hold 4,000 barrels of re- covered oil for transport to barges and other vessel, provide accom- modation for 38 individuals, and provide a command and control center for spill-fighting operations. Each vessel includes a helicopter landing pad, has a barge towing capacity,and will have its own onboard oil recovery equipment. "The launching of the Califor- nia Responder and the continued construction at the shipyards in four Gulf states is one of the most visible signs of our continued pro- gression toward operational readi- ness," said John D. Costello, president of the MSRC. "The so- phisticated planning going on and Boats & Barnes BY ASTILLEROS ESPANOLES Circle 201 on Reader Service Card The first of twelve MSRC oil spill response vessels, the California Responder, to be built by the Trinity Marine Group, was recently launched by the Halter Marine-Moss Point Shipyard. Trinity Marine Launches First Of 12 Response Vessels The first of a series of 12 Trinity- rine, Inc., in Escatawpa, Miss, built oil spill response vessels for Christened the California Re- the Marine Spill Response Corpora- sponder, the 210-foot ship will re- tion (MSRC) was launched at the main at the Halter Marine Inc. yard Moss Point shipyard of Halter Ma- for additional fabrication and outfit-
