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The Research Vessel J.W. Powell

The RV J.W. Powell

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CERTIFICATIONS

Communication	Documentation	Insurance/ Pollution Prevention	Load	Safety/Other
Radio Station License	ABS Regulatory Tonnage Cert	SOPEP (1.4mB)	Wire	Fire and Safety Plan
EPIRB Registration	ABS International Tonnage Cert	Cert of Liability Insurance	Anchor Chain	Stability Letter
Declaration of Shore Based Maintenance	Cert of Documentation	USCG SOPEP Approval Letter	Crane	Life Rafts Annual
Record of Equipment for Cargo Ship Safety Radio Cert CSSRC Except CSSRC The Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate is required for cargo ships of 300 tons and greater on an international voyage. Under 300 tons the vessel does not need or qualify for the certificate. However, the vessel complies with the requirements of SOLAS Chapters III and IV.	ABS Fact Sheet	Cert Financial Responsibility-Water Pollution	Halon	Rafts Hydrostatic Release
ABSCC Except	Tonnage Reconciliation USCG	IOPP Except IOPP Not Required – The IOPP is required and given to vessels of 400 tons and greater. JW Powell is under 300 gross tons, and thus exempted. However, the JW Powell is equipped with an oily water separator, a SOPEP, and follows the MARPOL regulations as if an IOPP certificate could be issued.	Winch	Stability Book
Bridge to Bridge Radio	Statutory Survey Report ABS		Lift	SEC Statement of Fact
EPIRB Test Verification-Inspection	International Load Line Cert		Boom	Fire Extinguisher Cert
Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Cert	International Load Line Annual Surveys		Tugger	ISPS Not Required – The Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate is issued to every cargo ship of 500 tons and above which complies with applicable Chapters II-1 and II-2. Chapter II is not applicable as the vessel is under 300 tons and built before the construction threshold of July 1986. Thus in addition to not being required, a CSSEC is not given to a vessel under 500 tons. ISPS Cert CSSEC
	Minimum Safe Manning Except MSM Minimum Safe Manning Not Required. SOLAS 1989 Amendments Reg V/13(b) requires a safe manning document for every ship to which Chapter I applies. All the TDI-BI vessels are below 300 tons, and thus excluded from this requirement as they fall below the 500 ton threshold for cargo ships on international voyages as set forth in SOLAS Chapter I. In addition, all vessels are uninspected ORVs under 300 tons for which the USCG does not require or issue Safe Manning Documents (which are specified in the COI for Inspected Vessels). As a courtesy the USCG has issued a letter confirming the owner’s responsibility and determination of what constitutes the minimum safe manning level of the vessel, attached.			Pest Control Certificate
	Research Vessel Designation Letter USCG		Kevlar (Plasma)	De-Rat Cert
	CSR			SCBA
	CSSCC			Stability Test
	SMS Document of Compliance

REGISTRATION

Owner	TDI-Brooks International, Inc.
Operator	TDI-Brooks International, Inc.
Official Number	501390
Registry	USA
Home Port	Galveston, TX
Radio Call Sign	WDA 6172
Classification	Unclassed, Uninspected with USCG Designation as Oceanographic Research Vessel (ORV)
Builder	American Marine Corporation, New Orleans 1964, Hull Number 889
	Major Refit to present Research Configuration in 1983/84 by U.S.G.S. with new stability and trim calculations. International Load Line Certificate 1999.

PRINCIPAL DIMENSIONS	ACCOMMODATIONS	CAPACITIES
Length: 142.33 ft (43.38 m)	25 air conditioned berths in:1 - One Person Room and 6 - Four Person Rooms	Fuel Oil - 41,000 g #2 diesel
Breadth: 35.0 ft (10.67 m)	3 showers, 3 heads	Lube Oil - 360 g
Depth: 12.0 ft (3.65 m)	Full Service galley & mess	Potable Water - 10,500 g
Draft: 10.042 ft (3.06 m)	General purpose room	Water Maker - Village Marine RO unit @1000 gpd
Freeboard: 2.021 ft (0.61 m)	Recreation/lounge with TV/VCR	Fuel Consumption - 90 gph cruise, —50 gph working/survey
Tonnage: 297 GRT, 202 NRT; ITC-474 Gross, 192 Net	Laundry - washer & dryer	Speed - 12 kts
Deck Space: 2758 square feet of open deck with longest dimensions of 100'x 32 (30.5 m x 9.7m)	1-Walk-in Freezer	Endurance/Range - 19 days/5500 nm
	Walk-in Refrigerator
	Dry food storage room

NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION

Gyrocompass - Sperry MK 227

Autopilot - Sperry, Model 1882521

Magnetic Compass - Ritchie 5", B453

Radars (2) - Simrad RA 722VA, Furuno 1731 Mk 2

Fathometers (2) - FurunoFCV-1000, and Furuno FCV-382

GPS - Furuno GP70 Mk 2

MF/HF - Furuno FS-1562-15 with Furuno DSC-6 and DSC Watch Receiver Furuno Model AA- -50

