Maritime Magazines Archive
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on June 1983Two years ago the President presented to Congress a program to reverse more than a decade of declining American military strength. In the preceding 10 years, real defense spending had declined 22 percent; our nuclear megatonage had been cut in half; our strategic bomber force had declined b
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on June 1983Two senior management appointments in CN Marine's Newfoundland services have been announced by the president, Rupert Tingley, effective June 1. Donald G. Newman has been named manager, Gulf service at North Sydney, while W. Peter Embleton becomes manager, coastal services, in St. John's. M
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on June 1983Marinette Marine Corporation of Marinette, Wise., recently announced plans for construction of a new shipbuilding facility to be built in its existing Marinette shipyard. The facility is expected to cost over $6-million and will provide the capacity for the efficient construction of the rec
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on June 1983The guided missile frigate Nicholas (FFG- 47) was launched recently at Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine. Former Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Leonard F. Chapman Jr., was the principal speaker. Mrs. Edward B. Try on, great-greatgreat- granddaughter of the ship's namesake, was th
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on June 1983The design and construction of a marine heavy-lift derrick recently received the Merit Award granted by the James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation. The award was presented to George W. Adams and Ritner E. Walling. Mr. Adams is a partner of Adams & Chute, a naval architecture firm in Newtown,
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on June 1983Texaco Development Corporation, the licensing subsidiary of Texaco Inc., has granted a license to market a Texacodeveloped computer program which monitors engine operations and improves the efficiency of ships powered by closed-cycle, steam-turbine plants. Trans-International Marine Services
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on June 1983The fleet oiler Platte (AO-186) was commissioned recently at the U.S. Naval Station, Norfolk, Va. U.S. Senator J. James Exon Jr. of Nebraska was the principal speaker. Nancy Russo Inman, wife of Adm. Bobby Inman (USN-ret.), was the ship's sponsor. The Platte, last of the Cimmaron-class fleet
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on June 1983Delta Shipyard, a division of Delta Services Industries, has drydocked and is now repairing an oceangoing heavy lift deck loading vessel, the Inagua Sound. It is the largest vessel of its kind to ever be drydocked in Houma, La. This shoal draft vessel is one of a fleet of 15 which is owned by
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on June 1983For the first time, Det norske Veritas recently gave a type approval for an automation system which includes both control and regulation functions in addition to the main alarm system for unmanned engine room space (EO or UMS). The type approved system, from Valmet Automation a.s. of Spikk
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on June 1983Chesapeake S h i p b u i l d i n g of Salisbury, Md., has been awarded a contract with Star Line Corporation of Williamston, Mich., to design and build a full service restaurant vessel. Construction has begun on the 122-foot Star of Sanford which will be placed into service in central Florid
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on June 1983Elliott Company's Springfield, Ohio, operation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, has been awarded a contract to supply two Elliott White Gill Thrusters to Edison Chouest Boat Rental Company in Galliano, La. The two White Gill Thrusters will produce 9,500 pounds static thrus
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on June 1983The second of two Class IV icebreakers being constructed for Gulf Canada Resources Inc. has been launched at Burrard Yarrows Corporation's Vancouver Division. The vessel, named Terry Fox, is 88 meters long overall and has a displacement of 6,910 tons. Designed by German & Milne, she is sche
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on June 1983An eight-page full-color catalog describing its air carbon arc process equipment for underwater applications is being offered by Arcair of Lancaster, Ohio. Torches that cut, weld, or do both are covered in the publication. A photograph of each torch is accompanied by technical information o
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on June 1983The American Ship Building Company confirmed recently that it had received notification from Ocean Carriers, Inc., of Houston, Texas, that the option for an additional three T-5 Tankers that are to be chartered to the Military Sealift Command has been exercised by the U.S. Navy. This brings
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on June 1983The Wartsila Power Singapore diesel engine factory owned by Oy Wartsila Ab, of Finland and the Keppel Group of Singapore has started operations. The first engines were delivered recently. Construction of the Singapore factory was started about a year ago and completion is scheduled in Septemb
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on June 1983Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point, Md., yard has dedicated the keel for the reconstruction of its second ship in the U.S. Navy's Maritime Prepositioning Ship Program, it was announced recently by David Watson, yard general manager. "The keel is for the mid-body section of the Emma
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on June 1983To protect more than a million Londoners and an estimated $8- billion worth of property, the world's largest movable flood barrier has been put into operation on the River Thames, eight miles downstream from Parliament Square. The entire island of England, Scotland, and Wales is tilting in
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on April 1983The executive board of Hapag- Lloyd AG, Hamburg, West Germany, recently announced that Hans D. Druegg, president and chief executive officer of Hapag- Lloyd (America) Inc., will assume an executive position in Hapag-Lloyd's European marketing and sales organization. He will be succeeded in
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on April 1983Data showing fuel consumed and rate of fuel consumpton is continuously displayed at the new Fuel Sav-r™ System. The system is described in literature offered by National Control Systems, Inc., St. Louis, Mo. The monitoring system can help vessel operators cut operating costs and maximize ve
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on April 1983Joseph Harrington of Ameron Protective Coatings, chairman of the National Paint & Coatings Association's Marine Coatings Committee, recently announced plans for the association's 23rd Annual Marine and Offshore Coatings Conference, scheduled for May 11-13 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Balti