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U.S. Navy Awards Kvichak Contract for

More Utility Boats

Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc., of Seattle,

Wash., was recently awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for the construction of five

MPF utility boats following the successful delivery of 26 vessels since February 2006.

The 40-ft high-speed landing craft are replac- ing the Navy’s existing LCM-8 craft as part of the Improved Navy Lighterage System in support of pre-positioned Marine Amphibious assault missions. The 40-ft by 14-ft landing craft have a loaded flank speed of about 38 knots and a lightened flank speed of about 42 knots. The propulsion package includes: twin Cummins QSM11 engines rated for 660 hp at 2,300 rpm, ZF 325 marine gears and

Hamilton 364 water jets. To ensure the safe- ty and efficiency of transporting 30 troops, their gear and / or general cargo the craft utilizes a house aft configuration and fea- tures a power bow door and high-level engine suctions for beach deployment.

Delivery of the next five all-aluminum crafts to active and reserve commands in multiple

U.S. locations is scheduled for completion by spring 2011.

Additional specifications: • 6kW Northern Lights gen-set with shore power • Integrated Furuno Navnet electronics package • Ship board stowage cradle • Three weapon mounts for M2 /

MK19 and M60E3 weapons

EnviroMax Deepwater OSV

Technology Associates, Inc. (TAI) a

New Orleans based naval architec- ture firm has unveiled its Technology

EnviroMax 300 Offshore Supply

Vessel. Utilizing a unique design- er/builder relationship, this design was developed in conjunction with

ThomaaSea Shipyards. The design already has up to six vessels under construction at ThomaaSea

Shipyards’ facilities in Lockport, La.

ThomaaSea Shipyards acquired this facility from Halter Marine in 2002 and has been using it to build OSVs up to 270 ft. ThomaaSea also intends to build more vessels from the Technology EnviroMax 300

OSV design at their new shipyard in

Houma, La. The first set of vessels being built is a part of a new build program for Gulf Offshore Logistics (GOL).

The design of the 295-ft by 62-ft by 23-ft hull was developed to maxi- mize dead weight and cargo carrying capability in the hull envelope, while maintaining hull size parameters within American Bureau of

Shipping. It is also meant to maxi- mize vessel speed and the sea state in which the vessel can operate and maintain station on DP mode. The design is intended to minimize installed propulsion bhp in order to minimize the annual fuel consump- tion and environmental impact by making the design conform to ABS

Green Passport, IMO, MARPOL and SOLAS requirements, and to minimize vessel construction costs.

Finally, the design is geared to maxi- mize flexibility, recognizing emerging legislation due to the 2010 Macondo oil spill.

NEWS

Admiral Thad Allen Joins RAND as Senior Fellow

Adm. Thad W. Allen (USCG, Ret.) announced that after completing his service as National

Incident Commander of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, he joined the RAND Corporation as a senior fellow. Allen was scheduled to join RAND in May 2010, shortly after he retired as com- mandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. His transition was delayed when he was asked by President

Obama to manage the oil spill emergency response and clean-up. Allen will be based in the

RAND office in Arlington, Va., and will focus his work on homeland security, ocean policy and defense policy issues. His work at RAND initially will be concentrated in the RAND Homeland

Security and Defense Center, a joint center of the RAND National Security Research Division and RAND Infrastructure, Safety and Environment.

Image cour tesy T echnology Associates, Inc.

Photo cour tesy Kvichak Marine