Guest wrote:Were the steam horns harder or more expensive to maintain because a lot of steamers had there horns replaced by air I know Upper Lakes did that on a few.
I would not be surprised that replacement parts have become hard to come by.
Guest wrote:Were the steam horns harder or more expensive to maintain because a lot of steamers had there horns replaced by air I know Upper Lakes did that on a few.
The Anderson and Callaway have the new sounding horns on top of their self-unloader housing that replaced the horns which matched what is on their wheelhouses. Hopefully the Clarke will be left as is with the better sounding horns.Denny wrote:To answer Jon Paul's question of "I'm not sure what the Anderson has for a whistle?" The horn sound if that's what you are referring to and the tone sound is now similar to that sound if you will of the Jackson and the Oberstar, Lee A. Tregurtha and the Kaye E. Barker. The Callaway also has the same type of horn sound as well joining the group of vessels that I listed above. Surprised though that the Clarke hasn't got a new horn sound yet but maybe in time they could.
I hope not as the regulations require "one long blast at intervals not to exceed two minutes"hugh3 wrote:One blast every three minutes?
Rule 32 of the Navigation Rules states:hugh3 wrote:Just thought I might inject this here: I don't recall any mention of horns in any Coast Guard regulation concerning sound signals being used on ships/boats..
Signals are sent by whistle not horns..
What?hugh3 wrote:Just thought I might inject this here: I don't recall any mention of horns in any Coast Guard regulation concerning sound signals being used on ships/boats..
Many footers (including those you mention) were built with twin Kahlenberg Triton S-120 horns, manufactured by Kahlenberg Industries, Inc. in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. This model has a deep sound, and was installed on many non-footers as well. However, in recent years, many Triton S-120 models on Great Lakes ships have been replaced with Kahlenberg's newer piston horn, the KPH-130C (the Triton S-120 is no longer in production). This model sounds at a much higher frequency, and is the source of the new horn sounds on the footers you mentioned.Denny wrote:Very interesting news and thanks for that Pat. I am wondering if she now sounds like some of the other Bay Ship Footers as far as the horn sounds go? What I mean is, "Does her new horn sound like that of say the Indiana Harbor for instance?" The Indy got a new sounding set back in 2017 and hers is much louder now then they used to be and definitely noticeable! Years ago I also recall the Walter J. McCarthy got a new sounding horn similar to what now is on the Indiana Harbor and the American Century got a new sounding type of horn in 2006. I'll never forget the first time that I heard the Century's horn in 2006 as I was blown away by how loud and different it was. I'll have to check out the Duluth website now by Dennis and see when he has any video of her in Duluth then.
The Gott was originally equipped with twin Triton S-120 models on her pilothouse. She still had both Triton S-120 models during her trip to Duluth this May, but the two sounded noticeably out of tune when blown together. In the past few weeks, it appears that one of the Triton S-120 models was replaced with a KPH-130C. When the Triton S-120 and KPH-130C are blown together, as in yesterday's arrival to Duluth, it creates a powerful two-tone sound, one that the Joseph L. Block has also featured in recent years.Pat wrote:The Gott has new horns and they sound great!