Medium 1981 Articles
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on November 15, 1981The first meeting of the 1981- 82 year for the Long Beach- Greater Los Angeles Section of ASNE was held recently at the Los Alamitos Armed Forces Reserve Center Officers Club. Following dinner, Capt. J.A. Gildea, USN, chairman, welcomed the 57 members and guests. Chairman Gildea next introd
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on November 15, 1981Lester Rosenblatt, president and chairman of the board of M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., one of the nation's largest independent naval architectural and marine engineering firms, recently announced the appointment of four new branch managers. Amos Baki has been promoted to assistant vice presiden
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on November 15, 1981A survey conducted by the Canadian Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing Association points to a need for over 400 new vessels and floating equipment at a total cost (in 1981 dollars) of over $33 billion over the next 10 years. Expenditures, says the association, have already begun to build up with
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on November 15, 1981Moss Point Marine, Inc. of Moss Point, Miss., announced the delivery recently of two 180-foot-class multipurpose supply vessels to be operated by Golden Gulf Marine Operators, Inc. of New Orleans. The M V Golden Girl (See MR EN, October 1, 1981, page 64) and her sister M V Golden Moon are t
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on November 15, 1981The S/S Coast Range (shown above), a 37,500-dwt product carrier built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., f o r Union Oil Company of California, was delivered to Union Oil recently in ceremonies at the San Diego shipyard. The ship was received by Glenn O.
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on November 15, 1981D. John Nichols, president of Mississippi Marine Towboat Corporation, Greenville, Miss., announced recently the delivery of the M / V Redneck to Capt. W.A. (Peanut) Hollinger of Greenville. The 56-foot by 22-foot by 7-foot 6-inch, 1,000-hp towboat is the second of three ordered by Captain H
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on November 15, 1981Southern Drilling Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marine Drilling Company, and Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont, Texas, shipyard recently commissioned a 200-foot water depth mobile offshore drilling rig. The rig was christened J Storm XVII by its sponsor, Mrs. Gino Giusti, wife
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on November 15, 1981A Boeing jetfoil to be evaluated in a variety of naval and commercial roles by the government of Indonesia was launched recently by Boeing Marine Systems in Renton, Wash. Bima Samudera I, the first jetfoil fo r the Republic of Indonesia, will be evaluated in coastal defense and customs enfo
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on November 15, 1981Houtech Energy Inc. of Houston, and Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont shipyard recently commissioned a 73-foot water depth mobile offshore workover unit. The rig was christened Houtech II by its sponsor, Mrs. Richard M. Kleberg III, wife of the managing director of SFD Investments. It
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on November 15, 1981A paper entitled "Chemical Waste Incinerator Ships — The Interagency Program to Develop a Capability in the United States" was presented at a recent Chesapeake Section of SNAME meeting held at the Washington Navy Yard Officer's Club. The paper's authors were Daniel Leubecker and Lissa Marti
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on November 15, 1981H u d s o n S h i p b u i l d e r s , Inc. (HUDSHIP) recently delivered the M / V Charles Haun to Parker Towing Company, Inc. of Tuscaloosa, Ala. The Charles Haun is an 85-foot by 34-foot by 10-foot 6-inch twin screw towboat. The vessel is powered by twin Fairbanks Morse 38D8 Vs six-cylinde
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on November 15, 1981Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd. has signed its largest order to date: a $30-million contract f o r a ship conversion. The conversion, from a heavy ore bulk carrier to an offshore oil drilling ship, follows a similar conversion by HUD in 1975, and its total worth when completed will be $80 mill
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on November 15, 1981The City of Seward, Alaska, broke ground recently for the state's largest marine-oriented industrial development. "The Fourth of July Industrial Park, located across the head of Resurrection Bay from this picturesque community of 3,000 will be the site of a $60- million dock, shipyard, ship
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on November 15, 1981Marco Seattle has named Bob McMahon to the position of vice president and general manager of its shipyard division. The announcement was made recently by Marco p r e s i d e n t Peter G. Schmidt, who noted that the move was part of a program to bring greater autonomy to the shipyard divisio
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on November 15, 1981Built by Halter, the 166-foot Cameron Express (shown above) is operated by Offshore Express, Inc. of Houma, La., for Mesa Petroleum of Freeport, Texas. The first of three 166-foot liquid mud supply boats for the company, the Cameron Express is one of seven new vessels added or being added t
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on November 15, 1981Adm. Harold E. Shear was sworn-in recently as Administrator of the Maritime Administration by Secretary of Transportation Drew Lewis. The former Commander of Allied Forces in Southern Europe is the first to head the agency since it was transferred to the Department of Transportation from the
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on November 1981A new four-page color brochure detailing the operations, features, and applications of a series of temperature analyzing instruments for diesel, natural-gas and gasoline-powered reciprocating engines has been published by the Alnor Instrument Company, Niles, 111. The brochure highlights the
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on November 1981The National Academy of Engineering recently released its study of "Safety and Offshore Oil." This document was commissioned by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Coast Guard in response to a provision of the OCS Lands Act Amendments of 1978. In June, 1979, the Geological Survey reque
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on November 1981Tacoma Boat / Escher Wyss, Tacoma, Wash., a subsidiary of Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, was recently awarded a $336,175 contract by Nichols Bros. Boat Builders, Inc., Freeland, Wash, to supply two 60-inch-diameter, Tacoma Boat/Escher Wyss controllable- pitch propellers for the state of Alask
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on November 1981The Port of Boston's newest maritime facility—an $18-million container terminal — was dedicated recently. Massport's executive director David W. Davis, and port director Martin C. Pilsch Jr. officiated at the ceremony. The two-crane container facility expands the service at Massport's Paul