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OMNITHRUSTER

More Than Just a Bow Thruster 259' Arctic Supply Vessel, 1250 HP OMNITHRUSTER with Ice Field Hull Lubrication'' 360° Maneuvering,

Slow-Speed Propulsion,

Ice Management!

Air/Water Hull Lubrication

Waterfall Deluge Hull Lubrication

Ice Dispersal

Heeling Tank Transfer

Ballasting/Deballasting and with the same thruster elements...

Side Thrusting — Even Underway

Emergency Propulsion and Steering

No Protrusions... No Hull Change

Low-Drag Nozzles — Saving Fuel

No Reversing Impeller

Sound Masking

Micro processor Control

System, Model 1200A . . . with gyro input . . . holds vessel's heading. System also accepts compatible

NAV/AIDS fore-aft and slow-speed propulsion and positioning.

MODULAR THRUSTER SYSTEM . . .

OMNITHRUSTER ship control systems* utiUze individual module thrusters of up to 1500 HP in any combination to produce desired forward or lateral net thrust. Prime movers for the

Modular Thruster System may be electric, hydraulic or diesel powered in conjunction with manual/automatic or integrated control networks.

ADVANTAGES FOR LARGE VESSELS . . . • Incremental Thrust Capability • Multiple Module Reliability • Easily Retrofitted or Installed in New

Construction • Minimum Maintenance "Naval Architects: Robert Allan, Ltd.. for Gulf Canada Resources, Inc.

OMNITHRUSTER INC.

PV950 800HP

MODULE THRUSTER •Covered by U. S Patents;

Foreign Patents Pending 9515 Sorenson Avenue, Dept. 32-313

Santa Fe Springs, California 90670 213/802-1818 Telex 194265 OMNI SFES

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Bender Delivers

New Drydock To

Todd Houston (SEE PAGE 8) — Preview —

National Maritime

Show (PAGE 46) $117-Million Navy Contract

For Second Fleet Oiler

Awarded Avondale

Ogden Corporation announced recently that the U.S. Navy awarded a second fleet oiler (TAO) to Avondale Shipyards,

Inc., an Ogden subsidiary, at a cost price of approximately $117 million.

In November 1982, the Navy awarded the first TAO to Avon- dale and took an option through the fall of 1984 for up to four additional TAOs. The Navy re- tains its option on the remaining three ships.

Both vessels will be built at

Avondale's main yard, near New

Orleans, La., and construction of the two ships will begin in 1984, with the delivery of the first TAO scheduled for early 1986 and the second, four months later.

The contracts provide for es- calation related to costs of labor and materials. $4.9-Million Increase To

LCAC Support Contract

Awarded To Bell Textron

Bell Aerospace Textron, New

Orleans, La., has been awarded a $4,908,760 face-value-increase to a previously awarded cost- plus-fixed-fee contract for a mod- ification increasing the level ef- fort for Navy systems trials sup- port for the Jeff Craft in support of the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) program. Work will be performed at New Orleans (6 per- cent) and in Panama City, Fla. (94 percent). The Naval Sea Sys- tems Command, Washington,

D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-81-C-2062).

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