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officer, Avondale Industries, Inc.

The maid of honor at the chris- tening was Miss Janice Peters and the flower girl was Cherie Ann

Abadie, the daughter of two Avon- dale employees.

The Comstock and other LSD ships are constructed by means of modular fabrication. The Comstock is expected to be delivered in Febru- ary 1989.

Avondale Industries, Inc., special- izes in marine fabrication of mili- tary and commercial seagoing ves- sels and offshore structures for the oil and gas industry. For free litera- ture detailing their shipbuilding ser- vices,

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Advanced Marine Selected

To Support NAVSEA's

Ship Design Group

The Naval Sea Systems Com- mand has selected Advanced Ma- rine Enterprises, Inc. (AME) as one of two companies to support NAV-

SEA's Ship Design Group. The re- cently awarded contract (with op- tions) is for 1.5 million manhours and extends over the next five years.

The scope of work is very broad and encompasses ranging from virtually all aspects of ship systems engineer- ing and analysis to whole ship de- sign of noncombatants and covers all phases of the life cycle of a ship.

AME already supports NAVSEA in the area of naval architecture.

This award, therefore, confirms

AME's position as one of the leading firms in the country in naval archi- tecture, marine engineering, and systems engineering.

Mid-Coast Marine

To Perform Overhaul Work

At Coos Bay Drydock

The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a major contract worth about $670,000 to Mid-Coast Ma- rine Corporation, Coos Bay, Ore., for the drydocking of two buoy tenders.

The Alaskan-based vessels, the

USS Ironwood, from Cordova, and the USS Sweet Briar, from Kodiak, will be stationed in the Internation- al Port of Coos Bay until May 21, 1988. They will be overhauled in the port's drydock.

Frank Martin, port general manager, stated: "Through the ef- forts of our Congressional delega- tion, Oregon now has a greater bid- ding opportunity on Coast Guard work. This port can now also bid on the USS Clover out of Eureka, in addition to nine other Alaska,

Washington, Oregon and California- based vessels."

This announcement follows a de- cision by the U.S. Government to allow the Polish North American fishing fleet to potentially do major repair work at Coos Bay. Coos Bay is the only U.S. West Coast port with such an allowance.

Furthermore, construction is now under way on a new ship-repair facility at the port's Charleston In- dustrial Annex to develop a fabrica- tion and repair center for local com- mercial fishing vessels.

For further details on the Port of

Coos Bay ship-repair facilities,

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Faught Appointed

To Navy Post

After confirmation by the Senate,

Thomas F. Faught Jr. was re- cently sworn in as the new Assistant

Secretary of the Navy for Research,

Engineering and Systems.

In his new office, Mr. Faught will be responsible for all aspects of research, development, test and evaluation of Navy and Marine

Corps combat systems and weapons.

He will oversee annual expenditures approximating $10 billion and be responsible for the management of 38,000 people and 44 research labo- ratories and test centers.

Prior to accepting his appoint- ment, Mr. Faught was president and chief executive officer of Dravo

Corporation, an international engi- neering, natural resource and equip- ment manufacturing company.

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TR Series are dimensionally interchangeable for

FALK AIRFLEX Marine Clutches. They are precision balanced and feature an 8-ply torsionally resilient air gland tube. The rim and tube combination provides perfect friction shoe positioning for clutch engagement. TR Series Clutches and Drums are in stock for immediate delivery — new or remanufactured in 26", 30", 35", 40", and 48" sizes.

The TR Series Clutches are available in 10 sizes (singles & duals) from 800 6250 HP.

HP to • '

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