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HUDSHIP Enters Export Market

With Offshore Supply Vessel

Hudson Shipbuilders, Inc. (HUDSHIP), Pascagoula, Miss., marked its entry into the foreign market with the delivery of the 112-foot offshore supply vessel

Grayscout to Gray MacKenzie

Company, Ltd., Marine Division,

Bahrain. The vessel departed from

Pascagoula recently to join the al- ready sizeable fleet now operated by Gray MacKenzie in the Ara- bian Gulf.

The design is HUDSHIP's standard 112-foot utility vessel hull, with some minor modifica- tions to the owner's particular re- quirements. The house arrange- ment has been redesigned to ac- commodate 17 men in six cabins.

Harold Eckmann Named

Member Of Board For

Todd Shipyards Corp.

Harold A. Eckmann was elected to the board of directors of Todd

Shipyards Corporation at the re- cent annual meeting in New York,

John T. Gilbride, chairman and chief executive officer, announced.

Mr. Eckmann is chairman and chief executive officer of The At- lantic Companies, which comprise the Atlantic Mutual Insurance

Company and Centennial Insur- ance Company. He is a director of W.R. Grace & Company, Home

Life Insurance Company, and St.

Francis Hospital, and a trustee of the Greenwich Savings Bank, the

Insurance Institute of America, and the Insurance Company-Sup- ported Organizations Pension

Trust.

In commenting on the election,

Mr. Gilbride said: "We know our shareholders will share with us in our great fortune in having a proven executive in the insur- ance field, such as Mr. Eckmann, join our board. His knowledge of national and international busi- ness will be of inestimable value to the corporation.

The after deck, unchanged by the redesign, has a Scott ATO 7y2- ton crane mounted at the center line to service the entire cargo deck, which is 60 feet long and 20 feet wide. To each side of the crane are Hydradyne hydraulic winches, giving the vessel a four- point mooring capability.

Grayscout is powered by twin

GM-Detroit Diesel Allison 16V- 92NA engines, each with a max- imum continuous rating of 600 bhp at 1800 rpm, with Twin Disc 527 5:1 reduction gears. On sea trials the vessel exceeded 10 knots in a fully loaded condition and logged almost 13 knots lightly loaded. Auxiliary power is pro- vided by two 50-kw Delco gen- erators powered by GM-Detroit

Diesel Allison 4-71 engines. Both main propulsion and auxiliary die- sels were supplied by George En- gine Company. Engines are mon- itored by a 21-point Marine Elec- trical Design system.

Among the special features of the Grayscout are built-in oil spill control disbursement tanks, fire- fighting capabilities, and a drill water supply system.

The pilothouse was arranged for maximum all-around visibil- ity. It houses a variety of elec- tronic equipment including Decca 914C radar, Sperry gyrocompass with repeater, Robertson auto- pilot, Sailor VHF RT144AB ra- diotelephone and SSB T126 radio, and Epsco Seafarer 3 depth in- dicator.

The vessel and all its systems are built and tested to American

Bureau of Shipping Rules; she is classed A-l All Ocean Service.

A sister vessel of the Gray- scout, the Graysearch, is sched- uled for delivery in August this year.

GRAYSCOUT SUPPLIERS

Main engines (2), GM-Detroit Diesel

Allison 16V92NA, each rated 600 bhp at 1,800 rpm.

Reduction gearing, Twin Disc 5:1.

Engine controls, Kobelt (Perkinson).

Generators (2), GM-Delco 50-kw driven by GM-Detroit Diesel Allison 4-71 engines.

Air compressors (2), Quincy 325.

Steering system, Skipper Hydraulic.

Main shaft bearings, stern bearings,

Lucian Q. Moffitt Cutless.

Propeller, Columbian Bronze.

Sewage treatment system, Red Fox

R-200M.

Sanitary system, Ruthberry.

Bilge, fire/ballast, and fuel transfer pumps, Barnes.

Fire monitor pump, Hale.

Anchor windlass, HBL Industries

WDW-12E.

Deck crane, Scott Midland PM-15-350.

SSB radiotelephone, Sailor T-126/

R-105.

VHF radiotelephone, Sailor RT-144AB/ 12-VDC.

Radar, Decca 914C.

Autopilot, Robertson AP-30.

Depth indicator, Epsco Seafarer 3.

Engine monitoring system, Marine

Electrical Design & Service.

Gyrocompass, Sperry SR-130.

Magnetic compass, Ritchie B463.

Navigation lights, Pauluhn.

Liferafts (2), B.F. Goodrich.

Air horn, Kahlenberg D-2. Offshore supply vessel Grayscout was delivered recently by Hudson Shipbuilders of Pascagoula, Miss., to Gray MacKenzie Company, Ltd., Marine Division, Bahrain.

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