A view of the Seaspan Commodore on sea trials circa 1974, my dad's former workplace as Chief Engineer (retired)...
M.V. Seaspan Commodore
Commissioning: October 19, 1974
Owner: Washington Marine Group (Formerly Seaspan International Ltd/Genstar)
Designer: Cove-Dixon & Company
Builder: Vancouver Shipyards Co., Ltd.
Principal: Length Overall 142'-4"
Dimensions: Breadth Moulded 35'-10"
Depth Moulded 19'-3"
Gross Tonnage: 590
Bollard Pull: 185,000 lbs. Free Running Speed: 15.4 knots
Classification: Lloyds 100 Al Tug
Fuel Capacity: 110,000 Imperial Gallons
Fresh Water: 8,500 Imperial Gallons
Main Engines: Two- EMD 16-645-E7 Diesel
Developing a total of 5,750 B.H.P. at 900 R.P.M.
Supplied by General Motors Electro-Motive Division
Reduction Gears: Two-Falk Model 3040 MR
4.7:1 Reduction Ratio
Supplied by General Motors Electro-Motive Division
Generators: Two-CAT D333 Diesel each driving a 125 KW 460 Volt
Electric Machinery Ltd. Generator
Supplied by Finning Tractor Ltd.
Winch Engine: One-CAT D343 developing 365 B.H.P. at 1800 R.P.M.
Driving a hydrostatic variable volume hydraulic pump
Supplied by Finning Tractor Ltd.
Nozzles: Two-121" diameter fixed type
Suppiled by Western Propellers Ltd.
Propellers: Two-120" diameter x 118" pitch 'Suspension 70' fixed pitch
Supplied by Osborne Propellers Ltd.
Steering Gear: Wagner Type 2L-70-32-35
Supplied by Wagner Engineering Ltd.
Towing Winch: Burrard Double Drum Type HK-D with 300 ft. of 2 1/4" wire
On each drum
Suppiled by Burrard Iron Works Ltd.
Towing Pins: Four-12" diameter pins with twin hold down blocks
Supplied by Western Machine Works Ltd.
Deck Machinery: Two-20,000 lb. 20" diameter anchor windlasses
Two-15,000 lb. 24" diameter mooring capstans
Supplied by Burrard Iron Works Ltd.
Navigation Aids: Two-Decca RM 1226 Radars
Two-Marconi CH25 SSB radios
Two-Apelco VHF/FM Radio Telephones
Sperry SR Gyro Compass
Sperry Lever Auto Pilot
Kelvin Hughes MS 39 Echo Sounder
Benmas ADF-100 Direction Finder
Benmas LR-735 Loran
Eddystone Emergency Receiver
Safety Equipment: Two-14-Man, Class I Lifeboats in Schats Mechanical Davits
Two-14-Man, Inflatable Liferafts
Halon Engine Room Firefighting System
Kidde Automatic Fire Detection System
These specs. are as of 1999, so some might have changed since...