Silver Ships Equipment
Explorer Series
All-welded aluminum landing craft with modified vee hull and recessed cargo bay, offering high load capacity and shallow draft, with optional bow loading.
Description
Explorer Series landing craft are built of all-welded, marine-grade aluminum with a modified vee hull and recessed cargo bay that provides a stable work platform. They offer high load-carrying capacity and shallow draft for loading and unloading, and bow-loading versions are used for fire rescue and law enforcement.
Key features
- Explorer 20: 20 ft hull, 8 ft 6 in beam, 15-degree deadrise, deadweight up to 3200 lbs, single or twin outboards up to 350 HP
- Explorer 40: 40 ft hull, 14 ft hull beam, 12-degree deadrise, deadweight up to 10 tons, triple outboards up to 1200 HP
- Options include knuckleboom crane and USCG Subchapter T rating for passenger vessels
- All Silver Ships series share hulls designed to meet the ABS rules for high-speed craft, built to applicable ABYC standards and to ISO 12217 category B stability (unless otherwise noted), with underwater seams continuously welded inside and out, 5086 H32 aluminum plate and bottom plates of minimum 1/4-inch.
Applications
Landing craft, utility and cargo work, fire rescue, law enforcement and waterway maintenance.
Specifications
| Explorer 20 deadweight | up to 3200 lbs |
|---|---|
| Explorer 20 propulsion | Single or twin outboards up to 350 HP |
| Explorer 40 deadweight | up to 10 tons |
| Explorer 40 propulsion | Triple outboards up to 1200 HP |
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