Mighty Servant 1

After being positioned over the submerged deck of Mighty Servant I at Algeciras, Spain, 1 April 1992, USS Tonkawa (YTB-786) and USS Eufaula (YTB-800), and the mine countermeasures ship USS Guardian (MCM-5) wait to be raised out of the water.
Career
Name:	MV Mighty Servant 1
Owner:	Dockwise Shipping B.V.
Operator:	Anglo-Eastern Limited
Port of registry:	Netherlands Antilles, Willemstad
Builder:	Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Oshima, Japan
Identification:	Call sign: PJVZ DNV ID: 25696 IMO number: 8130875 MMSI no.: 306812000
Status:	Operational
Notes:	[1][2]
General characteristics
Class and type:	LRS + 100 A1 + Non-perishable cargoes Semi-Submersible Heavy Lift Cargo Ship
Tonnage:	gross tonnage (GT) of 29,193 tons 40,910 metric tons deadweight (DWT)
Length:	190.03 m (623.5 ft) 174.70 m (573.2 ft) b.p.
Beam:	40 m (130 ft) (originally 40 m)
Draught:	4 m (13 ft) (minimum) 8.77 m (28.8 ft) (sailing) 26 m (85 ft) (submerged) 14 m (46 ft) (maximum cargo)
Depth:	12 m (39 ft)
Depth of hold:	50 x 16 x 7.5 m (160 x 52 x 25 ft) Hatch: 31 × 14.6 m (102 × 47.9 ft)
Installed power:	Two diesel generators 440 V/60 Hz, 190 kW or 380 V/50 Hz, 150 kW. One diesel generator 440 V/60 Hz, 590 kW. One emergency diesel generator 440 V/60 Hz, 190 kW or 380 V/50 Hz, 150 kW. One turbo generator set 440 V/60 Hz, 820 kW.
Propulsion:	2 x 6,770 kW Wärtsilä 12V38A diesel generator sets, driving two c.p. propellers by four E-motors of 3,100 kW each. Two propellers can be driven by one engine. Two bow thrusters of 500 kW each.
Speed:	14 kts (cruising); 15 knots (max.)
Endurance:	59 days
Crew:	20
Notes:	[2]

Mighty Servant 1 is a 29,000-ton heavy-lift ship capable of carrying very large vessels and offshore platforms. built for Dutch shipping firm Wijsmuller Transport, which merged in 1993 with Dock Express Shipping to become Breda-based offshore heavy lifting group, Dockwise Shipping B.V.^[3] Mighty Servant 1 carried things such as oil rigs and floating drydocks.^[4]

Originally 40 meters wide, she was increased to 50 meters around 1999 to lift the production rig P36.^{[citation needed]}

Service

She can carry the heaviest semi-submersible drilling units, harsh-environment deep-water jack-up rigs and large floating production platforms like tension-leg platforms, oil platforms and spars with drafts of up to 14 metres.^[5]

See also

• Mighty Servant 2 - sister ship, capsized whilst transporting a topside module and subsequently scrapped.
• Mighty Servant 3 - sister ship
• MV Blue Marlin - a semi-submersible that carried USS Cole after the destroyer was attacked by suicide bombers.

References

1. ^ ""8130875"" (subscription required). Miramar Ship Index. R.B. Haworth. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Vessel Info: Mighty Servant 1". DNV Exchange. Det Norske Veritas. 2010. https://exchange.dnv.com/exchange/main.aspx?extool=vessel&subview=summary&vesselid=30254. Retrieved 23 November 2010. 
3. ^ "Mighty Servant 1". Dockwise. http://www.dockwise.com/page/fleet/fleetdata-3.html. Retrieved 6 November 2009. 
4. ^ Trish Hoffman. "MSC takes drydock on 13,000 mile commute". Military Sealift Command. http://www.msc.navy.mil/sealift/2005/August/drydock.htm. Retrieved 6 November 2009. 
5. ^ "Heavy Marfine Transport". Dockwise. http://www.dockwise.com/page/heavy-marine-transport.html. Retrieved 29 May 2010. 

External links

• Mighty Servant 1 hauling a Navy drydock
• Photos of sister ship Mighty Servant 2 hauling USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58)
• Photos of the wreck of sister ship Mighty Servant 2
• Mighty Servant 1 at Dockwise Shipping
• Dockwise Shipping B.V.
• Mighty Servant leaving for sea