Long 1977 Articles
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- Bethlehem Beaumont To Build Self-Setting Production-Storage Platform For Phillips Petroleum page: 57
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on June 15, 1977The Lafayette, La., office of Phillips Petroleum Company has awarded a contract to Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont, Texas, shipyard for construction of a selfsetting production-storage platform. It will have a liquid hydrocarbon storage capacity of 11,350 barrels, and will be used offsh
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on June 15, 1977Lloyd's Register of Shipping has pioneered the use of vibration monitoring of steam turbines as an alternative to the usual practice of dismantling such machinery for visual examination at the time of the first periodical survey. Apart from the financial benefits to the owner or operator of
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on June 15, 1977Two Colt-Pielstick marine engines with associated gearing, supporting equipment and monitoring systems have been ordered from Colt Industries, Fairbanks Morse Engine Division in Beloit, Wis., by United States Steel Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pa. John Morgan, president of the Fairbanks Morse
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- LNG-5 . . . Dusseldorf page: 12
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on June 15, 1977Authors from 13 countries will present more than 40 technical papers to some 2,000 delegates expected to attend the Fifth International Conference and Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG-5) scheduled August 29- September 1, 1977, in Dusseldorf, West Germany. Aman R. Khan, a vice chairm
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on June 15, 1977America's merchant marine industry, after 200 years, will build a national monument on the New York waterfront to the thousands of merchant seamen who died at sea in the service of their country in war and peace. Announcement of the Merchant Mariner's Memorial was made, appropriately, on Na
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on June 1977The Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers last technical meeting of the 1976-77 program was at the Mallard Inn, Mt. Laurel, N.J. A paper titled "Modern Wooden Ship—Design and Construction," was presented by co-authors John F. Christensen, project manag
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- Design Of A Reheat Turbine page: 31
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on June 1977The Required Design Features Of A Reheat Turbine Are Well Within The State-Of-The-Art Existing Today This paper presents the design of a marine reheat main propulsion turbine. A cross-compound unit is employed, utilizing a high pressure and intermediate pressure unit on one shaft and in one
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on June 1977The 26th Annual Meetings of Members and Directors of the National Cargo Bureau, Inc., were held recently at the Board Room of the American Institute of Marine Underwriters, 99 John Street, New York City. John R. Walbridge, vice president of the Insurance Company of North America, was reelec
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- Todd Seattle Lays Keel For Guided Missile Frigate —FFG-10 Is First In A Multi-Ship Navy Program page: 15
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on June 1977Keel-laying ceremonies for the first guided missile frigate (FFG-7 Class) follow-on ship was held April 29 at Todd Shipyards, Seattle (Wash.) Division. This ship, designated FFG-10, is the first in a multi-ship Navy program which may run through the next 10 years. The principal speaker for
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- Lockheed Shipbuilding Launches First Of Two Sub Tenders Building At Total Cost Of $253 Million page: 7
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on June 1977The 644-foot submarine tender Emory S. Land (AS-39) was recently launched into the flood tide on the West Waterway of the Duwamish River at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company's Harbor Island shipyard in Seattle, Wash. Mrs. Sara H. Long, wife of Vice Adm. Robert L.J. Long, Deputy C
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on May 15, 1977The Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its fifth meeting of the 1976-77 season at the Officers Club of the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. The meeting included the presentation of two papers on unsteady propeller hydrodynamics. The prese
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on May 15, 1977New oceangoing ships in the American merchant marine fleet, now almost entirely steam driven, will likely be powered by diesel engines, according to experts at a marine technical symposium sponsored by Mobil Oil Corporation in New York. Shipowners were told of a recent study made for the U.
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on May 15, 1977Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation (Norshipco), Norfolk, Va., has announced two multimillion-dollar projects for the firm's Berkley plant: Norshipco has signed a contract in excess of 15 million dollars with the Brazilian shipyard Ishikawajima do Brasil-Estaleiros S.A. (Ishibras)
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on May 1977At a recent meeting in Ottawa, Capt. G.L. Edwards presented a review of his experience in command of HMCS Algonquin, one of the four DDH-280-class gas turbine helicopter carrying destroyers which were commissioned in 1972-73. Some 60 members of the Eastern Canadian Section of The Society of
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on May 1977Dome East Corporation, 325 Duffy Avenue, Hicksville, N.Y. 11801, just completed design, engineering, fabrication and installation of the world's largest derrick enclosure. It is now in use aboard the R / V Deepsea Miner II sailing out of California. The structure is a 52-foot-diameter, 70- fo
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on May 1977The M / V Exxon Lake Charles was delivered recently by Hillman Barge and Construction Company, Brownsville, Pa. 15417. This is the third of five such towboats being constructed by Hillman Barge for Exxon Company, U.S.A. The first two are the Exxon Louisville and the Exxon Memphis, the former
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on May 1977At its regular monthly meeting, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers invited Dr. John E. Halkyard, Kennecott Explorations, Inc. to present a paper on the "Technical Aspects of Ocean Mining." Although the subject matter was not entirely
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on May 1977Together with the Danish engineering company Haldor Topsoe A/S, Gotaverken has carried out detailed project work for a floating ammonia production plant. This plant can utilize deposits of natural gas which would not otherwise be economical to exploit, and can be located in the vicinity of
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on May 1977On March 17, 1977, Avondale Shipyards, Inc. and the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company christened the new dredge Illinois at the Poydras Street Wharf in New Orleans, La. The Illinois is a 27-inch hydraulic dredge classed by the American Bureau of Shipping and certified by the United States C
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on May 1977A sector of the shipping industry which has been experiencing buoyant conditions recently is that concerned with the transport of assembled (or built-up) motor vehicles — principally passenger cars, but also trucks and other commercial vehicles shipped by sea. Over the past two to three yea