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Eastern Marine Delivers

Z-Drive Tug To GD-Electric Boat

Eastern Marine Inc., Panama

City, Fla., has delivered a harbor/ coastal-type, Z-Drive Class tugboat to the nation's leading producer of nuclear submarines for the U.S.

Navy.

The 98-foot, 659-ton M/V Win- slow C. Kelsey, built for General

Dynamics' Electric Boat Division of

Groton, Conn., will be used for coastal tows and maneuvering sub- marines at dockside.

The Winslow C. Kelsey is pow- ered by two EMD 16-645E6a diesel engines developing a total of 3,900 brake horsepower. The Kelsey's en- gines are direct-coupled with two aft-mounted Ulstein Maritime mod- el 1650M Z-Drive propeller units which each rotates 360 degrees un- der the tug's stern, requiring no rud- ders.

Her design incorporates optimum pilothouse visibility, with larger windows and a lower centerline ex- haust stack, aft. The pilothouse does not have a wheel, and instead is operated by two joystick-type le- vers—one for each engine—that control both speed and steering.

The tug's accommodations include two five-person staterooms, a galley and three heads, all above deck lev- el, an important safety feature.

Eastern Marine, Inc., the co-de- signer and builder of the vessel, was selected by the Electric Boat Divi- sion on account of its reputation for quality construction, and ability to deliver vessels on time, and within budget. In addition, Eastern Ma- rine's location in Panama City pro- vides an attractive production cli- mate due to near-perfect weather conditions, and an abundance of skilled, dedicated shipbuilding

WINSLOW C. KELSEY

Major Suppliers

Main engines (2) EMD

Propulsion Units (2) . Ulstein Maritime

Hydraulic Steering . Ulstein Maritime

Steering Control

System .... . Ulstein Maritime

Steering Alarm

Panel Engine Monitor, Inc.

Gridcoolers . . R.W. Fernstrum & Co.

Generator

Switchboard Marine Electric, Inc.

Automation

System . . International Electronics

Generators (2) . . . Detroit Diesel

Air Compressors (2) Quincy

Winches (2) ... McElroy/Smatco

Capstans (2) . . Smatco

Internal Communications . . Henschel

Compass .... .American Skipper

Radar Furuno

Gyrocompass . . .... Robertson

Autopilot .... .... Robertson

VHF radio .... Raytheon

SSB radio .... Stevens

Depth recorder Furuno

Depth sounder . . . .Datamarine

Loudhailer . . . Raytheon

Loran Northstar

Intercom .... Bogen

Windows . . . Marine Windshield, Inc.

Window wipers Kearfott

Airhorn .... Kahlenberg

Firefighting system monitor .... Elkhart

Firefighting pumps Aurora

Sewage treatment .... Micropher craftsmen.

Eastern Marine, Inc. is engaged in the design and construction of cruise ships, ferries, inland and off- shore tugs, barges, offshore support vessels, commercial fisheries vessels, and specialized U.S. military and government ships and barges.

For further information and full literature on Eastern Marine's facil- ities and services,

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Care Shipping Opens

Deepwater Terminal

At Port Of Houston

Care Shipping, Inc. has opened a newly constructed, deepwater ship and cargo terminal on a 50.7-acre tract of land fronting the Houston

Ship Channel. Care acts as U.S. agent for several international ship- ping lines.

The facility, which includes a 500- foot dock and a 50,000-foot ware- house, is located in Jacintoport, 12 miles east of downtown Houston.

Completed in the initial phase of development are an 860-foot bulk- head, the 70- by 500-foot dock, and seven acres of paved marshalling yard. Water depth at the terminal has been dredged to 38 feet. The facility, which has direct rail service, was designed for breakbulk as well as containerized cargoes.

MarAd Awards Contract

To Great Lakes D&D For

Maintenance Dredging

The Maritime Administration has awarded a $278,000 contract to

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock of Oak- land, Calif., for maintenance dredg- ing at MarAd's Suisun Bay Reserve

Fleet at Benicia, Calif. The dredging has been authorized by the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers.

Under the contract, Great Lakes will remove approximately 80,000 cubic yards by clamshell dredge around an operating barge and the base of the fleet site, a major an- chorage of MarAd's National De- fense Reserve Fleet.

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