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GENERAL JACKSON

Major Suppliers

Main engines (2) Caterpillar

Reduction gears . . General Electric

Steering controls EMI

Bow thruster Michigan-Jastram

Generator . . . CAT/KATO

Engine monitoring . . . Tracor Marcon

Air compressors Quincy

Pollution control system FAST

Radar Furuno

Radio Raytheon

Telephone system Mitel

Searchlights . . . . .Carlisle & Finch

Air horn Kahlenberg

Capstan .... New England Trawler

Chiller equipment Turbo Pak

GULF SERVICE

Quality Shipyards

The first of Zapata Gulf Marine

Corporation's "super-size" anchor- handling tug/supply vessels, the

Gulf Service, was delivered recently by Quality Shipyards in Houma, La.

With an overall length of 222 feet, beam of 46 feet, and depth of 20 feet, the U.S.-flag vessel is one of the biggest in the offshore marine service industry.

The vessel's innovative "father/ son" propulsion plant features four

Stork-Werkspoor diesels of two dif- ferent sizes for maximum power, fuel efficiency, and reliability. The engines are SWDiesel's 8SW280 models, each developing 3,200 bhp at 1,000 rpm; and two 6SW280 mod- els, each with an output of 2,400 bhp at 1,000 rpm. When needed for heavy-duty anchor-handling and towing duties, the full output of 11,200 bhp will be used. During nor- mal supply functions, the vessel will operate on only two engines, reduc- ing fuel consumption to the equiva- lent of a 3,000-bhp supply boat.

The vessel is fitted with controlla- ble-pitch propellers in nozzles, and a 720-hp bow thruster powered by a

Detroit Diesel 16-V-92 engine. Twin

Becker rudders are operated inde- pendently for better maneuverabili- ty and station-keeping.

The Gulf Service is powered and equipped to moor new-generation semisubmersible rigs as far north as 60 degrees latitude in the Bering

Sea. Certified to Ice Class A by the

GULF SERVICE

Major Suppliers

Main engines (4) . . . Stork-Werkspoor

Reduction gears Reintjes

Propellers & bow thruster .... Berg

Stern bearings Johnson

Rudders Becker

Engine controls WABCO

Generator engines Detroit

Keel coolers Johnson

FO & LO centrifuges .... Mitsubishi

Fire pumps Worthington

Fire monitors Skum

Deck cranes Fassi

Radars (2) Furuno

Loran C Micrologic

Autopilot & gyrocompass . . . Sperry

SatNav Racal-Decca

Depth sounder Datamarine

Searchlights Carlisle & Finch

Running & navigation lights Aqua Signal

Air horns Kahlenberg

American Bureau of Shipping, she is built with special ice-strengthening said to exceed that of any other anchor-handling tug/supply vessel under the U.S. flag.

The anchor-handling system minimizes rig mooring time and enables the vessel to transfer the rig's mooring system. The vessel's system includes chain lockers and pendant storage reels, with the ca- pacity to store more than 12,000 feet of 3-inch anchor chain and 12,000 feet of 21 a-inch pendant wire.

The towing winch is a Fritz-Culv- er low-pressure, hydraulic, double- drum waterfall type, with 586,000 pounds of line pull at stall, and a capacity for 5,900 feet of 212-inch cable on each drum. Other deck machinery includes two 10-ton elec- trohydraulic tuggers above deck and two 5-ton units below deck, and two 10-ton hydraulic capstans. "HARVEST A' RIG"

McDermott Shipyards

McDermott Shipyards in New

Iberia, La., at mid-85 completed construction of a specialized, twin- packaged drilling rig for Helmerich & Payne International Drilling

Company, for contract drilling on

Texaco's Harvest "A" platform in (continued) ever in the field of marine refrigeration and air conditioning has one company offered so much to so many. Total creature comfort. Peak product freshness.

Painstaking manufacturing quality. State-of-the-art technology. Expert service and factory parts in over 60 ports worldwide. And the most experienced people in the industry. Together it can only mean Victory at Sea for your fleet.

You can spec the features, capacities, and performance you need in any system in our full line. We build in sea-proven reliability, to ensure long life under the toughest conditions.

Expect our air conditioning to keep your crew comfortable on board—and at their best on the job. We offer a com- plete line of water-cooled condensing units, air- and water-cooled liquid chillers, central station air handlers, and single- package cooling units.

And we install them on offshore rigs, platforms and their support vessels, tankers, container ships, and naval vessels.

Our air-conditioning and refrigeration systems can be manufactured to meet

ABS, USCG, special naval, and other ivorldwide governing agency requirements.

Contact Walter Berg, Manager of Marine Systems, 315/432-6417. Carrier Transicold Division,

Carrier Corporation, P.O. Box 4805,

Syracuse, NY 13221. Telex: 937 306.

UNITED

TECHNOLOGIES

CARRIER

TRANSICOLD

THE MARINE AIR CONDITIONING

AND REFRIGERATION PEOPLE

G O C A R R / E R T R AN S I C O L D

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