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RYSCO Delivers Another

Tug/Supply Vessel To

Billy Pugh Offshore

RYSCO Shipyard, Inc. recently delivered the tug/supply vessel Tom Martin Pugh to

Billy Pugh Offshore. This is the fifth vessel built for Billy Pugh by RYSCO's Blounts- town, Fla., yard.

The latest vessel has an overall length of 175 feet, beam of 38 feet, and depth of 14 feet, and is capable of carrying 3,000 cubic feet of dry mud in four tanks. Fuel capacity is 37,600 gallons, fresh water 55,740 gallons, and drill water 134,298 gallons. Her cargo deck measures 15 feet 6 inches by 13 feet 8 inches, and is capable of a deck load of 495 long tons.

Main propulsion is by twin Caterpillar

D-399TA diesels, each rated 1,125 bhp at 1,225 rpm, equipped with Caterpillar 7261 reverse/reduction gears, Aquamet shafting, and Johnson Cutless bearings. The two pro- pellers are Coolidge 4-blade, stainless steel.

A Schottel S152L bow thruster is powered by a Detroit Diesel 8V71 engine. Two 99-kw ship's service generators are driven by De- troit Diesel 8V71s. Steering is by Skipper

Hydraulics, engine alarm system by E.M.I., and dry mud system by SMATCO.

Electronics include two Decca 65121 HA radars, Drake TRM-1 SSB radio, Raytheon

R-2460-W depth recorder, Raytheon 350

Loudhailer, and Triton 55/75 VHF radio.

The Tom Martin Pugh is classed +A1 by the American Bureau of Shipping, and is cer- tified under U.S. Coast Guard Subchapter I.

APL And Port Of LA. Join To

Develop New Container Terminal

American President Lines (APL) and the

Port of Los Angeles recently announced agreement to jointly develop a multimillion- dollar container terminal at Los Angeles, which, when completed, will be the largest on the U.S. West Coast. The 20-year revenue- sharing agreement was signed by Dorman L.

Commons, chairman of APL and president of its San Francisco-based parent, Natomas

Company, and Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los

Angeles, onboard the APL containership president Van Buren.

Development of the parcel, located on

John S. Gibson Boulevard on the West Basin of the Los Angeles Harbor, will take place in several phases to keep pace with expan- sion of the company's cargo volume. Initi- ally, the development will encompass 100 acres. Upon completion of the project, the facility will have capability of on-site stor- age and handling of some 6,000 forty-foot containers on chassis.

The terminal will ultimately include at least two deepsea berths, each 960 feet in length; a 200,000-square-foot container freight station (for handling less-than-full containerloads of cargo) ; and complete fa- cilities for U.S. Customs inspection and for maintenance and repair, etc.

APL anticipates moving to the new facil- ities from its present facility in the port in 1983. In addition to meeting future cargo- handling needs, the new terminal is being designed to accommodate APL's three new containerships, which when completed in 1982 will be the largest ever built in the

United States and the first domestically owned and built containerships to be diesel- powered. mm

FIRST DASHBOAT LAUNCHED—The first of four Bell-Halter 110-foot, high-speed sur- face effect ships for Command Marine, Inc. of Lafayette, La., was launched recently at

Halter Marine's Chalmette, La., division.

Photo shows catamaran design of the all- aluminum vessel and the flexible bow seal (stern seal not shown), which dramatically reduces resistance with the water. The new dashboats will be able to carry up to 120 passengers or 40 tons of cargo at 32 knots in calm seas and 28 knots in heavy seas and foul weather conditions.

Gulf Oil Foundation

Supports Academy Programs

Aboard containership President Van Buren, APL chair- man Dorman L. Commons (right) signs agreement for new container facility in Los Angeles as L.A. Mayor

Tom Bradley looks on.

USMMA superintendent Rear Adm. Thomas A. King accepts $3,000 check in support of Academy pro- grams from Donald Brown, managing director of

Gulf Trading and Transportation Company.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings

Point, N.Y., through its alumni fund, has re- ceived a $3,000 Assistance Grant from the

Gulf Oil Foundation. The grant will be used for general academic programs at Kings

Point.

The purpose of the Assistance Grants is to further special projects proposed by spe- cific departments in colleges and universi- ties. In addition to these grants, Gulf's Aid to Education Program includes undergrad- uate scholarships, graduate fellowships, em- ployee matching gifts, capital grants and various special grants.

The Gulf check was presented to Academy superintendent Rear Adm. Thomas A. King by Donald Brown, managing director of Gulf

Trading and Transportation Company, its marine branch, and a 1949 Kings Point graduate.

New Bulletin On Mud Pumps

For Drilling Operations

Available From National

The right triplex pump for the shallowest to deepest drilling operations can be readily selected with a new eight-page guide from

National Supply Company. The guide gives full physical dimensions and performance specification of the entire National triplex mud pump line. Five models are available from 500 to 1,600 input hp, all adaptable to a variety of drive arrangements. Each is compactly engineered for space savings and most efficient rig set-up and layout, says the guide. Text sections emphasize engineering features that improve durability, operating smoothness, ease of inspection and servicing.

For a free copy of Bulletin No. 642,

Write 44 on Reader Service Card

Electro-Nav To Furnish

Electronics Parts And

Service For Polish Ships

Electro-Nav president Robert E. Negron has announced that his company had reached agreement with the Marine Division of Uni- tra Unitech to furnish spare parts and serv- ices as required for the marine electronics of all Polish-flag vessels calling at U.S. ports.

Unitra Unitech director Eugeniusz Kazimierczak signs service agreement as Marine Division manager Jerzy

Jacniacki, left, and Electro-Nav president Robert E.

Negron look on.

Eugeniusz Kazimierczak, director of Uni- tra Unitech, explained that his organization is charged by the Polish Government with providing a wide range of technical services to industrial enterprises in his country, in- cluding shipyards and ships. "Vessels af- fected by this agreement," he said, "include cargoliners, passenger ships, and the fishing craft of DALMAR, the Polish State Fishing

Organization."

Jerzy Jacniacki, manager of Unitra Uni- tech's Marine Bureau, whose division is re- sponsible for the technical needs of all Polish shipping at home and overseas, said that: "Some 400 Polish-flag vessels call at Ameri- can ports each year. They may occasionally need spare parts and service for their com- munications and navigation equipment, and we are far away. We fully expect this ar- rangement with Electro-Nav to expedite service to our vessels, save time, speed turn- around, and cut servicing costs."

Electro-Nav will service vessels in every major port in the continental U.S., and will assign its sub-agents to provide parts and repairs in more remote ports. The agree- ment goes into effect immediately. 14 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News