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Dravo SteelShip Delivers 56-Foot M/V Becky Sue

To Taylor Towing For Switching/Mooring Service

National Safety Council Presents

Top Citation To Bruno J. Augenti

Powered by twin General Motors Detroit Diesel engines, the Becky Sue will be operating in the Caruthersville area below St. Louis, Mo.

Dravo SteelShip Corporation,

Pine Bluff, Ark., a subsidiary of

Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh,

Pa., has announced delivery of the M/V Becky Sue to Taylor

Towing Company, Inc. of Ca- ruthersville, Mo. The Becky Sue will be operating at Taylor's switching and mooring services in the Caruthersville area below

St. Louis, Mo. and above Cairo, 111.

The M/V Becky Sue is a stand- ard SteelShip 56 design measur- ing 56 feet long by 20 feet wide by 7.5 feet deep. The hull is di- vided into five watertight com- partments and carries 10,000 gal- lons of fuel. Freshwater, waste holding and oil storage tanks are provided. The fuel fills and vents are in a central location, with fuel spill containment now re- quired by the U.S. Coast Guard on all vessels over 100 tons.

The SteelShip standard push- knees are protected with Johnson

Rubber Towknee material. A walkway is provided from the

Texas deck level out to one of the towknees for easy access to empty barges.

The vessel is powered by twin

General Motors Detroit Diesel 12V71 diesel engines with Twin

Disc MG-514, 6:1 reduction gears.

It also has two General Motors

Detroit Diesel generator sets; one 2-71, 1,200 rpm, 20 kw, and one 3-71, 1,200 rpm, 30 kw. The main engines and generators were sup- plied by Wilkerson Diesel of North

Little Rock, Ark.

The running gear consists of 5-inch diameter, steel shafts with nickel chrome boron sleeves turn- ing in Johnson Demountable stern tube and strut bearings with

Kahlenberg stainless-steel, heavy- duty, four-blade, 60-inch-diameter by 48-inch-pitch propellers.

The M/V Becky Sue has Morse engine controls, Perko incandes- cent searchlight, Carlisle & Finch

Carbon Arc searchlight, Perko running lights, heating and air- conditioning, quartz deck lights,

Nabrico 20-ton hydraulic deck winches.

The Becky Sue is equipped with four flanking rudders and two main rudders with independent full follow-up pilothouse controls.

The flanking and steering rudder systems are from main engine driven pumps pad mounted to the

GM diesels. As standard with all

SteelShip vessels, the lubrication for the thrust bearings and other steering equipment is piped to a central location in the engine room to facilitate ease of lubrication.

The rudder stocks have nickel chrome boron sleeves turning in nylon bearings on the lower end, and lubricated cast-iron bearings on the upper end.

A SteelShip standard monitor- ing panel was installed in the pi- lothouse to warn the operator of any abnormal operating condi- tions that might occur in the engine room.

In addition to the production of pushboats, ocean tugs, and barges, which are on contract,

Dravo SteelShip is building for stock one SteelShip 48, one Steel-

Ship 52, one SteelShip 50, and one

SteelShip 56. All of these stock boats will be completed for deliv- ery in the first quarter of 1978, with delivery at present ranging from 60 to 120 days, depending upon machinery availability.

For more information about any SteelShip designs or Aluma-

Ship designs, write Dravo Steel-

Ship Corporation, Edward D. Fry, vice president / general manager,

Route 4, Box 167, Pine Bluff, Ark. 71602.

Six maritime industry leaders, including a top official of the In- ternational Longshoremen's Asso- ciation (AFL-CIO), were honored by the National Safety Council for actions in behalf of worker safety. Five of the group were cited for outstanding presenta- tions to the NSC's Marine Section meeting. The sixth—Bruno J. Au- genti of the Marine Index Bureau,

Inc. of New York—was tendered the Citation for Distinguished

Service to Safety, the NSC's highest honor. They are seen here following the presentations in

Chicago, 111., along with David S.

Walker (back row—left), the for- mer general chairman of the Ma- rine Section; and Rear Adm. Rob- ert H. Scarborough, Commander of the Ninth Coast Guard Dis- trict, who took part in the cere- monies.

The recipients (from left—front row) are Robert B. Savin of the 3M Company; Mr. Augenti, and

John H. Leeper of Simat, Hel- liesen & Eichner, Inc. The three recipients in the back row (start- ing second from left) are Jack

Thornhill of Southern Towing

Company; Myles E. Billups Sr., vice president of the ILA, and

John Faulk of Strachan Shipping

Company.

As a member of NSC's Marine

Section since 1939 and an active participant in ship industry safety program and planning dating back to the 1920s, Mr. Augenti has achieved ranking as one of the most knowledgeable individuals in the field. It was in recognition of these outstanding achievements in marine safety that he was pre- sented with the top award of the

National Safety Council.

Included among his efforts were the development of safety programs for United States-flag steamship companies following

World War II, at the request of the United States Coast Guard and the American Merchant Marine

Institute. In addition, through his own company, he has compiled numerous specialized reports and data analyses for use by mari- time industry companies in their accident prevention programs.

He also served as maritime representative on the 1962 Presi- dent's Conference Committee on

Occupational Safety, and in 1970 the Department of State ap- pointed him an advisor on the

United States delegation to the

Inter-Governmental Maritime

Consultative Organization. Also, in 1976, he was invited by the

United States Department of La- bor to review and comment on a proposed chapter covering the maritime industry in the agency's

Field Operation Manual for Pre- vention of Accidents and Injuries.

Mr. Augenti is presently chair- man of the Best Paper Award

Committee of the National Safety

Council's Marine Section and is also secretary of the Nomina- tions Committee.

The National Safety Council was founded in 1913 to encourage safety in all aspects of national life. It is chartered by Congress as a nongovernmental, nonprofit, volunteer public organization com- posed of individuals and company members.

Oceaneering International

Names Craig Marley

To Singapore Office

Oceaneering International, Inc., 10575 Katy Freeway, Houston,

Texas 77024, announced that

Craig Marley has been appointed vice president - sales, Southeast

Asia/Australia. He will be based in the company's Singapore office.

Mr. Marley was formerly mar- keting manager of Sub Sea Inter- national. Prior to that, he was as- sociated with Ocean Systems and

Makai Range, with responsibili- ties in both operations and mar- keting.

Oceaneering is one of the world's largest diving and under- water construction contractors.

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