Rufnek class launchs of 17.75 tons gross developed by Polymer Engineering Corp, Houston, for serving offshore oil well operations; length 37 ft 11 in., beam 13 ft 8 in., draft loaded 36 in.; glass fiber hulls are built seamlessly from three major sections, and are powered by General Motors (Detroit) diesel engines; advantage is that hull does not deteriorate when use of boat prevents period drydocking; plan. (Formerly Motorship)


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    Title :

    Plastics crew boat hulls cut maintenance costs


    Additional title:

    Rivers Harbors


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1957


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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