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Boeing Jetfoil Sold To

Argentine Owner—Christened

Montevideo Jet

Alimar S.A. of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has purchased a Boeing Jetfoil for operation in the Rio de la Plata area between Argen- tina and Uruguay. The announcement was made at recent launching ceremonies in Se- attle by Adm. Victor Malatesta, president of

Alimar. The Alimar Jetfoil was christened

Montevideo Jet by Mrs. Malatesta.

The Montevideo Jet will be delivered in time to begin service for the 1980-81 tourist season. The sale is valued at approximately $13 million, including training, customer op- tions, and shipping.

Alimar will offer Jetfoil service on the 32- nautical-mile route from Buenos Aires to

Colonia, Uruguay, which has been served for 18 years by Alimar PT-50 surface-pierc- ing hydrofoils. The Argentinian operator decided to begin the Jetfoil operation fol- lowing a study of available craft to update its service. The Jetfoil features a fully sub- merged foil system, waterjet propulsion, and automatic computer control for a smooth ride at speeds up to 50 mph, even in rough water.

Alimar will also offer service over a new route from Buenos Aires to Montevideo, a distance of 130 nautical miles. The Monte- video Jet will carry 272 passengers and offer full food service from galleys on both decks.

It also will provide adequate space for bag- gage.

The Alimar operation will be the fifth

Boeing Jetfoil service to begin this year.

Other passenger services were inaugurated in 1980 on the English Channel, the Irish

Sea, in the Canary Islands, and in Puget

Sound between Seattle and Victoria, British

Columbia. Fifteen Boeing Jetfoils are now in service worldwide.

SNAME Los Angeles Section

Tours Western Gear's

Power Transmission Division

On plant tour, Western Gear senior engineer William

Tolliffe points out features of Guided Missile Frigate series housing to SNAME members (L to R): Church

Heil, Arco Marine; J.C. Woelfe, Richfield Oil (ret.);

Nabil Zake, Western Gear; Frank Kuntz, Interstate

Electronics; and Richard Docherty, El Paso Tanker.

Members of the Los Angeles Metropolitan

Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers recently toured the

Power Transmission Division of Western

Gear Corporation in Lynwood, Calif.

The main attraction was the 40,000-hp

Western Gear marine propulsion drive for the U.S. Navy's Fleet Frigate Guided Mis- sile (FFG) series of ships. Light, fast, and highly maneuverable, these new patrol ves- sels will be equipped with surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missile systems, antisub- marine torpedoes, a 76-mm gun, and two helicopters.

The Navy currently plans to build 55 ships 24 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News