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OMNITHRUSTER®

Thrust Is Forwards And

Sideways And Backwards

MCM-l 224' MINE COUNTER MEASURES SHIP - PETERSEN

BUILDERS. INC., OMNI THRUSTER JT-70010 AMT.

HORIZONTAL. 350 HP, DC

ELECTRIC DRIVE. 360° Maneuvering,

Slow-Speed Propulsion,

Ice Management! > Thrusts Underway » Thrusts While Pitching • No Reversing Impeller to Change Directions > Minimum Buoyancy Loss » Smaller Hull Penetration » Fuel Savings

OMNITHRUSTER DOES IT ALL!

Thrusts with nozzles out of water in rough seas: vertical systems only.

No protrusions ... no change in hull shape.

Small nozzles reduce drag . . . save fuel and passage time.

Easily retrofitted.

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 3000 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

OMNITHRUSTER INC.

JT PV1100-1000HP

MODULE THRUSTER •Covered by U. S. Patents;

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Cable Address Omnithrust

Circle 315 on Reader Service Card

ON THE COVER 92nd SNAME

Annual Meeting

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Perspective

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E-Systems Awarded Navy

Contract For $6-Million

E-Systems of Dallas has received a Navy order valued at more than $6-million for the production of varying quantities of 20 different module subassemblies for the AN/

WSC-3 "Whiskey-3" UHF radio transceiver. The order was placed by the Naval Electronic Systems

Command. The module subassem- blies will be produced by the compa- ny's Communications Manufactur- ing Division at St. Petersburg, Fla.

The AN/WSC-3 is the standard

UHF shipboard terminal for the

U.S. Navy, and is widely used by allied naval forces. It is capable of both satellite and line sight trans- missions.

Worthington Fire Pumps

Valued At $5 Million

Ordered For Navy Ships

The Worthington Custom Pump

Operations in Harrison, N.J. will produce 179 fire pumps for the U.S.

Naval Sea Systems Command, it was announced by Robert V.

Jeck, president of the Worthington

Division, McGraw-Edison Compa- ny. The specially designed ship- board pumps, with titanfum casings, will be delivered starting in 1985.

The order covering pumps and drive motors amounts to about $5-mil- lion.

McGraw-Edison's Worthington

Division is a leading manufacturer of compressors and pumps for the marine, petroleum, chemical, petro- chemical, agricultural, electric utili- ty, public works, natural gas, indus- trial air, pulp and paper, mining, pipeline and general industries.

Worthington has 28 plants in 14 countries.

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