Pile driving ship

Japanese: 杭打船 - くいうちせん
Pile driving ship

… Among the work ships used for construction of structures such as breakwaters and quays, crane ships (crane ships) are equipped with deck cranes and winches and are used for transporting and installing heavy objects. Pile driving ships have towers on their decks and can drive piles with a diameter of 1 to 2 m and a length of about 40 m into the seabed using pile drivers such as diesel hammers and steam hammers. They are used for driving concrete piles and steel sheet piles in revetment construction works. The towers can be tilted forward and backward, making it possible to drive piles at an angle. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "pile driving ships" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 防波堤や岸壁などの構造物工事用作業船のうち,クレーン船(起重機船)は,デッキクレーンやウィンチを装備し,重量物の運搬や据付作業に供せられる。杭打船は甲板上にタワー(櫓)を設け,直径1~2m,長さ約40mくらいの杭をディーゼルハンマーや蒸気ハンマーなどの杭打機により海底に打ち込むことができる船で,護岸工事などにおけるコンクリート杭や鋼矢板などの打込みに用いられる。タワーは前後に傾斜でき,斜め打ちも可能である。…

※「杭打船」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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