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WATER VESSEL REPAIR OBJECTIVES

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Vessel Dimensions and Specifications

- Overall length: The hull is 85 feet (25.9 meters). A bow anchor roller assembly extends two feet forward of the stern. A hull extension “frog perch” extends two feet at the transom. Overall length is 89 feet (27 meters).

- Beam: The 85-foot PCF measures 22 feet and 8 inches (6.9 meters) across at the widest point in the hull. “D” style hull guards extend two inches on each side. The maximum width is 23 feet (7.01 meters).

- Draft: When fully loaded, the draft of the 85' PCF, waterline to keel, is five feet six inches (1.67 meters) aft and five feet forward.

- Weight: The estimated weight of the PCF is:

Full Load – 171,000 lbs./71.58 metric tons Half Load – 158,000 lbs./71.68 metric tons Light Load – 147,000 lbs./66.69 metric tons

- Fuel: The fuel capacity (100%) is 3,500 gallons (13,248.9 Liters)

- Lubricating Oil. Lubricating oil capacity (100%) is 60 gallons (227 liters).

- Complement: Crew to ten (average estimate), forward crew's berthing expandable for up to twelve personnel. A two-person stateroom for command personnel to port of centerline passageway.

- Mission Cycle: Designed for an average cycle of 6-7 days duration in ocean, coastal, and inland waterway environments.

- Survivability: Sea state 5 plus. This vessel is designed as an all-weather craft.

- Ship Speed: Maximum speed of the vessel in calm seas is to 40 knots. Best economical speed

(BES) is 12 knots. Range at BES is 1700 nautical miles. Range based on continuous operation at 15 knots is 844 nautical miles. The figure provided for maximum continuous speed is based on the vessel in the half-load condition, defined as follows:

1. Vessel complete with all fittings and fully manned.

2. Fuel tanks filled to half capacity.

3. Sewage, Water and lubrication oil storage tanks filled to half capacity.

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Main Diesel Engines

- Further inspection of Pistons after heads are removed.

- Replace, DO NOT repair, oil coolers due to corrosion build up.

- Replace or overhaul turbo chargers completely. DO NOT just clean them.

- Update or replace any or all Crank case ventilation systems to include oil or water feeds to turbo chargers.

- Replace heads, injectors, and valvetrains to new and most up-to-date or latest style, including new head studs and hardware, with original or OEM parts.

- Have technicians reconnect to ECUs after work is complete to ensure engines are operating properly.

- Replace all sea water and water pumps that supply cooling to the engines.

- Replace heat exchangers and plates DO NOT just clean them.

- Complete overhaul of both oil-cooling and water-cooling systems.

- Check the 24v alternators for the main engines.

Hull and Electronics

- Replace all watertight seals that are weathered or old to prevent any damage to electronics in future use doors/windows etc.

- Check all fire prevention systems in engine room.

- Check HVAC systems and replace what is needed for them to operate properly.

- Replace all generators to ensure proper charging of batteries and boat electronics

- Check all showers and drains.

- Replace Davit and cables.

- Check PTO pumps and replace if not operating properly.

- Replace all faulty high-water alarms in engine room/bunk rooms.

- Replace or update all bilge pumps and wiring that supplies power to pumps.

- Replace TCU (transmission control units) due to corrosion.

- Renew shaft logs and seals.

- Deep clean and service of all propellers and propeller shafts.

- Install bow and stern thrusters if applicable.

- Inspect fuel tanks for corrosion and replace all supporting supply lines to generators and main engines.

- Inspect hydraulic steering system.

- Inspect operation of all mooring equipment (anchor).

- Ensure all wiring for helm (power and grounds) is in working condition; replace if corroded.

- Replace all inoperable sanitation devices (toilets, discharge valves, etc.) and inspect waste holding tank.

- Replace all deteriorated seats in helm.

- Inspect and replace any leaking drains or pipes in mess area (galley).

- Renew the deteriorated or frozen through-hull valves for the two main engine cooling water intakes, the two generator cooling water intakes, the water maker intake, the wash down pump intake, the macerator pump discharge, the air conditioning cooling water intake, the fire pump seawater intake, and the two main engine cooling water bypass through-hull valves.

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- Renew the deteriorated hoses and hose clamps attached to the seawater intake for the water maker, the washdown pump, the air conditioning cooling water intake, and the fire pump seawater system.