VHF (3)- 2 Furuno VHF/DSC FM-850 , 1 Hummingbird DC-25

VHF Handhelds (4) - 2 Standard Communications Corp. HX230S, 2 Furuno FM-77

Satellite Communications -

INMARSAT A -Magnavox 2400 (voice, telex, fax)

Mnini-M - KHV Tracphone 50

INMARSAT C- Furuno IB581, Felcom 12IC-212

TELEX - Furuno IB-581

PetroCom cellular telephone (voice & fax) standard cellular service and offshore Gulf of Mexico

Meteorological - Weather Fax, Radio Holland Nav 5 NavTex receiver

Intercom - Hose McCann 10 station

Loud Hailer - bow & stern

Sound Powered Telephone - 4 station

OTHER FEATURES

2 - stern mounted 2 speed manual and hydraulic Barients capstans

2 - 24" moon pools with bottom fairing

18' x12' internal transducer well

Acoustically transparent window in transducer well and array of 16 transducers

Hull mounted 12 and 3.5 KHz transducers

Pedestal mounts for 2 - 20 ISO standard ocean containers

Deck crane

Shop with drill press, welding/cutting, power tools

Stern A-frame - hydraulically articulated, inside clearances 25' horizontal, 35 vertical, 15' astern

Starboard A-frame - hydraulically articulated, inside clearances 10.5' vertical, 7.5 horizontal

2 - 15' skimmer booms, port and starboard stern

10' side gates, port and starboard midships

22' stern gate opening

Bulwarks height - 42"

24 - 2" screw in pad eyes on 7' centers on main deck

Portable utility and lab vans on request

MACHINERY

MAIN PROPULSION	Twin screw installation, 2 Caterpillar D-398 turbocharged diesel engines developing 1530 hp @ 1200 rpm with 3192 Caterpillar reduction gears driving 4 blade fixed pitch propellers (72" diameter x 62" pitch) in outboard rotation.
GENERATORS	2 non-parallel Caterpillar D-334, 175 Kw each
STEERING SYSTEM	Vickers hydraulic unit with 2 hydraulic pumps and 5 hp electric motors; Schrader bellows.
CENTRIFUGE	Alfa Laval, 250 gpm
WATER MAKER	Village Marine Reverse Osmosis unit, 1000 gpd, MSD
HYDRAULICS POWER	Hydura pump unit with 30 hp electric motor, controlling stern F-frame and twin stern catheads.
ANCHOR WINDLASS	Ideal Windlass TRW2C2O, 15 hp, double drum double cathead; connected via 9 shots of 11/4" chain to twin 2000 lb stockless anchors.
ENGINEERS CONTROL ROOM	For continuous monitoring of propulsion engines and power generation for RPM, temperature, & pressures with abnormalities indicated by alarm. DeLaval fuel level selector & indicator system and alarm. Emergency steering & control station.
PRIMARY CORING WINCH	Diesel direct through torque convertor. 5,000 meters of 1/16" wire rope. Line counter and tensiometer. Rated at 22,000 lb pull.

SAFETY EQUIPMENT

2 - 25 man Life Rafts (200% capacity)

Type I PFD - 50 (200% capacity)

275 lb Kidde Halon system for main engine room

Smoke Detectors (17 in all occupied and living spaces)

Emergency Lighting (24 volt installed, and portable power out systems in all occupied spaces)

5 Fire fighting stations

1 - 3 meter MOB/Rescue Boat w/ 40 hp outboard

2 Fire fighter suits

2 SCBA and 4 air bottles

Fire fighting and safety equipment to meet safe manning and SOLAS requirements

GMDSS

EPIRB - SEA 406

SARTS (3) - 1 Raytheon Serpes IESM, 2 Jotron Tron-SARTS

Extensive First Aid and Medical Supplies including Trauma Kit, evacuation litters, breathing oxygen, and lifeboat first aid kits.

CSSEC
Not Required – The Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate is issued to every cargo ship of 500 tons and above which complies with applicable Chapters II-1 and II-2. Chapter II is not applicable as the vessel is under 300 tons and built before the construction threshold of July 1986. Thus in addition to not being required, a CSSEC is not given to a vessel under 500 tons.

CSSCC
Not Required – The Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate is required by SOLAS regulation 10 is limited to cargo ships of 500 tons and greater (SOLAS Chapter 1, Regulation 3 (ii)). Thus in addition to not being required, a CSSCC is not given to a vessel under 500 tons.

ABSCC
Not Required - Having the designation of “Oceanographic Research Vessel” (ORV) by the USCG, the un-inspected status does not require that the vessel be classed. Accordingly the vessel was not built to class and there is no class certificate.

CSR
Not Required - Having a dual tonnage by the Flag Administration, and under the 300 ton threshold for applicability of SOLAS Chapter XI-1 (Regulation 3) the vessel is not required to have a Continuous Synopsis Record.