US Army Bridge Erection Boat (BEB)
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US Army Bridge Erection Boat (BEB)
At a dealer I saw an tugboat that exist of two halfs. The front and the back (with the huge engine). It looks like an US navy tug and I think it is made from aluminium. I think it is 8 meters long.
Does anyone know what type of tug this is? any pictures?
Does anyone know what type of tug this is? any pictures?
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Here's some pics of one in the dock across from my boat at my marina.
They are quit a vessel, with twin diesel engines and huge 25 inch diameter props, and a fairly large generator for running a large searchlight. Fully assembled, they weigh over 7000 pounds. Quit a lot of weight for an aluminum boat only 27 feet long with only an 8 foot beam and gunnels that only stick out of the water 2 and 1/2 feet at the highest spot.
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P.S. If you look in the background of the first picture, you will see a tugboat that the owner of the marina made with no plans or diagrams. He went around and looked at several tugs and incorporated parts of each that he liked. It has 2 John Deere Diesel engines out of a couple of old tractors. It also has a 14KW generator and a 5 HP 50 gallon 2-stage air compressor to run the horns. Also has airconditioning in the pilot house. He built it 6 inches shorter than the legal limit for requiring a commercial marine pilot's liscence. He pushes 2 small 15 feet by 30 feet barges with a porta potty and grill and tables chairs stereo etc, and has big parties on it.
They are quit a vessel, with twin diesel engines and huge 25 inch diameter props, and a fairly large generator for running a large searchlight. Fully assembled, they weigh over 7000 pounds. Quit a lot of weight for an aluminum boat only 27 feet long with only an 8 foot beam and gunnels that only stick out of the water 2 and 1/2 feet at the highest spot.
Raymond
P.S. If you look in the background of the first picture, you will see a tugboat that the owner of the marina made with no plans or diagrams. He went around and looked at several tugs and incorporated parts of each that he liked. It has 2 John Deere Diesel engines out of a couple of old tractors. It also has a 14KW generator and a 5 HP 50 gallon 2-stage air compressor to run the horns. Also has airconditioning in the pilot house. He built it 6 inches shorter than the legal limit for requiring a commercial marine pilot's liscence. He pushes 2 small 15 feet by 30 feet barges with a porta potty and grill and tables chairs stereo etc, and has big parties on it.
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Hmmm.... any military boat would be quite appreciated at the MVCC Tower Park event (CA, USA) next April. It's only a matter of time when someone takes advantage of the river, marina and boat ramp, right Michael? We've had a DUKW swimming but nothing else, not even a GPA.mfrance wrote:wanted to know does anyone have any info or manuals on these boats, a friend has two halves of one end and one half of the other that he plans on restoring into one full boat.
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I hope one is seaworthy someday. Let's get Rory drunk and see if he'll buy the "no guts no glory" concept.mfrance wrote:hello John, Rory Burke has these in restoration, motor is runing good, see how far it gets might show up on a gooseneck trailer as a discussion peice.
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Hi everyone,
New member here!!
Anyway, I brought one of these to Tower Park last year - it was rained out and we got soaked - there is no protection from the elements. We looked around the camp site and did not see anyone so we had lunch and ran back to Betherl Island.
We bought 42 of them from an oil spill response company. All of the boats were manufactured between 1968 and 1973. All have the twin detroit diesels.
I keep a couple in the water on Bethel Island and would be happy to take anyone for a ride - they really are fun boats - just contact me.
pics are at http://www.armybridgeboats.com
New member here!!
Anyway, I brought one of these to Tower Park last year - it was rained out and we got soaked - there is no protection from the elements. We looked around the camp site and did not see anyone so we had lunch and ran back to Betherl Island.
We bought 42 of them from an oil spill response company. All of the boats were manufactured between 1968 and 1973. All have the twin detroit diesels.
I keep a couple in the water on Bethel Island and would be happy to take anyone for a ride - they really are fun boats - just contact me.
pics are at http://www.armybridgeboats.com
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Re: Tower Park
Sounds like you arrived Saturday 2007 and didn't get past Campground #2. More of the folks were in Campground #4. The rain caused a bunch to leave early. Normally the Camp Delta/Tower Park events are strong Wednesday through Saturday.sailcoyote wrote:Hi everyone,
New member here!!
Anyway, I brought one of these to Tower Park last year - it was rained out and we got soaked - there is no protection from the elements. We looked around the camp site and did not see anyone so we had lunch and ran back to Betherl Island.
We bought 42 of them from an oil spill response company. All of the boats were manufactured between 1968 and 1973. All have the twin detroit diesels.
I keep a couple in the water on Bethel Island and would be happy to take anyone for a ride - they really are fun boats - just contact me.
pics are at http://www.armybridgeboats.com
It would be great to see one of these boats at our Fall event at Tower Park the last week of September. Let me know if you want to publicize this.
John
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Yes, we will be there. We will try to bring 2 boats - depending on other commitments.
Someone asked about price. The boats are currently fetching $40,000.00 including trailer. We originally started selling these for $20,000.00 but demand was so high that we could not keep up with it. We intend keeping 10 to 12 boats for oil spill response and at the rate we were going we would not have ended up with any.
Someone asked about price. The boats are currently fetching $40,000.00 including trailer. We originally started selling these for $20,000.00 but demand was so high that we could not keep up with it. We intend keeping 10 to 12 boats for oil spill response and at the rate we were going we would not have ended up with any.
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