- Renew all the hoses attached to through-hull fittings which appeared to be original or over 10 years old.

- Seal the open hole in the watertight bulkhead next to the door between the mess deck and engine room.

- Renew the forward lazaret hatch and forward escape hatch gaskets and adjust the hatch cover dogs to make them watertight.

- Replace the missing hatch dog adjustment pads in the aft lazaret hatch coaming and adjust the dogs for proper operation.

- Renew the corroded solenoid and wiring on the outboard side of the port and starboard main engines.

- Renew the corroded control unit mounted on the port transmission.

- Renew the cooling water hoses on the main engines.

- Renew the corroded cooling water piping at the forward end of the starboard main engine 0and outboard of the port main engine.

- Address the alarm on the starboard engine instrument panel.

- Repair the inoperable engine room exhaust blowers.

- Clean the coolant from the bilge under the engines, determine the source of the coolant, and repair as needed.

- Clean the oil from the engine room bilge, determine the source, and repair any leaks.

- Renew the corroded and partly dislodged hose clamps and supporting wire straps for the shaft seals.

- Renew the deteriorated fuel hoses and end fittings at the fuel tanks, at the tank selection manifold, at the supply and return manifold, and at the fuel filters with proper SAE J-1942 fuel hose with proper factory end fittings.

- Renew the corroded and deteriorated fuel transfer hoses with proper SAE J-1942 hose and proper end fittings.

- Renew the deteriorated hoses attached to the lube oil tank.

- Renew the corroded port hydraulic steering ram connection to the support structure in the aft lazaret.

- Renew the corroded hydraulic steering hoses attached to the port hydraulic ram.

- Relocate the portable gasoline fuel tanks at least 15 inches away from any vent opening.

- Replace the removed clean agent fixed firefighting system for the engine room with proper automatic and manual controls and shutdowns as discussed in the report.

- Dress the corroded pulleys on the PTO for the fire pump.

- Renew the deteriorated hoses and corroded piping in the fire pump plumbing in the engine room.

- Replace the two deteriorated fire hoses.

- Renew the frozen armory magazine sprinkler valve.

- Dress the corroded pulleys on the bilge pump PTO and renew the deteriorated hoses in the manifold bilge pumping system.

- Renew the manual bilge pump attached to the bilge manifold system.

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- Renew the engine room and forward accommodation electric bilge pumps.

- Renew the inoperable high-water alarms in the bilge below the bunk room and in the engine room.

- Clearly label the Murphy alarm panel in the pilothouse to show which compartment high water alarm is activated.

- Renew the heavily corroded wiring in the bilge below the bunk room.

- Install a high vented loop in each electric bilge pump discharge hose.

- Renew the fuses in the switch panel for each electric bilge pump to match the fuse ratings in the associated bilge pump.

- Renew the two GFI circuit breakers for the engine room ventilation blowers and repair the blowers as needed to make them operational.

- The primary circuit breakers on the main DC distribution panel in the engine room should be properly labeled to show their function.

- Service the wiring behind the DC distribution panel on the flybridge by removal of dead-end wiring and properly bundling and supporting the wires on the back of the panel.

- Renew the dead 120-volt AC outlet on the aft bulkhead of the bunk room.

- Replace the 120 volt AC outlet in the aft lazaret with a GFCI outlet.

- Properly bundle and support the jumbles of wiring under the pilothouse helm console.

- Replace the wire nut wiring connections with crimp connectors of the proper size or connections should be made on terminal strips or bus bars with captive end terminals.

- Make all AC wiring connections in junction boxes with covers.

- Trace the engine alternator wiring to ensure that a battery charge isolator is installed to allow the alternators to charge the house battery bank and prevent the batteries from discharging into each other through the charging wiring.

- Renew the deteriorated fuel hoses to both generators with SAE J-1942 hose and factory end fittings.

- Renew the deteriorated wiring to the PTO on the port generator.

- Renew the generator cooling water hoses.

- Install a high vented loop for each generator cooling water prior to discharge into each exhaust elbow.

- Renew the deteriorated starboard generator exhaust hoses and clamps.

- Fully charge the 24 volt battery banks, load test, and renew the batteries as needed.

- Replace the 12-volt battery under the pilothouse console.

- The two inoperable VHF radios should be replaced.

- Connect the VHF radios to the GPS to take advantage of the DSC distress location capability of the radios.

