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U.S. Navy Frigate Ingraham Launched

By Todd Pacific Shipyards

The Los Angeles Division of Todd

Pacific Shipyards Corporation re- cently launched the U.S. Navy guid- ed-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG-61) at ceremonies at the San

Pedro yard.

The principal speaker at the event was the Hon. Elton Galleg- ly, Congressman, 21st District, Cali- fornia. The ship's sponsor was Mrs.

Dudley L. Carlson, wife of Vice

Adm. Dudley L. Carlson, USN.

The matron of honor was Mrs. Cyn- thia R. Furlong.

Other principals at the ceremony included Rear Adm. Peter M.

Hekman Jr., Deputy Commander

Surface Combatants, Naval Sea

Systems Command; Capt. Robert

H. Randall, USN, Supervisor for

Shipbuilding, Conversion and Re- pair, Long Beach; John T. Gil- bride Jr., president, Todd Ship- yards Corporation; and Richard L.

Grothen, vice president and gener- al manager, Todd Pacific Shipyards,

Los Angeles Division.

The Oliver Hazard Perry Class frigate has a displacement of 3,585 tons, length of 445 feet, beam of 45 feet and is powered by two GE

LM2500 marine gas turbine engines.

MarineSafety Conducts

Trident Team Training

For USN With Simulators

A special close-in navigation and maneuvering course was recently conducted for 15 officers and men of the soon-to-be commissioned USS

Tennessee, the first Trident II sub- marine. The submarine team train- ing is a new course conducted by

MarineSafety International at its

Newport, R.I., simulator complex.

For the past two years MarineSafe- ty has been conducting shiphand- ling training for up to 1,000 officers a year who are attending the Sur- face Warfare Officers School. Over 15 types of Navy ships and numer- ous ports are simulated to provide training for Surface Officers prior to at-sea assignments.Four visual ship- handling ship simulators were uti- lized for the Trident training.

The USS Ingraham (FFG-61) is powered by

GE LM2500 marine gas turbines.

She is the 18th frigate of this class launched by the Los Angeles Divi- sion.

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MarineSafety's instructors for the course were experienced submarine commanders recently retired from the Navy. They worked in close cooperation with the sub's present commanding officers (Blue and

Gold Crews).

Similar courses are planned for other Trident pre-commissioning crews and the training is expected to be made available for other types of operational submarine crews.

MarineSafety, a professional training organization, is a wholly owned subsidiary of FlightSafety

International, with corporate head- quarters at LaGuardia Airport, New

York. MarineSafety operates simu- lator research and training facilities at Kings Point, N.Y., and Newport,

R.I.

For more information and free lit- erature from MarineSafety Interna- tional,

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MHI To Construct

Biggest Cruise Ship

Ever Built In Japan

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received an order to build a 960-passenger cruise ship from Japanese shipowner Nippon

Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line). At 49,000 gross tons, she would be the biggest cruise ship ever built in

Japan.

To be built at MHI's Nagasaki yard, the cruise ship will have a length of about 787 feet, breadth of 97 feet and draft of 24.6 feet. Her propulsion machinery will be diesel electric, with four sets of MAN

B&W medium-speed diesel engines each developing 11,750 bhp at 400 rpm. These engines will generate electricity through four 8,200-kw generators and one auxiliary, dis- tributing power through 6.6 kv main switchboard to two cyclo-convert- ers. The electric power will be used in part to drive two propulsion mo- tors of 11,500 kw each, as well as two controllable pitch propellers. The ship will also be equipped with two bowthruster units.

Due for completion in the first half of 1990, she will be the first

Japanese cruise ship specifically aimed at the lucrative U.S. market.

She has a proposed cruising itinera- ry which includes the Far East in the spring, Alaska/Vancouver in the summer, the west coast of Mexico/

Panama Canal/Caribbean for au- tumn and the South Pacific/Ocean- ia/Southeast Asia for winter.

On her 12 decks, this luxury liner will have two restaurants, several lounges, a night club, cafe, cinema, casino, card room, disco, gym, sau- na, spa, jacuzzi, boutique and a beauty salon. She will feature lux- urious passenger accommodations.

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Measuring Instrument Calibration

Instrument Calibration

Instrumentation & Controls

Low Voltage Switchgear

Computerized Engraving—Label Plates

Photo Etching

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New Fuel-Saving, Cost-Cutting

Computerized System For Workboats

Offered By Advanced Control Systems

Detailed Brochure Available

Advanced Control Systems (ACS)

Incorporated, Houston, Texas, re- ports that fleet and boat operating costs can be reduced for more prof- itable operations with the installa- tion of their new Boat Operating

Systems (BOS).

The Boat Operating System accu- rately senses the rpm of each engine, fuel burn-rate of each engine and ground speed developed from a Lo- ran C input. The data, which is con- tinuously stored on a disc in a microcomputer, is displayed by bar graphs in real-time on a large dis- play screen in the pilothouse of the boat. By providing consistent and reliable data on engine functions and water conditions, BOS allows the captain to quickly adjust his controls to achieve maximum avail- able operating efficiency with a minimum consumption of fuel and oil. Setting the throttle to a lower rpm translates to saving money— most of the time reducing fuel costs by a reported 15 percent or more.

Fuel and lube oil savings are just some of the benefits offered by the

BOS. Because the captain has re- duced his rpm and is still accom- plishing the same work with his boat, the engine is running at lower pressures and temperatures. The net result is less mechanical wear, reduced maintenance and repair costs along with lower lubrication and replacement expenses.

Boat Operating Systems are de- signed and manufactured for inland and open seas operators. These boat operating systems have been de- signed to improve fleet perform- ance. ACS reports that BOS is pro- ducing lower operating costs, re- duced maintenance expenses and reliable engine performance.

A new descriptive brochure on the

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