Bob Allnutt, Victory 37VT02 is currently replacing his fuel tanks. It turns out that tugs with the six fuel tank configuration share the same port-forward and starboard-forward tank size as their four tank sisters. But, unlike later tugs with four tanks, Victory's floor joists are resting directly on top of his tanks. This makes it much more difficult to get the tanks out. Loren Hart said that an LNVTs tanks are designed to be removable--he didn't, however, say when they initiated the removable tank program. It was clearly after hull #2.
Another difference between the tugs with four fuel tanks and those with six, the latter are self leveling. That's because there's a tap at the base of each tank that's plumbed to the other two fuel tanks on the same side of the tug.
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