33 CFR response plan compliance
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Southeast Ocean Response Services, Inc. is the proud owner of the FORT RIPLEY, the nation’s first high-speed offshore response vessel. Home-ported in Charleston Harbor, its 30-knot service speed allows a response range from Morehead City, NC to Jacksonville, FL – well within 33 CFR 155 timeframes, including mobilization and outfitting.
This fast, efficient response boat, designed by C. Raymond Hunt Associates and built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, is powered by innovative Volvo Penta IPS engines. The fire-fighting, salvage and emergency response vessel has multiple dynamic features:
- 3,500 GPM dual-monitor foam fire-fighting system with dedicated diesel pump engine, sufficient for all tanker traffic currently trading in the region, and for Post-Panamax vessels as large as 14,000 TEU or 165,000 gross tons.
- Automated station-keeping to maintain position when monitors activated
- Coast Guard-certificated for a 12-person response team plus crew, with overnight accommodations
- Diver platform
- Dual-purpose breathing apparatus recharging system for both fire and dive equipment
- 1,000-pound crane for debris removal and equipment transfer
- Deck cargo capacity for additional fire pumps, foam packs or lightering pumps, with hoses and associated gear
- VHF and satellite voice communications
- Day/night cameras with satellite data uplink
- PYROLANCE© steel-penetrating nozzle system
