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ATB Craig Eric Reinauer
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Birk Thomas
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7517686
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Reinauer Transportation Companies
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January 19, 2010
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United States
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Anchored at Kaighn's Point Anchorage - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With the barge RTC 84.
Built in 1979, by American Gulf Shipyard of Louisiana (hull #142) for the Tidewater Marine subsidiary Twenty Grand Offshore. Originally, she was named the EL Bronco Grande. She measures at 114(ft) long, and 35(ft) wide, drawing 17(ft) she was rated at 4,610 horsepower. The El Bronco Grande, went into lay-up in 1999. She was acquired by Reinauer Transportation Companies in 2006. After undergoing an extensive refit at Bollinger Shipyards in Morgan City, Louisiana which included the removal of her original Burnmeister & Wayne 14V23LU diesel main engines (rated at 4,080 horsepower) and were completely rebuilt. Her gen sets, lube oil purifiers, lube oil coolers, and engine monitoring systems where removed. On her exterior all fills, vents, sounds and hatches where cropped out and replaced as well as the tow winch and anchor windlass. In her wheelhouse the electronics, radars, navigation lights, mast, and radios where removed. The controllable pitch propellers, couplings and shafts where overhauled by Bollinger Quick Repair. Her rub rails under the main deck where removed. Her ten Fernstrum coolers where also overhauled. Her hull was blasted down to bare steel and a coat of primer was applied along with bottom paint. All of her ballast, voids, potable water, and sewage tanks where also blasted down to bare steel. An upper wheelhouse designed by Robert P. Hill of Ocean Tug and Barge engineering was added. The upper house features a 48' (ft) height of eye, for an air draft of 79' (ft). She received two new sets of John Deere Gen sets with switching gear and another third was installed. Her deck appendages and containment where replaced with new stainless steel and stainless piping. Her main deck bulwarks where cut down and replaced with new ones, her towing machine was replaced by a refurbished Almon Johnson towing machine, as well as a refurbished bow capstan. Automation is run through an INTERcon main panel. Her steering system was replaced with separate controls and new stainless steel piping. She also received new navigational equipment including a new light panel and a Simrad Electronic suite.
In 2007, she was renamed the Craig Eric Reinauer.
However, in 2008, amidst many technical difficulties; Reinauer removed her variable pitch propellers and Kort Nozzles. Her towing machine was removed and replaced by a towing bitt for emergency towing operations. They were replaced by standard fixed pitch propellers and two new turbo 12 cylinder EMD 12-645E7C main engines with Reinjets WAV-3450 reduction gears at a ratio of 5:1 were installed. The project was engineered by JMS Naval Architects. During the re powering the Craig was fitted with an INTERcon Series C coupler system engineering for the coupler system was performed by Robert Hill of Ocean Tug & Barge Engineering. A third John Deere 99kW generator was installed to power a JonRie capstan mounted on the stern and the INTERcon system. The entirety of the work on this project was done at SENESCO Shipyard in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Upon returning to service she is now rated at 4,700 horsepower.
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