Great Lakes Ship­yard hauled out the Unit­ed States Coast Guard Cut­ter NEAH BAY (WTGB-105) using its 770-ton capac­i­ty Trav­elift. The repair con­tract, award­ed to the Ship­yard in ear­ly March, includes rou­tine dry­dock­ing and under­wa­ter hull main­te­nance such as inspec­tion and test­ing of propul­sion sys­tems; over­haul of sea valves and shaft seal assem­blies; and oth­er var­i­ous clean­ing, inspec­tions, and repairs.

This is the first of the USCG’s nine (9) 140-foot Bay Class ice break­ing tugs to be dry­docked using Great Lakes Shipyard’s new Marine Trav­elift. The Trav­elift is the largest on the Great Lakes in the Unit­ed States and Cana­da, sec­ond largest in the West­ern Hemi­sphere, and third largest in the world. It was specif­i­cal­ly designed and sized for Great Lakes Ship­yard to accom­mo­date the Bay Class Coast Guard Cut­ters and oth­er vessels.

Work on the NEAH BAY is to be com­plet­ed by late June.