Crowley Tug `Response` Editorial Photo

Crowley Maritime has taken delivery of Response a vessel heralded `Puget Sound`s most advanced tanker escort tug`.nnBuilt by Marco Shipyard in Seattle the tug was christened in Seattle on Friday the 2nd of August.nA team of Crowley engineers and naval architects Guido Perla designed the Response, with input from Crowley`s tanker handling and escort customer, Alaska Tanker Company.nnThe design is based on the successful `skeg first` Boxer class vessels of Norwegian operators Bukser Bjergnings.nnResponse incorporates some of the best design features of the Boxer, along with the proven capabilities of the recently built Crowley tugs.nnResponse is powered by two Caterpillar 3608 DITA main engines of 7,268 bhp driving twin Voith Schneider 32G II/250 cycloidal propellers. The vessel has a unique streamlined, `high lift` hull and skeg design needed to provide the indirect towing forces and speed demands by tankers operating in Puget Sound. Response is tug of 39.47m in length with a beam of 13.92m, designed to generate a static bollard pull of 67 tons and indirect forces in excess of 152 tons at 12 knots.nnResponse is fitted with a Markey Model DESS-52 high performance single-drum electric towing winch designed specifically for this vessel.nn