Accommodation for temporary manning of vessels

Claim 1

In an accommodation module system adapted to provide accommodation for the temporary manning of a seagoing vessel, said module being adapted for transportation on a container truck and for mounting on the deck of a seagoing vessel, the improvement wherein (a) said accommodation module comprises a watertight metal box-shaped unit, said unit being divided by at least one internal bulkhead to form at least two compartments; and (b) means for securing said unit to the vessel, said means including (1) at least four mounting shoe means depending from the floor of said unit, each of said mounting shoe means being formed of a metal box section, one pair of said mounting shoe means being arranged adjacent two corners of said module and another pair of said mounting shoe means being spaced slightly inwardly from the other corners of said module; (2) diagonally extending strengthening members extending from each of said shoe means to the floor of said unit, thereby to stabilize said shoe means; (3) a metal framework support adapted to be fixedly secured to the deck of the vessel, said framework containing recess means for receiving said mounting shoe means, respectively; (4) said framework support and said shoe means containing aligned through apertures; and (5) locking pin means extending through said aligned apertures for securing said unit to the framework support.