The Weeks 533 crane vessel passes Newport, Jersey City
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History | |
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Name |
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Operator | Weeks Marine |
Ordered | 1965 |
Builder | Zidell Explorations (barge) |
Completed | 1966 |
Acquired | 1988 |
In service |
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Homeport | Jersey City, New Jersey |
Identification | USCG ID 501953 |
Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Floating barge crane |
Tonnage | 5392 |
Length | 300 feet (91 m) |
Beam | 90 feet (27 m) |
Draught | 21 feet (6 m) |
Installed power | 350kW, 1x Caterpillar 3406 diesel genset |
Propulsion | none |
Weeks 533 is a 500-short-ton (454 t) capacity Clyde Iron Works model 52 barge-mounted crane which is the largest revolving floating crane on the East Coast of the United States.[1] It was originally ordered for bridge construction and has since been used in several notable heavy lifts.