Weeks 533 is a 500-short-ton (454 t) capacity Clyde Iron Works model 52 barge-mounted crane which is the largest revolving floating crane on the East Coast of the United States. It was originally ordered for bridge construction and has since been used in several notable heavy lifts.
The Weeks 533 crane vessel passes Newport, Jersey City
Murphy Pacific's Marine Boss at work on the San Diego–Coronado Bridge (c.1968)
Marine Boss moving SEALAB III near San Clemente Island (Dec 1968)
Weeks 533 lifts the Enterprise onto USS Intrepid (2012)
A crane vessel, crane ship, crane barge, or floating crane is a ship with a crane specialized in lifting heavy loads, typically exceeding 1,500 t for modern ships. The largest crane vessels are used for offshore construction.
Lodbrok is a floating crane, here in the harbor of Ystad 2020.
Seagoing monohull with heavy lift luffing and slewing crane
Taklift 4 Sheer-leg barge
Catamaran HLV Svanen with hammerhead crane