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NEWS company. His responsibilities will include state government relations, busi- ness incentives, and management of the companies ISO/Quality System, Environ- mental Services and Corporate Communi- cations. In the seven years with the com- pany, Roussel served in progression as director of business development, director of corporate procurement, vice president of Procurement and recently as vice pres- ident of High Speed Vessels

Darren Savoye has been promoted to the position of vice president of business development for Bollinger Shipyards. He will be instrumental in continuing to develop relationships and future programs within the Department of Defense and other U.S. Governmental agencies.

Bob McDonough has been named vice president of bollinger High Speed Vessels (BHSV). He will be responsible for developing the detailed build strategy for the Incat-designed High Speed Craft in the U.S., as well as develop detailed cost analyses for the project. In his combined 16 years with Bollinger, he began his career as assistant program manager and

Manager of Planning and Scheduling for the U.S. Navy Cyclone Class of vessels, later assuming the role of director of pro- duction and Estimating, and currently, vice president & general manager of

Lockport New Construction.

Gary Lipely joined Bollinger as vice president of sales, new construction. Gary will be focused on the continued develop- ment of Bollinger's diverse customer base with a focus on new construction opportu- nities. Valarae Bates has been named director of ISO/Quality System and cor- porate communications.

Rigid Inflatable

Pilot Boat

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos

Corporation, has begun construction of a new launch for the Charleston, S.C., pilots, the first in a new line of rigid bot- tom, soft-sided pilot boats. The jet-driven, all-aluminum launch measures 40 ft. over- all, with a 13-ft. beam, including the inflatable collar, and a shoal 2.4-ft. draft.

Designed by C. Raymond Hunt Associ- ates of Boston, the deep-V hull features a steep 24-degree dead-rise at the transom that increases to a very fine entry forward.

Ample chines and multiple spray-rails will provide an efficient running surface and will deflect spray away from the tubes to provide a dryer ride and reduce collar maintenance. A Wing Inflatable's polyurethane, multi-chambered collar, measuring 28-in. in diameter, will be installed around the hull. An on-board, compressed-air system allows the pilot to inflate the tube sections from the console.

Half-in. thick fenders will be laminated to the tubes' outside surfaces to increase puncture resistance, and a heavy-duty pipe guard will be installed across the transom, along with a grating platform above the waterjets. The vessel is designed to also accept a solid inomer foam collar, as well as Wing's hybrid air- foam-polyurethane collar.

Twin Cummins QSL-405M, six-cylin- der diesel engines, each rated 405 bhp at 2,100 rpm will power the new RIB. The engines will turn pairs of Hamilton HJ- 292 waterjets, through Twin Disc 5075SC gearboxes, which, combined, will give the launch a top speed of 34 knots, fully loaded, and a 30-knot cruising speed.

Accommodations and outfitting include four heavy-duty suspension seats, heating and air conditioning, and complete navi- gation, electronics, and safety equipment packages.

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Water Jet Powered

Pilot Boat Delivers

Horizon Shipbuilding completed con- struction of its 74-ft. aluminum Pilot for the port of Umm Qasr, Iraq. The boat reportedly exceeded its required top speed by more than six knots during trials con- ducted off the Alabama coast last month.

The hull, which was designed to ABS rules and certified by ABS New Orleans, can be easily adapted as a fireboat, patrol vessel or small coastal crew boat.

The boat is powered by Caterpillar 3406E main engines and UltraJet water jets, Model 451, providing more than 1,400 total hp. The boat was required to reach a top speed of 18 knots, but operat-

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Rowan McAllister Aids in Freighter Rescue

On June 8, the 439 ft. freighter Camilla

Desgagnes, sailing from Poughkeepsie,

N.Y. to Canada, caught fire 88 miles East of

Ambrose Tower, about 20 miles off the

Long Island Shore. Twenty crewmembers were aboard when the engine room fire broke out. No injuries were reported and the crew was able to remain on board after using the ship's CO2 fire suppressant sys- tem. The tug Rowan McAllister, in con- nection with salvor Titan Maritime, LLC, was dispatched to rescue the drifting freighter and crew. On the morning of June 9,

Captain Pat Geiger of McAllister Towing and the crew of the Rowan arrived. Once alongside the burning freighter, the tug began hooking up to the ship in anticipation of towing it into New York Harbor while supplying the ship with water to fight the stubborn engine room fire. Once the disabled ship's fire was extinguished, it was towed by the Rowan McAllister to Ambrose Tower. There, it was met by the assist tug Amy C. McAllister, who escorted the tug and tow to the Verrazano Narrows where a third assist tug, the Iona McAllister, met the flotilla. Docking Pilot Cap- tain John Tooker boarded the crippled ship and with the assistance of the three 4,000 hp McAllister tugs navigated the Camilla to a repair berth at Port Newark.

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