b'FOGHORN FOCUSNAVAL SHIPYARD:Gilbert Associates Inc. The ferry will have capacity for 1,000 passengers and 124 BUILDER:Eastern Shipbuilding Group cars, or a combination of cars and up to six trucks, and will OPERATOR:The Bridgeport & Port Jeffersonoperate at up to 17 knots. It will be powered by twin EPA Steamboat Company Tier 4 Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) 12 ME 23B, rated 3,000 TYPE:Passenger and vehicle ferry HP at 900 RPM and driving Reintjes WAF 3445 3.083:1 reduction gears delivering power to fixed pitch propellers.Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) hosted the keel authentication ceremony for a new 302-foot auto and pas- TheferrywillbeequippedwiththreeJohnDeere6135 senger ferry (ESG Hull 228) for The Bridgeport & PortAFM85 diesel generators, rated 300 KW at 1,800 RPM and PHOTOS CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT THIS PAGE:GILBERT ASSOCIATES INC., GLOSTEN, ELLIOT BAY DESIGN GROUP, ELLIOT BAY DESIGN GROUPJefferson Steamboat Company. Steel cutting commencedtwo Berg Model MTT113 FPL bow thrusters, each driven by in January 2023 and a delivery is scheduled for 2024. TheJohn Deere 6135 AFM85 diesels rated 500 HP at 2,000 rpm ferry was designed by Gilbert Associates Inc.and coupled to Reintjes WVS 234 1.50:1 reduction gears. NAVAL ARCHITECT:Elliot Bay Design Group The 1,200-passenger vessel will have a hybrid propulsion BUILDER:Conrad Shipyard system that can toggle between zero-emission battery-only OPERATOR:The Trust for Governors Island power and battery-assisted hybrid with diesel backup which TYPE:Passenger ferry is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approxi-mately 600 tons annually. The ferrys cruising speed will be New York City is scheduled to welcome a hybrid electric10 knots, and it will feature modern amenities, including an ferry to its waters by the summer of 2024. The new ferryADA-accessible lounge and restrooms on each level.for Trust for Governors Island was designed by Elliott Bay DesignGroup,whowillalsoprovidetechnicalsupportThe new hybrid electric ferry will replace the Lt. Samuel S. services throughout the ferrys construction. The vessel isCoursen, the current ferry, which has been in continuous being built at Conrad Shipyard.use since being commissioned by the U.S. Army in 1956.FOGHORN 44'