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on November 1991S t e i n e r Shipyard, Bayou LaBatre, Ala., has completed the conversion of a 180-foot oil field supply boat into a standby/rescue vessel for use in the U.K. sector of the North Sea. The Veesea Typhoon is one of four standby/rescue vessels that will be operated by a joint venture between Ve
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on November 1991Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wis., recently turned over the mine countermeasures ship Patriot (MCM-7) to the U.S. Navy. The event is the last significant milestone for the MCM-7 and marks the culmination of 10 years of Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC) involvement in mine counte
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on November 1991Far East Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd. (FELS) has completed Galaxy 1, which it calls one of the world's most capable jackup rigs, to the satisfaction of its owner, Santa Fe Drilling Operations, Inc. In recognition of a job well done, Santa Fe is paying FELS a special bonus of about $1 million
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on November 1991AT&T has signed a $49.5 million contract with the U.S. Navy for modifications to its Enhanced Modular Signal Processor (EMSP). The modifications include the development of a water-cooled enclosure for subma- rines and a new helicopter enclosure. Other modifications include the development of
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on November 1991A trend toward more versatile fishing vessels may be established by a new craft, the Pacific Monarch, built by Rodriguez Boat Builders, Bayou La Batre, Ala., for service in Alaska and the Bering Sea. In recent years, fishing vessel designers and builders have been caught in a squeeze of conf
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on November 1991For years John Deere has been a leader in the agricultural machinery market. Now, that expertise is going to work on the water as Deere Power Systems Group (DPSG) introduces its first marine diesel engines. The first two in a series of marine engines are available now for purchase in North A
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on November 1991Litton's Guidance & Control Systems division, Woodland Hills, Calif., has been selected by the U.S. Navy to develop and demonstrate the operational advantages of hullmounted submarine fiberoptic sonars. Litton officials said the $5.8 million, two-year program, awarded by the U.S. Navy's Unde
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on November 1991The U.S. Coast Guard has proposed that all petroleum-carrying ships and barges operating in U.S. waters be able to provide proof they have new, higher levels of insurance sufficient to pay the cleanup costs of a major oil spill—or stop operating. But the tug and barge industry, which transpo
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on November 1991Carnival Cruise Lines has signed a contract with Kvaerner Masa- Yards for construction of an additional 70,000 gross-registered-ton SuperLiner. The new vessel, to be named Fascination, will cost in excess of $315 million and will be a sister ship to the Sensation which is a l r e a d y under
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on November 1991The Marine Society of the City of New York, formed in 1770, will hold its annual dinner on April 6, 1992, at the Downtown Athletic Club. The Society is a charitable and educational organization, the regular membership being composed entirely of shipmasters, all of whom must be, or have been,
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on November 1991For the Navy to accommodate future carrier aircraft designs and combat increasingly potent threats to the carrier battle group, it must do one thing: build bigger aircraft carriers. Specifically, a "stretched" version of the current Nimitz class carrier that would be between 125 feet to 400
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on November 1991The Navy recently delivered to Congress a long-awaited plan on how the Service intends to conduct its sealift program. The Navy's strategic sealift implementation plan said it "would lead to a shipbuilding or major conversion program" with "its size, scope and mix determined by the MRS (mob
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on November 1991Trinity Industries, Inc. subsidiary, Aluminum Boats, Inc., recently delivered the all-aluminum, 85-footlong by 20-foot-beam crewboat Osco Star 1 to P.T. Osco Utama, Jakarta, Indonesia. The crewboat is powered by two Detroit Diesel 12V71 turbocharged diesel engines developing 510 hp each at
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on November 1991Sail Adventures in Learning (S.A.I.L.), Inc., of Bath, Maine, has announced that Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC) of Michigan has become the largest in-kind sponsor of its 215-foot tall ship Discovery by donating the vessel's auxiliary propulsion. DDC will provide a 12V- 149 TI diesel engine
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on November 1991Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton In Pascagoula, Miss., has begun construction of its first SA'AR 5 corvette for the Government of Israel. Ingalls president Jerry St. Pe, as well as Adm. Micha Ram, Chief of Naval Operations, Israeli Navy, and other Israeli naval and defense officials p
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on November 1991Loan guarantees totaling nearly $82 million were approved by Maritime Administrator Warren Leback for six financing and refinancing applications under the agency's Title XI program. With only one guarantee approved since 1987, the program had been virtually dormant. Title XI was nearly put
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on November 1991Tano Corporation, New Orleans, La., recently announced the acquisition of Valcon Sales and Services, Chesapeake, Va., and the opening of a regional field service and repair facility for its Tano-GR Services Division in Chesapeake. Valcon, which will be part of Tano Marine Systems, specialize
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on November 1991Many people, in shipyards and the Navy alike, consider the ship's Halon fire-control system to be among the most critical piping systems on any vessel. Important because in case of a ship fire, the survivability of everything onboard will ultimately depend on how well the CO canisters actuat
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on November 1991The USNS Effective (T-AGOS- 21) was recently christened at McDermott Shipyard in Amelia, La. The Honorable Craig S. King, General Counsel of the Navy was the principal speaker at the ceremony, and his wife, Janet, was the ship's sponsor. Richard S. Haynes, Counsel for the Military Sealift Co
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on November 1991Owners and operators of tank vessels calling at U.S. ports are in a predicament. The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and proposed Coast Guard regulations require tank vessel owners and operators to prepare and submit oil spill response plans for each vessel. Besides identifying a qualified individ