http://www.stabenow.com/2004/02/05/first-days The Official Dana Stabenow Web Site Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:00:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://www.stabenow.com/2004/02/05/first-days/comment-page-1#comment-3348 Dana Stabenow » First day underway Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:23:47 +0000 http://localhost:8888/stabenow_wp/?p=5#comment-3348 [...] Last time it was 16 days in the Bering Sea on board the USCG cutter Alex Haley, a 282-foot medium endurance cutter out of Kodiak. This time I’m on board the USCG cutter Munro, 378 feet long with a 42 foot beam, two diesel engines, two turbine engines, and a cruising speed, depending on how many of which are on line at the time, 12 to 27 knots. She carries 211,000 gallons of fuel and she can go 14,000 nautical miles before the tank runs dry. So, if we wanted, we could go to Athens, Greece, and have 8,000 nautical miles of fuel left over. We’re not going to Athens, but I’m just saying. I like Greek food. [...] [...] Last time it was 16 days in the Bering Sea on board the USCG cutter Alex Haley, a 282-foot medium endurance cutter out of Kodiak. This time I’m on board the USCG cutter Munro, 378 feet long with a 42 foot beam, two diesel engines, two turbine engines, and a cruising speed, depending on how many of which are on line at the time, 12 to 27 knots. She carries 211,000 gallons of fuel and she can go 14,000 nautical miles before the tank runs dry. So, if we wanted, we could go to Athens, Greece, and have 8,000 nautical miles of fuel left over. We’re not going to Athens, but I’m just saying. I like Greek food. [...]

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