Heavy lift ship

Mighty Servant 2

MV Mighty Servant 2 with USS Samuel B. Roberts aboard from Dubai to Newport, Rhode Island in 1988.
Career
Name:	MV Mighty Servant 2
Owner:	Dockwise Shipping B.V.
Operator:	Dockwise Shipping B.V.
Port of registry:	Netherlands Antilles
Builder:	Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Ōshima, Japan
Yard number:	10073
Completed:	1983
Out of service:	2 November 1999
Fate:	scrapped: 2000
General characteristics
Tonnage:	29,193 GT 40,190 DWT
Length:	190.03 m (623.5 ft) 174.70 m (573.2 ft) b.p.
Beam:	40 m (130 ft)
Draught:	8.77 m (28.8 ft) (sailing) 26 m (85 ft) (submerged) 4 m (13 ft) (minimum)
Depth:	12 m (39 ft)
Depth of hold:	50 x 16 x 7.5 m (160 x 52 x 25 ft)
Deck clearance:	50 × 150 m (160 × 490 ft) load: 19 to 40 t (19 to 39 long tons; 21 to 44 short tons) per m²
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Endurance:	59 days
Crew:	20

MV Blue Marlin

 

Blue Marlin carrying USS Cole.
Career
Name:	Blue Marlin
Owner:	Blue Marlin BV
Operator:	Anglo-Eastern (UK) Limited
Port of registry:	Netherlands Antilles, Curacao  Panama 2000-2003
Builder:	China Shipbuilding Corporation (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Laid down:	8 April 1999
Launched:	23 December 1999
Completed:	25 April 2000
Status:	Operational
General characteristics
Class and type:	A1 General Cargo Carrier E0 DK(+) PWDK TMON
Tonnage:	51,821 GT 15,547 NT 76,061 DWT
Length:	224.8 m (738 ft)
Beam:	63.1 m (207 ft)
Draught:	13.3 m (44 ft)