- Update the MMSI registration numbers the radios.

- Install adequate navigation instruments for the intended service of the vessel.

- Renew the inoperable horn.

- Carry a proper bell in accordance with the Navigation Rules.

- Replace the dinghy / rescue boat.

- Replace the dinghy davit.

- Replace the missing dinghy cradle mounting bolts and backing plates.

- Renew the deteriorated sanitation system hoses and valves in the MSD pump room below the

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forward accommodation floorboards.

- Renew the anti-fouling bottom paint.

- Seal the bolt holes for the removed sections of rub rail or renew the rub rail.

- Renew the missing and dislodged rub rails.

- Renew the deteriorated main deck non-skid surface.

- Repair the cracked FRP in the non-skid on the main deck in the areas noted in the body of the survey report.

- Ream, dry the core, and seal the fastener holes for the removed gun mounts.

- Repair the area of elevated moisture in the port top of the flybridge console.

- Install indicators on the watertight doors to the engine room and forward bunk room that indicate when they are open or closed with the indicators visible from the pilothouse.

- The inoperable/partly dislodged indicators for the armory and damage control locker watertight doors should be renewed.

- The missing and bent hold back hooks for the pilothouse doors should be renewed to retain the doors in the open position.

- The accumulated water should be removed from the forward lazaret.

- The mold should be cleaned from the forward pilothouse window framing and the windows hose tested to determine if there is active leakage. Any leakage found should be repaired.

- Repair the inoperable windshield wipers and washer system.

- The inoperable aft lazaret vent fan should be renewed.

- Add two vents to the forward lazaret with a high and low vent duct that terminate on deck with closable gooseneck vents.

- The corroded external stainless-steel strainers for the engine cooling water intakes should be renewed and properly fastened.

- Add round external strainers to the two generator cooling water intakes on the hull exterior.

- Carry a set of tapered soft wood plugs to plug any of the through hull fittings in an emergency stowed adjacent to each fitting below the waterline.

- Label the PFDs with the vessel name.

- Dispose the waterlogged flare kit found in the dinghy.

- Attach a lanyard to the emergency bucket to facilitate gathering firefighting water from the sea.

- Service the engines in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommended service schedule.

- Clean the minor leakage staining noted on the engine exteriors and monitor for active leakage. Any leaks should be repaired.

- The coolant in the bilge below the engines should be cleaned from the bilge and its source determined and repaired.

- The oil in the engine room bilge should be cleaned from the bilge and properly disposed of ashore.

- The surface corrosion on the engine mounts should be scaled and preserved.

- Add coolant overflow reservoirs to the main engine heat exchanger relief hoses.

- The double nuts holding the propellers on the shafts were installed with the large nut first and small nut second. They should be reversed for proper installation.

- The shafts and propellers should be scaled of marine growth.

- Conduct an internal examination of the fuel tanks due to their age.

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- Install a ground wire between each fuel tank metal deck fill fitting and metal tank.

- The sight gauge valves should remain closed at all times except when checking fuel levels.

- There should be warning labels to that effect on the fuel tanks adjacent to the sight gauges.

- The corroded electric fuel transfer pump should be renewed.

- The engine fuel filters should be renewed.

- The inoperable latch for the port engine room electrical distribution panel should be renewed.

- The missing fasteners to secure the main battery switch panel closed should be replaced.

- The corroded pulleys for the hydraulic system PTOs should be dressed.

- The service of the dead-end wiring on top of the hydraulic oil tank should be determined and renewed as needed.

- Verify that the main AC grounding bus (green wires) are connected to the DC main negative bus in a single location.

- Verify that the AC grounding bus and neutral bus are isolated when shore power is selected as the power source and connected at the generator when one of the generators is selected as the AC power source.

- The faded labels for the DC system circuit breakers should be clearly labeled.

- The dead-end wires in the vessel should be traced to their source and removed or tagged out at both ends for future service.

- The broken starboard side deck light fixture should be renewed.

- The inoperable emergency light in the engine room overhead should be renewed.

- The inoperable desk light in the captain’s cabin should be renewed.

- The inoperable outboard overhead light over the mess deck should be renewed.

- The inoperable light in the aft lazaret should be renewed.

- The missing retaining ring for the aft floodlight switch should be replaced.

- Repair the frozen switch for the port spotlight mounted on the flybridge.

