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MTU Nabs Navy, USCG Contracts

The U.S. Navy has ordered more than 60 12V 396 engines from MTU Friedrichshafen to be used in its Mark V special patrol boats. Two engines, each with a total power of 3,360-kW drive the Kamewa wateijets, accelerating the 82-ft. (25-m) to speeds of more than 50 knots.

The series-built vessels have been under con- struction since 1995 by Halter Marine.

MTU has also won other prestigious orders in the form of patrol boats of the Marine

Protector Class for the U.S. Coast Guard. The first of seven craft with MTU engines was commissioned in New Orleans in March.

Each patrol boat will be powered by two

MTU 8V 396 engines of 1,475 hp each.

The vessels, built by Bollinger Shipyards, can reach a speed of 25 knots and carry a crew of 10.

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To date, the U.S. Navy has ordered more than 60 12V 396 engines for more than 30 patrol boats. The vessels are being built by Halter Marine.

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Turbocare Appoints Leger New GM

Turbocare has appointed Donald R. Leger to t position of General Manager, responsible for over; day-to-day management of TurboCare's Chicop

Operations.

Elliott Acquires Three Turbine Companies

Elliott has acquired Turbine Specialties Inc. an

American Diesel Engineering and consolidated tb three facilities into a new operating unit, Elliol

Turbocharger Group Inc.

EMS Appoints Scherger As New VP

Electronic Marine Systems, Inc. appointed Jacl

Scherger as the company's VP of Sales, responsible for continuing the dramatic growth of the level sen- sor product line.

Kirby Corp. Dedicates New Center

The Kirby Corp. dedicat- ed a new operations and training center in honor of its chairman, George A.

Peterkin, Jr.

Mr. Peterkin has served as Kirby's Chairman of the Top. George A

Board since April 1995, a Peterkin, Jr. .Director of Kirby since Ops. & Training 1969, and served as its Center-

President from 1973 to Right: George

April 1995. He has been A. Peterkin, Jr. an industry leader and pio- neer in the design and operation of modern tank barges and towboats used on the nation's inland waterways.

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Marine Propulsion Supplement • September 1998