TWO AT A TIME — Newport Ship Yard, Inc. in Newport, R.I., recently made a double lift with its 3,000-ton drydock when the Raytheon research vessel Sub Sig II (white hull) and the U.S. Navy tug Keokuk (YTB-771) were in the yard for maintenance and repair work. Vessels displace 280 and 350 tons, respectively. Sub Sig II is based at Newport, the Keokuk at Portsmouth, N.H. Newport Ship's railway drydock has side transfer capability up to 500 tons.
Two At A Time
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Newport Ship Yard in Newport, R.I., made a double lift with its 3,000-ton drydock, taking up the Raytheon research vessel Sub Sig II and the Navy tug Keokuk together.
Mentioned in this article
Vessel
- Sub Sig II Raytheon research vessel
- Keokuk (YTB-771) U.S. Navy tug
Company
- Newport Ship Yard, Inc. shipyard, Newport, R.I.
Transcribed from the May 15, 1981 print edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News. Text is OCR-derived and may contain errors.