US 12,410,583 B1
Marine vessels and methods of using same
John Crowson, Lovelady, TX (US); Mel Friedman, Montgomery, TX (US); Douglas W. Thompson, Amarillo, TX (US); and Peter C. Crossland, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to WING MARINE LLC, League City, TX (US)
Filed by WING MARINE LLC, Montgomery, TX (US)
Filed on May 28, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/220,260.
Application 19/220,260 is a division of application No. 18/734,339, filed on Jun. 5, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/622,729, filed on Jan. 19, 2024.
Int. Cl. E02F 3/88 (2006.01)
CPC E02F 3/885 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pump vessel comprising:
a) a modular, generally rectangular hull that may be disassembled and transported on one or more trucks or shipping containers, the modular hull comprising a deck, a bow, a stern, a port side, and a starboard side;
b) at least one submersible pump movable between stowed and deployed positions, each of the at least one submersible pumps having a discharge port;
c) a frame configured to support the at least one submersible pump between the stowed and deployed positions;
d) a winch configured to move the frame between stowed and deployed positions;
e) a deck-mounted rack configured to hold lengths of flexible hose;
f) a deck-mounted crane configured to add and/or remove the lengths of flexible hose from the deck-mounted rack; and
g) the lengths of flexible hose configured to be connected end to end between the submersible pump discharge port and an articulating discharge pipe comprising nonflexible sections.