Junior Class Small Vessel Design Project (SD1) – Class of 2025
As a part of Professor Bradley D.M. Golden’s ’99 Ship Design 1 (SD1) class, the juniors spent the first two-and-a-half months of the spring semester preparing their first complete concept designs.
Using the knowledge they’ve gained in their nearly three years studying at Webb and the experiences from their winter work periods to date, this was the students’ first opportunity to apply the naval architecture and marine engineering principles they’ve studied including stability, ship’s structures, main machinery systems, auxiliary systems, resistance and propulsion, and electrical engineering.
Working in small groups of three and four, the students selected one of the vessel types and took their first couple of spins around the design spiral to prepare vessel concept designs. To help make the project as realistic as possible, members of industry familiar with each of the vessel types helped prepare the statements of design requirements that each of the designs had to meet. To challenge the students even further, one or two “curveballs” were thrown into each design statement to make the students think long and hard about how they would achieve their objectives.
At the end of the spring semester, the students presented their final designs to their fellow students, faculty, and members of industry who served as part of an evaluation team. After three years at Webb, the Junior class can now say with confidence that they’re familiar with the design process and are well on their way to joining the fields of naval architecture and marine engineering.
Spring 2024 Projects – The Class of 2025
B/V Aquilo
Designers: Michael Coppi, Daniel Escudero, John Feleciano, Luke Foye, Tyler Zylinski
Vessel Type: Alternative Fuel Bunkering Vessel
Mission: To Deliver LNG or Methanol to Serve the Port of Rotterdam.
F/V Barramundi Atlantic
Designers: Phoebe Garrett, Lauren Kirk, Henrix Lovett, Abigail Ng
Vessel Type: Fishing Vessel
Mission: The F/V Barramundi Atlantic is a multi-purpose fishing trawler that operates along the eastern seaboard of the United States. The vessel works year-round and specializes in trawling bottom fish, mid-water fish, and shellfish. Throughout the year, the vessel operates along various fishing grounds depending on the season. The trawler is U.S. flagged and is classed under Japan’s ClassNK regulatory requirements.
The vessel‘s deck machinery consists of three Gilson winches, two net reels, two trawling winches, two otter doors, one gantry crane and one telescoping boom crane. This apparatus allows for both pelagic and demersal trawling operations to occur over one voyage. A 27-degree trawl ramp and inboard non-slip trawl arena support crew safety by providing easy working environments and protection against the open North Atlantic Ocean.
RGBD Class High-Speed CTV
Designers: Rayne Duff, Gunnar Nee, David Sir, Burke Kanemasu
Vessel Type: Hybrid-Electric Crew Transfer Vessel
Standard Mission: The CTV’s missions is to deliver technicians, equipent, and components to offshore wind turbines. The RGBD CTV completes its missions while reducing emissions and underwater radiated noise.
M/V Sea Señor
Designers: Rebecca Ashmore, Ben Calkins, Andrew Mullan, Abigail Price
Vessel Type: Niger River RoPax Ferry
Standard Mission: The M/V Sea Señor is designed to provide passage between the ports of Onitsha, Ndoni, and Idah on the Niger river in Nigeria. The vessel accommodates 200 passengers and 20 small freight vehicles. The vessel operates exclusively between the hours of 6AM and 6PM and operates with a draft less than 1m to ensure safe transit of the shallow sections of the river.
Enterprise
Designers: Jeffrey Basti, Ashley Farrell, Casmir Lesiewicz, Ella Wilson
Vessel Type: Police SCUBA Boat
Standard Mission: A missions specific vessel to provide specialized support for the operation of a law enforcement SCUBA team in and around the waters of New York City.
Gertrude
Designers: Sydney Barok, Anna Lindberg, Thomas Motyka, Eli Murray
Vessel Type: Harbor Tugboat
Mission: Gertrude provides ship assist and escort services including docking, undocking, and escorting for large
ocean-going vessels from Portland, ME to Jacksonville, FL
