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Wagner Hydraulic

Steering systems for ocean tugs, trawlers, work boats ...atype and size for boats up to 350'. Lever-power followup, remote 2-speed rudder rate control, full manual backup. Simple connection to auto pilot and power. Over 30 years experience, over 40,000 installations. Built to

ABS and Lloyd's standards. Write or phone:

Wm. E. Hough Company 1125p N.W. 45th, Seattle, Washington 98107

Telephone (206) 784-8400 Hi

BEARING

PROBLEMS?

E. L. Post & Co. Inc. offers to the ma- rine and industrial trade a free consultation service on all white metal bearings . .

Whether you are responsible for the design in new construction or the remetalling of babbitted bearings, it could be worth your while to contact us ... no obligation of course!!

Phone Walter L. Vaughan 233-3460 E.L. Post & Co. Inc. 233 Bwy, N.Y.C.

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Builders of Quality Boats and Barges—Drydocking

SHIPYARD FABRICATORS

MACHINE WORKS

MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA

FMC Shipyard Sets Complete

Icebreaker-Type Bow On

Gas Turbine Powered Tanker

The hull assembly nears completion as the icebreaker-type bow is installed on a new de- sign gas turbine-powered oil tanker under construction at FMC Corporation's Marine and

Rail Equipment Division in Portland, Ore.

Setting the section as a whole is typical of

PMC's modular construction method, utilizing a giant crane. To further facilitate construc- tion, modular living quarters, complete with carpets and bedspreads, will be installed in the steel deckhouse. The pilothouse will be equipped with the most sophisticated naviga- tional equipment available today.

The first of six 35,000-deadweight-ton tank- ers under construction in a $102-million con- tract, the vessel is the largest ever built in

Portland, and the first built in this area since

World War II. The tankers will be chartered to 'Chevron Shipping Company, a wholly own- ed subsidiary of Standard Oil Company of

California. The ships will be used to transport oil along the Pacific Coast from Alaska to

California, and to Hawaii.

The FMC Division, formerly Gunderson,

Inc., has incorporated new design concepts developed by the Chevron Shipping Company and FMC Corporation. The hull design and gas turbine electric power units combine to produce a safe, economical environmentally sound tanker.

The hull >on each tanker is 650 feet in length, with a molded breadth of 96 feet and a molded depth at the side o'f 50 feet. The operational draft is 34 feet. Ship cargo will be divided into a tank layout in accordance with latest requirements of IMCO, the international mari- time agency of the United Nations.

According to C. Bruce Ward, president of the FMC Division, construction of the six tankers will provide an uninterrupted pro- duction schedule, providing steady employ- ment into 1977. This new shipbuilding is in- dicative of U.S. efforts to gain a foothold in the world shipbuilding industry.

FMC developed both hull and propulsion system details in consultation with Chevron

Shipping Company, Nickum & Spaulding As- sociates, Inc.—the naval architects—and Gen- eral Electric, the propulsion system manufac- turers. The innovative design concepts, which are embodied in these vessels, are creating considerable interest in maritime circles around the world.

The unique gas turbine electric-drive sys- tem is completely designed and manufactured by General Electric Company.

To minimize the FMC yard's power plant engineering work, General Electric has de- signed and will have the performance respon- sibility for the complete system through to the output coupling of the main propulsion motor.

To handle expanded shipbuilding work,

FMC acquired an additional 23 acres adjacent to its existing facility in Northwest Portland, and also invested in a $1-million 200-ton-ca- pacity whirley crane and new types of welding equipment, including a numerically controlled burning machine for cutting metal plates.

FOR NORTH SEA SERVICE: Halter Marine Fabricators of Moss Point, Miss., recently delivered the motor vessel

Rhonda Martin. The vessel was built by Halter Marine for Andrew Martin Sea Services (Mission Drilling) of New

Orleans, La. The 180-foot by 38-foot by 14-foot vessel is certified by the American Bureau of Shipping for A-l and Full Ocean and also carries a USCG Certificate of

Inspection. The Rhonda Martin departed from Pasca- goula bound for the North Sea, where she will service the offshore oil and mineral industry.

A giant crane at FMC places the icebreaker bow and is also used to install modular units. 22 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

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WINDOW WIPERS

Voltage: 12/24/32 DC to 110 AC/DC

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