Seabee System

(See also Lighter-Aboard-Ship) Designed by Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., the system requires a SEABEE lighter or barge and a SEABEE carrier vessel or mother ship. The barges are 97.5 feet long and 35 feet side and have a hatch opening of 85 by 35 feet. The barges are moved down the inland waterway to the mother ship and brought on board by a 2,000-ton immersible elevator which is an integral part of the mother ship. Wheel dollies then transport the barges from the elevator to the point of rest on the ship. (TNDOT1)