Blount Marine Corporation of Warren, R.I. has delivered the 156-foot offshore supply vessel Clipper Key West to Hamilton, Inc. of Panama City, Fla. The vessel admeasures under 200 gross tons, and is equipped to carry up to 600 long tons of combined calcium chloride or liquid mud and deck cargo. Clear deck length inboard is 114 feet, with a clear inboard width of 30 feet 8 inches. Her four mud tanks have a total capacity of 1,800 cubic feet.
Main propulsion is provided by two General Motors Detroit Diesel Allison 16V149 diesels developing a total of 1,800 bhp at 1,800 rpm and driving Columbian Bronze stainless steel propellers. Two 99-kw generators furnish electric power. A 36-inch Murray and Tregurtha bow thruster is powered by a 210-bhp diesel. On sea trials at full draft the vessel attained a speed of 12 knots.
Steering is S.S.I. electrohydraulic with an automatic pilot. Two radars, Sitex 22 and 23, a Marconi CH100 SSB radio, Motorola Triton VHF radio, Raytheon 6000 Dual C Loran, and Data Marine depth recorders complete the pilothouse equipment.
The Clipper Key West meets U.S. Coast Guard requirements for Gulf Service, and is classed +A-1 by the American Bureau of Shipping. She joins the supply vessels Clipper Paradise Island and Clipper Cozumel built by Blount Marine for the same owner.