Maritime Magazines Archive
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on February 1989Jeff Longmore was recently appointed manager of CTI Industries' newly formed Specialty Coatings Division, Fairfield, Conn. Mr. Longmore joins CTI with more than 20 years of technical and plant management experience in the marine and industrial coatings industry. He had been the technical di
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on February 1989The Cooper Bearing Company, Virginia Beach, Va., which was one of the pioneers of split roller bearings with main components made in halves, is offering a free general catalog and marine applications booklet on their roller bearing products. According to the company, the unique design of the
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on February 1989—Literature Available— The Commander SDM 5000 Flow Computer, a total energy management information center for calculating pressure and temperaturecompensated flow, has been introduced by Leslie Controls, Inc., Tampa, Fla. The new unit is designed to be used as a stand-alone flow computer, o
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on February 1989Offshore Industries of Edmonds, Wash., is offering a free brochure on the patented Danish "Lemvig Lift," which can have a 300-ton vessel out of the water and onto the yard deck in 20 minutes or less and move it on a cushion of air to anywhere in the working area. The brochure text explains t
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on February 1989—Literature Offered Schoellhorn-Albrecht Machine Co., a recognized manufacturer of marine equipment on inland waterways since 1887, has recently been acquired by two St. Louis men, Robert Pavlisin and Norman Morgan. Under the new leadership of Mr. P a v l i s i n and Mr. Morgan, Schoellh
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on February 1989The Secretary of Defense recently announced the following Presidential flag officer appointments: Rear Adm. James F. Dorsey Jr., USN, for appointment to the grade of vice admiral and assignment as Commander Third Fleet. Rear Adm. Henry H. Mauz Jr., USN, for appointment to the grade of vice
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on February 1989The West German firm of Renk Tacke recently reported that another six Renk Constant Frequency (RCF) gear installations have been ordered, bringing the total sold within three years to well over 100 installations representing a value of approximately 100 million Marks (about US$56 million).
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on February 1989The Arctic Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) has issued a call for technical papers for the fourth International Ice Tech Symposium, which will be held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from March 20-23, 1990. The symposium, which covers ships and marine sys
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on February 1989Cunico Corporation of Wilmington (Los Angeles), Calif., is offering a 60-page catalog of its standard piping components for shipbuilding, offshore and marine piping systems. Featured in the catalog are fittings and flanges in both 90-10 and 70-30 copper-nickel alloys in 200-, 700-, 3,000- an
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on February 1989—Literature Available— Furuno U.S.A., Inc., South San Francisco, Calif., recently introduced a new low-cost searchlight sonar to their line of professional fish finding equipment, and added the FCV-551 eight-color video sounder to its sounder family. In addi- tion, the company was appointed
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on February 1989Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Inc., Whidbey Island, Wash., recently christened the second of two catamaran passenger ferries it has built for the U.S. Army for use in the Marshall Islands. Built under a $1.8-million contract, the 72-foot FB-817 Jelang K will join the FB-816 Jera at the Ar
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on February 1989The Northern Vancouver yard of Versatile Pacific Shipyards, Inc. (VPSI) has delivered the Type 1200 Arctic Class 4 icebreaker Henry Larsen to the Canadian Coast Guard. She is now in operation providing large vessel escort service in the Gulf of St. Lawrence during the winter months and in th
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on February 1989Colonna's Shipyard, Norfolk, Va., has begun work on a $3.05-million Navy contract for repairs to the frigate USS Donald B. Beary (FF- 1085). The USS Donald B. Beary was docked in early December, and the work is scheduled to be completed at the end of this month. She is the first frigate to
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on February 1989The Shipyards Division of Avondale Industries, Inc., Avondale, La., recently christened the U.S. Navy's newest fleet oiler, the USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO-195). The USNS Leroy Grumman, like her sister ships in the T-AO-187 Class, is 677-1/2 feet long, has a beam of 97-1/2 feet, draft of 36 fee
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on February 1989Deal Includes Transfer Of LCU Building Contract Trinity Industries, Inc., recently announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Halter Marine, Inc., has signed an agreement to purchase the shipbuilding business and certain assets of the Lockheed Shipbuilding Company in Thunderbolt, Ga., near
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on February 1989M a r i n e S a f e t y I n t e r n a t i o n al (MSI), a professional training organization, operates a shiphandling simulator training complex in Newport, R.I. The complex houses four interactive ship simulators. Unique features of the complex are a "true" bridge wing simulator, a wheelhous
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on February 1989Third In Series Built By Yard Avondale Shipyards Division, Avondale Industries, Inc., Avondale, La., recently christened the Landing Ship Dock vessel USS Tortuga (LSD-46) for the U.S. Navy. She is the third in a series of LSDs being built for the U.S. Navy by the yard. The principal speak
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on February 1989—Free Literature Offered— Three lightweight Twin-Path® Extra lifting slings, weighing only 250 pounds each, were used in a recent launching of a 419-ton Navy vessel. Southern Industrial Corporation was contracted by the U.S. Navy to launch a 150-foot long, 419-ton Navy ship built by Lanta
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on February 1989ITT Antarctic Services, Inc., under contract to the National Science Foundation, Division of Polar Programs, is seeking the charter/purchase of an icebreaking research vessel to operate in the Antarctic and southern ocean waters in support of the U.S. Antarctic Program. The general purpose,
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on February 1989Textron Marine Systems (TMS), Division of Textron Inc., has been awarded major U.S. Navy contracts for the Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) Program totaling more than $225 million. One contract valued at $216 million calls for the construction of 12 LCAC and major equipment items. This con