The Ship

       

VESSEL NAME: Aleutian Ballad
TYPE: crabber/tender
OFFICIAL NUMBER: 656806
HULL CONSTRUCTION: welded steel
GROSS TONS: 197 NET TONS: 177
LOA: 107' BREADTH: 26.0' DEPTH: 8.0'
YEAR OF RETROFIT: 2006-2007 BY: Giddings Boat Works Inc. Charleston, Oregon

The vessel has one deck, one mast, raked stem, flat/square stem, raised forecastle forward, work deck midships, deckhouse aft.

• The raised forecastle deck is accessed by ladder from the main deck, surrounded by 31" to 44" bulwarks and contains the anchor, rode and hydraulic anchor winch
  
  
• Port side bulwarks are fit with 1/4" steel plate weather wall full length to a height of 104" above the main deck
  
  
• Main deck contains to starboard forward a hydraulic station, hydraulic pot launcher, Yaquina Boat Works 24" stainless steel line hauler on stiff-arm davit, automatic coiler, on centerline four hatches, 72" X 92" to the #1, #2, #3 & #4 insulated/refrigerated fish holds, to port forward a washdown station, hydraulic bait chopper, aft is  the Industrial Services deck crane. 3 1/2" steel pipe guards at the deckhouse bulkhead offer protection from shifting pots on deck
  

• The deckhouse is entered by watertight door from midships forward from the main deck.

• The raised wheelhouse is accessed by internal companionway up from the deckhouse, or by port and starboard ladders from the main deck via watertight doors. Port and starboard contains forward a full width console for the stand up helm amidships. To port a seat, jog slick, engine controls. To starboard the main control station with seat, jog stick, full engine controls, gauges, instruments, and various electronics, master's stateroom aft. Vessel interior is heated