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on June 1980The Peleliu (LHA-5), fifth and last ship in a series of general-purpose, amphibious assault vessels designed and built for the U.S. Navy by Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries, officially joined the fleet during May 3 commissioning ceremonies at the shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss.
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on June 1980Federal Barge Lines, Inc., St. Louis, has announced the following promotions and management changes: John F. Lynch, president and chief executive officer; Thomas F. Maloney, senior vice president-sales; Robert A. Labdon, senior vice president-operations ; and Richard D. Rogers, vice presidente
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on June 1980Bell Aerospace Textron, headquartered in Buffalo, N.Y., and Halter Marine, Inc. of New Orleans, jointly announced the establishment of Bell Halter Inc., a corporation offering design, construction and financing of marine craft utilizing air cushion technology. Norton C. Wilcox, Bell Aerospac
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on June 1980Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont, Texas, shipyard and Houston Offshore International, Inc., recently commissioned the second offshore drilling rig built by Bethlehem for this Houstonbased drilling contractor. The rig is the Sabine I I ; Mrs. David W. Kent, wife of Houston Offshore's v
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on June 1980J . Ray McDermott & Co., Inc.'s s u b s i d i a r i e s in Southeast Asia have recently been awarded contracts with values totaling more than $60 million. The following are the major projects which make up approximately $50 million of this total. Union Oil Company of Thailand, a wholly owne
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on June 1980Gene M. Woodfin, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Marathon Manufacturing Company, Houston, recently announced that the Rowan Companies, Inc. has committed to purchase two of the firm's new Class 150-88-C Gorilla jackup drilling rigs. Mr. Woodfin stated that the delivery
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on June 1980Three new vice presidents were elected at Halter Marine, Inc. recently, and three other executives were elevated to new positions according to Floyd J. Naquin, president of the New Orleans company. The new vice presidents are: Sidney C. Mizell, vice president, s a l e s and m a r k e t i n g
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on June 1980A new mode of high-speed marine transportation will become available to the Gulf of Mexico rig and platform operators this winter when the first of four new surface effect "dashboats" begins servicing offshore rigs and platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract to build the four vessels
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on June 1980Promet Pte. Ltd., one of the largest international engineering contracting companies in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, recently launched the self-propelled, jackup type well service barge Carl Fleming at its shipyard in Jurong, Singapore. Christening of the barge was performed by Mrs. Wi
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on June 1980The members of the Hampton Roads Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers were honored to have Adm. Isaac C. Kidd Jr., USN (ret.), former Commander in Chief, Atlantic, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, as guest speaker at a recent meet- ing. More than 120 member
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on June 1980The J . J . Henry Co., Inc., New York City, has signed an agreement with Cali & Associates of New Orleans to provide a new and unique service for the shipbuilding industry. Under the terms of the agreement, the Henry firm will utilize Cali's proprietary "SPADES" system of computer programs
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on May 15, 1980The h i s t o r i c capital of Massachusetts gained a new symbol of its rich heritage recently when the USS Boston (SSN-703), a high-speed attack submarine, was launched at General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division in Groton, Conn. Secretary of the Navy Edward Hidalgo hailed the 360-foot, 6,90
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on May 15, 1980Levingston Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas, a subsidiary of Ashland Oil, Inc., and Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Asmar of Chile recently delivered the first Class 011-C jackup drilling rig. The customer, Diamond M Drilling Company, is a Houston- based international offshore drilling
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on May 15, 1980The chairman of the Installation and Facilities Subcommittee of the House A r m e d S e r v i c es Committee termed the development and deployment of the Trident ballistic missile submarine "the heart of our nuclear strategy." Speaking at recent christening ceremonies for the USS Michigan (
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on May 15, 1980Newfoundland's Premier Brian Peckford has announced that the National Research Council of Canada has given final approval for the construction in St. John's of a $46.8-million marine research institute that will accelerate the Province's promising offshore oil potential. Calling the institu
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on May 15, 1980A two-phase, 19.5-million Canadian dollar modernization program is being carried out by Halifax Industries Limited, Halifax, Nova Scotia, at its ship repair facility, Halifax Shipyards. William J. Riley, president and chief executive officer of Halifax Industries Limited, says: "Given our v
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on May 15, 1980A b u l l e t i n d e s c r i b i n g h i g h - s p e ed g e a r s f o r pump, c o m p r e s s o r , and f a n m a n u f a c t u r e r s has been publ i s h e d b y E l l i o t t C o m p a n y , a d i v i - s i on of C a r r i e r C o r p o r a t i o n , Jeann e t t e , Pa. The bulletin is enti
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on May 15, 1980American President Lines, Ltd. (APL) of Oakland, Calif., and Encinal Terminals of Alameda, recently announced agreement to develop a 23-acre full-service berth and container facility in the island city of Alameda. Target date for completion of the initial phase, to be capitalized at $3.5 mil
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on May 15, 1980Tidewater Marine Service, Inc. of New Orleans, a subsidiary of Tidewater Inc., recently took delivery of four new 180-foot supply vessels. Three of the new vessels — the Boh Tide, Boiling Tide, and Toby Tide — were constructed at the Moss Point, Miss., yard of Halter Marine; the Munson Tide
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on May 15, 1980John T. Gilbride, chairman and chief executive officer of Todd Shipyards Corporation, has announced that the company's West Coast s u b s i d i a r y , Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation, has been awarded additional contracts to build, under the Navy's fiscal 1980 program, two more FFG-7 cl