Description - The Snagboat ROS - Utilized by the Mobile District Corps of Engineers, Tuscaloosa Site Office  to perform snag and debris removal from the channels of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee and Alabama River Systems and commercial traffic lanes through reservoirs from the mouth of the Mobile River to Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama, respectively.  Performs excavation in areas of bank erosion after high water periods.   Performs lock and dam maintenance, sets and removes stoplogs during lock closures.   Jeff Byars currently serves as the Captain of the Snagboat ROS.

Type:        Steel Hull and Superstructure, self-propelled, twin-screw, diesel powered
Built:        In 1969 by St. Louis Ship, Division of Pott Industries, Inc., St. Louis Missouri

Length: Over-all (Boom stowed)                                             253' 2"
Length: Hull                                                                            170' 6 5/16"
Beam: Over-all                                                                         42' 8 1/2"
Depth: Molded                                                                            7' 8"
Operating Draft: (Fwd)                                                             4' 2"
Operating Draft: (Aft)                                                               5' 0"
Vertical Clearance Required:                                                 35' 6"
Displacement:                                                                          850 Tons
Speed:                                                                                      10.6 MPH
Quarters:                                                                                 26 Personnel
Original Cost:                                                                        $1,945,065.00
Total Propulsion Power:                                                       1,000 HP
Main Engines:                                                    (2) Caterpillar Model D379, 500 HP @ 1,200 RPM
Reverse and Reduction Gears:                                Caterpillar Model 3192, 2:95:1 Ratio
Generators:                                                         (2) 100 KW Cummins Model NH-250-GC Generator Sets
                                                                                    3 Phase, 60 Hz, 120/208 Volts

Bunker Capacity                                                                       18,000 Gal.
Hours Vessel can operate on bunkers:                                            80 Hrs.
Propellers:                                                          (2) 4-blade, stainless steel, 58" dia., 40" pitch

Crane:                                                                    American Hoist and Derrick Co.  -   Model 9750 Pedestal
                                                                               Type, 100 ft. boom, 42,000 lbs. line pull @ 165 FPM,
                                                                               60 ton capacity @ 26' radius, 32 ton capacity @ 56' radius,
                                                                               driven by a Cummins Model NT-310-IP 6-cylinder
                                                                               diesel engine, 279 HP, 2,100 RPM.

Spuds:                                                               (3) 40'; raised and lowered by electric motor driven winches
                                                                                controlled from the pilot house

Sewage Treatment Plant:                                     Microphor Model MC-200 USCG Approved, Type II Marine
                                                                               Sanitation Device

Radio Equipment:                                               VHF/FM Marine,  Digital PSC Cell Phone/Radio



 
Snagboat ROS Photos
Left:

View of Snagboat ROS in working maneuver with
crane extended.
Right:

View of Snagboat ROS performing snagging operations
on the BW&T River System - Black Warrior River along Bankhead Lake.
Left:

View of Snagboat ROS performing snagging
operations on the BW&T River System - 
Locust Fork - Black Warrior River.
Right:

View of Snagboat ROS performing snagging operations
on the BW&T River System - Tombigee River.
Left:

View of Snagboat ROS removing stop-logs
at Bankhead Lock and Dam - BW&T River
System - Black Warrior River.
Right:

View of Snagboat ROS setting stop-logs at Bankhead
Lock and Dam - BW&T River System - Black Warrior
River.