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Peterson Builders Offers 56-page Review

Of 50 Years Of Boatbuilding History

Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon

Bay, Wise., is celebrating its 50th year of boatbuilding. Starting in 1933, in the midst of a depression, wooden fish tugs were among the first boats constructed.

Peterson builders today pos- sesses an excellent reputation for quality ships in wood, steel, alu- minum and fiberglass for commer- cial as well as military vessels.

PBI is a prime Navy contractor.

Current Navy work providing a 1986 backlog includes 108-foot wooden Yard Patrol craft, 224-foot wooden Mine Counter Measure ships, 255-foot steel Rescue/Sal- vage vessels, as well as participa- tion in the design, development and construction proposal for the

Navy's new Mine Sweeper Hunters.

During the 1940s Peterson

Builders established an outstand- ing production record for military ships. In the 1950s PBI played an important role in the refinement of aluminum welding technology employed in shipbuilding today.

The 1960s represented physical growth and expansion in the fiber- glass field. The many large (up to 300 feet) steel and aluminum ships built during the 1970s included huge tugs, heavy lift cargo ships, passenger ferries, oceanographic research vessels, and the first of the beautiful tuna super-seiners built by PBI. This decade also in- cluded construction of over 400 military vessels.

Having taken full advantage of technology available through com- puterization, PBI employs a com- plete range of computerized serv- ices, and was one of the first U.S. shipyards to install a computer- aided design system (CAD). Direct link of PBI's CAD system to their subcontracted design agents' sys- tem on the East Coast provides

Peterson Builders, Inc. are presented a plaque by representatives of the General Electric Com- pany, 'one of PBI's prime suppliers, recognizing the company's 50th Anniversary and accom- plishments in the shipbuilding industry. From left are: Jerry A. Cincotti, GE's Cleveland man- ager; Roger E. Peterson, PBI executive vice president; Fred J. Peterson, PBI founder; Ellsworth

L. Peterson, president of PBI; and Donald W. Forster, GE's Northeastern manager. rapid exchange of drawings and is summarized in their recently re- design data for instant review. leased 56-page anniversary book.

PBI facilities, history and a re- For a free copy, view of the boats they have built Write 55 on Reader Service Card

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