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Crane barge, Capt Bud, supports US NAVY
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
DLBA is proud to see W.F. Magann’s Capt Bud crane barge heading out to support renovation of Dry Dock 4 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The renovation will meet the Navy’s needs for a submarine overhaul and ensure the Dry Dock, which has just passed its centenary having first opened in April 1919, will be functional well into the future. DLBA was proud to support the design of W.F. Magann’s (WFM) Capt Bud crane barge several years ago; a project which included four spud wells and specially-designed, recessed attachment points for Flexifloats to provide increased lifting capacity when needed.
More recently, DLBA and WFM collaborated to outfit the barge with a Manitowoc 4100W Ringer Crane with 220ft boom, and eight Flexifloats. Using DLBA’s proprietary crane barge analysis routine, DLBA and WFA produced the US Army Corps of Engineers EM 385-1-1-required Naval Architecture Analysis, and designed and engineered the ringer support frame using finite element analysis. The DLBA team is excited to see this 180 x 60 x 10 foot barge out on the water, working on the historic Dry Dock 4 project and supporting our US Navy.
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