- A shore power cord should be provided.

- Upgrade the shore power installation with an ELCI circuit breaker adjacent to the shore power inlet plug.

- Install a marine fail-safe galvanic isolator or isolation transformer in the shore power supply.

- The generator fuel filters should be renewed and the debris cleaned from the filter bowls.

- The battery charger wiring should be traced to ensure it independently charges each 24 volt

DC battery bank.

- Upgrade the power supply for the 12-volt DC systems with a 24 volt to 12 volt converter, while maintaining the 12 volt battery in the pilothouse to provide emergency 12 volt power.

- Add a battery charger for the 12-volt generator starting batteries.

- Add a battery switch for each generator starting battery.

- The removed generator starting batteries should be properly disposed of ashore.

- Reinstall the port generator starting battery in a box.

- Reinstall the removed battery box top for the starboard generator starting battery.

- The house 12-volt battery in the pilothouse should be replaced.

- The main engine bonding system shaft brush contact surfaces on the shaft couplings should be cleaned to ensure proper electrical contact.

- The deteriorated zinc anodes on the transom that should be renewed.

- Add zinc anodes to the propeller shafts.

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- The sintered bronze ground plates should be cleaned of hard marine growth.

- The two dead battle lantern style flashlights stowed in the repair locker should be renewed.

- The anchor rode should be run out to inspect the chain and wire and renewed as needed.

- The shackles attaching the chain to the anchor should be properly moused.

- The compass lights should be demonstrated for nighttime operation.

- A compass deviation table should be developed for each compass.

- A remote command mic that functions with the VHF radio should be installed on the flybridge.

- Repair the inoperable internal communications system.

- The peeling paint on the antenna mast fasteners should be scaled and preserved.

- The jury-rigged VHF antenna on the antenna mast should be renewed.

- The broken SSB antenna should be renewed.

- The fractured KVH antenna dome should be renewed or removed as needed.

- The cut off dead ended wiring for removed navigation instruments should be traced to their source and removed.

- The obsolete mounting brackets for navigation instruments should be removed and the mounting bracket fastener holes properly sealed.

- The cameras installed in the engine room, aft lazaret, and pilothouse with no display should be renewed.

- Renew the two inoperable toilets.

- Renew the inoperable MSD holding tank level gauge.

- Simplify the sanitation system as discussed in the survey report.

- Renew the two pedestal seats in the pilothouse and single pedestal seat on the flybridge.

- The gate at the head of the stairway to the lower accommodations should be properly fastened and secured, and the missing center section of the gate renewed.

- The excessive caulking on the forward galley sink drain should be tested for leakage and renewed with proper fittings as needed.

- The two drain hoses for removed equipment under the forward galley counter that drained to the bilge should be removed and the deck penetrations sealed.

- The water residue should be cleaned from the bilge below the galley.

- The corroded sinks in the crew head should be renewed.

- The missing mattresses for the bunks should be replaced as needed.

- The loose accommodations deck matting edges should be reattached to the deck or renewed.

- The loose thin rubber matting on the pilothouse deck should be renewed.

- The inoperable stereo installed in the pilothouse should be renewed as needed.

- Renew the plastic-coated wire lifelines with uncoated stainless-steel wire.

- Add additional rungs to the side deck lifelines to create no more than 12 inches between rungs.

- The forward lazaret should be cleaned of mold.

- Limber holes should be added to the framing in the forward lazaret to prevent entrapment of standing water at the frame ends.

- The loose gear in the forward lazaret should be removed.

- The debris should be cleaned from the ammunition locker on the starboard side of the deckhouse.

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- The safe in the engine room should be secured for sea or removed.

- Adequate refrigeration and freezer systems should be installed.

- The drinking water spigot with taste filters under the galley counter should be renewed.

- Renew the inoperable freshwater system 24-volt DC and a 120 volt AC pumps.

- The surface corrosion and debris should be cleaned from the freshwater tank top and the tank top preserved.

- The deteriorated freshwater tank fill hose should be renewed with opaque potable water hose.

- The inoperable water heater should be replaced.

- The deteriorated hoses, filters, and gauges for the water maker should be renewed and the system demonstrated.

- The corroded washdown pump hoses and accumulator tank should be renewed.

Please submit all Requests for Information (RFI) and questions to Tevin M. Brown, tevin.brown@us.af.mil, 315-634-4343.

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