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The Weeks 533 crane vessel passes Newport.
History
Name
  • Weeks 533 (2000–present)
  • McDermott DB-xx (197x–1988)
  • Marine Boss (1966–197x)
OperatorWeeks Marine
Ordered1965
BuilderZidell Explorations (barge)
Completed1966
Acquired1988
In service
  • Weeks (2000–present)
  • McDermott (197x–1988)
  • Murphy Pacific (1966–197x)
HomeportNew York, NY
IdentificationUSCG ID 501953
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class and typeFloating barge crane
Tonnage5392
Length300 feet (91 m)
Beam90 feet (27 m)
Draught21 feet (6 m)
Installed power350kW, 1x Caterpillar 3406 diesel genset
Propulsionnone

Weeks 533 is a 500-short-ton (454 t) capacity Clyde Iron Works model 52 barge-mounted crane which is the largest revolving floating crane on the East Coast of the United States.[1] It was originally ordered for bridge construction and has since been used in several notable heavy lifts.

History

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The Marine Boss floating barge-crane was built for Murphy Pacific Marine. The barge was assembled by Zidell Explorations from scrapped ship steel in Oregon[2] in 1966 and fitted in San Francisco with a heavy 500-ton revolving crane made by Clyde Iron Works[3] to perform the heavy girder and deck-section lifts for construction of the 1967 San Mateo-Hayward Bridge.[4]

In the 1970s, Marine Boss was sold to J. Ray McDermott & Co., who had introduced the first 500-ton floating cranes for offshore platform construction in 1965[5] and were operating a similar fleet of barge-cranes under the McDermott Derrick Barge (DB) class.[6] McDermott would later sell it for scrap in 1988 to Weeks Marine in New Jersey,[7] who renamed it the Weeks 533 and refurbished it from 1997-2000. Weeks 533 is considered the flagship of the Weeks fleet.[8]

Capacity

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The Clyde Iron Works Model 52-DE crane[9] can lift 500 short tons (454 t) using the main hoist on a 210-foot (64 m) boom at any point in the crane's revolution; capacity rises to 600 short tons (544 t) when using the main hoist oriented astern. Motive power for the main hoist is provided by a Caterpillar 3412 V-12 diesel engine, and electric power for the barge is provided by a Caterpillar 3406 I-6 diesel generator set.

Bridges built

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Murphy Pacific's Marine Boss at work on the San Diego–Coronado Bridge (c.1968)

Notable heavy lifts

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Looking north as Weeks 533 lifts the Enterprise (2012)

References

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  1. ^ a b DuPont, Dale K. (1 December 2009). "River Rescue". WorkBoat. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ Colton, Tim (27 August 2014). "Zidell Marine, Portland OR". Shipbuilding History. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  3. ^ Newell, Gordon R (1976). "Maritime Events of 1966". The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, 1966–1976. Seattle: Superior Publishing. ISBN 978-0875642208. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  4. ^ Mangus, Alfred R. (30 August 2008). California Orthotropic Bridge Bus Tour (PDF). Orthotropic Bridge Conference. Sacramento, California. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  5. ^ "History — 1960s — Expanded Reach". McDermott International. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  6. ^ Levingston Photography. "McDermott derrick barge no. 17". Portal to Texas History. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  7. ^ "New life for the Marine Boss". Cranes Today. 2 January 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  8. ^ a b "On Assignment: Heavy lift, salvage and marine transportation" (PDF). Weeks Marine Journal. January 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  9. ^ Patel, Jitendra (19 February 2004). ""Weeks 533" General Arrangement and Elevation Chart" (PDF). Weeks Marine. Retrieved 3 February 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |docket= ignored (help)
  10. ^ a b c d Mangus, Alfred R. (2004). "Orthotropic Bridges in the U.S.A. Built from 1960-2003". Orthotropic Bridge Conference. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  11. ^ "ADVERTISEMENT: Murphy Pacific Bridge Builders". The Times. San Mateo. 19 October 1967. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  12. ^ Bottenberg, Ray (2007). Bridges of Portland. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 112–113. ISBN 978-0-7385-4876-0. LCCN 2006935600. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  13. ^ Foss, Sara (31 December 2003). "Second generator pulled from ship". The Daily Gazette. Schenectady. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  14. ^ Aichele, Richard O. (28 February 2007). "Three dead as heavy-lift ship capsizes while loading generator". Professional Mariner. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  15. ^ Townsend, Matt (20 October 2008). "Concorde lands at Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum for Nov. 8 re-opening". New York Daily News. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  16. ^ "The Space Shuttle lands in Manhattan! Enterprise arrives at Intrepid to begin its new life as a New York tourist attraction". Daily Mail. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  17. ^ Gauvin, Brian (22 August 2012). "World's most famous crane? Shuttle move shines spotlight on Weeks". Professional Mariner. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  18. ^ Rose, Lisa (6 June 2012). "Space shuttle Enterprise is the latest historic vessel picked up by legendary Jersey City crane". New Jersey Star-Ledger. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  19. ^ "Reconstruction of East 78th Street Bridge" (PDF). Gandhi Engineering. August 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  20. ^ "Client Favorites: Teresa Kruszewski". American Society of Media Photographers. October 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  21. ^ "Super Storm Sandy Aftermath: Weeks Marine Clean Up and Relief Efforts" (PDF). Weeks Marine Journal. Winter 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
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