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on September 1986The Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) has announced that it intends to procure on the open world market during FY 1986 up to six logistic support vehicles (SLV) from one or more offerers. If purchased from a foreign seller, the vessels must be reflagged and all conversion work performed
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on September 1986The Navy's Military Sealift Command will accept offers on September 30 this year for various types of merchant ships to be procured during FY 87 that will become part of the Ready Reserve Fleet (RRF). In January this year the Navy purchased 13 ships for the RRF at a cost of $206.7 million.
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on September 1986Deputy Secretary of Defense William H. Taft IV announced recently that the Department of Defense would use its current review of the FY 1988 defense program and budget to assess the requirements for both FY 1988 and FY 1989. The product of this review will be a twoyear budget. Because this y
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on September 1986—Literature Available Theresa Dale has joined the Magnavox Advanced Products Systems Company of Torrance, Calif., as marketing services manager. She assumes responsibility for all facets of marketing communications planning, budgeting and implementation, including advertising, public relati
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- New Marine Repair Firm Established page: 28
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on September 1986Carl McBratney and Joseph Cangelosi have announed the formation of their new marine and industrial repair contracting firm. The company, known as Enterprise Marine And Industrial Repairs, Inc. was incorporated in late May, and is located in Port Newark, N.J., at Tyler and Coastwise Streets.
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on September 1986The U.S. Navy recently exercised a $221.8-million contract option with Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton in Pascagoula, Miss., for the reactivation and modernization of the battleship Wisconsin (BB-64). The option is part of a contract awarded to the shipyard earlier, and is in additio
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on September 1986A free color brochure is being offered by A.W. Chesterton Co. of Stoneham, Mass., on their new lowcost composite process seals for pumps. The brochure, Bulletin 72420, describes the Chesterton composite seal 711 for pumps handling water or mild chemicals. Seal 711 Rotary has several advanta
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on September 1986David Eggert has been named sales and operations coordinator for Cleveland Tankers, Inc., according to a recent announcement by Robert B. Keifer, Ashland Petroleum Company vice president of marine/ surface transportation and facilities. Mr. Eggert's new responsibilities will include marketin
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on September 1986Textron Inc. has announced the creation of two separate divisions from its former Bell Aerospace Division. The Bell Aerospace operation in Buffalo, N.Y., is now one division, and the New Orleans operation is a separate division under the name Textron Marine Systems. John J. Kelly, formerly B
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on September 1986Chevron, USA, of San Francisco, Calif., is offering a free color brochure on their inland and coastal marine lubricants. This fold-out color brochure from Chevron contains information of Chevron Delo Marine and AW Machine Oils, NL Gear Compounds, Marine Oil 220X, Dura-Lith Grease EP2, Polyu
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on September 1986William H. Young, president of St. Philip Towing and Transportation Co., headquartered in Tampa, Fla., has announced the sale of its oceangoing tug and barge fleet to TECO Transport & Trade Corporation. "The sale of our oceangoing tug and barge fleet will enable us to aggressively pursue exp
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on September 1986Siemens has been awarded a contract by Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company of Chester, Pa., to supply the PTO generating systems for three Navy oilers, the T-AO 191, 192 and 194. Each shipset consists of two 2,500-kw constant frequency PTO generators being driven off the main reduction gear.
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- Wilson Walton Introduces Improved Version Of Aquamatic Impressed Current Cathodic Protection System page: 8
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on September 1986An improved version of the widely used Aquamatic impressed current cathodic protection system, incorporating a larger, 225-amp anode and a more compact power unit, has been introduced by Wilson Walton International. The first installation of the new system will be on the new Hull 321, a 108
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on September 1986Wartsila has been awarded a $122-million contract for construction of a 1,900 passenger cruise liner for the Norwegian shipowner Kloster Cruise A/S. According to the contract, signed recently in Oslo, the Finnish builder's Turku Shipyard will deliver the 40,000-gt vessel in the spring of 198
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on September 1986The biggest hull ever built by Wartsila was delivered recently to its purchaser, the Norwegian Moss Fredrikstad Verft. This project is a unique example of how shipyards in two different countries can carry out a cooperative building venture. The Turku yard constructed the hull and installed th
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on September 1986CDI Marine Company, naval architects and marine engineers, have announced expanding operations have resulted in the promotion of Don Eason to vice president, Operations- West. Mr. Eason will add to his current assignment as program manager for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, the responsibili
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on September 1986The hydraulically operated hull cleaning system manufactured by VEB Kombinat Schiffbau of the German Democratic Republic permits shell plating to be cleaned, derusted, painted and repaired while the ship is in dock. The advantages to the shipyard are: a reduction in manpower; vessel spends les
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- Lucian Q. Moffitt Offers Paper On New Water Lubricated Rubber Bearing Materials/Applications page: 6
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on September 1986New engineering composite materials, nitrile rubber developments, performance efficiencies and application guidelines for water lubricated rubber bearings is the subject of a concise technical paper written by John M. Foulk, president of Lucian Q. Moffitt, Inc., a subsidiary of B.F. Goodrich.
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on September 1986Tideland Signal Corporation of Houston, Texas, manufacturer of high quality navigational aids and solar electric generators, has published a 30-page, full-color brochure on the company's products, and on the many projects around the world for which it has supplied equipment. Tideland entered
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on September 1986An agreement for change of ownership has been reached between A/S Wichmann of Rubbestadneset, Norway, Wartsila Diesel, and a local group of shipowners and yards. The agreement has been approved by the Norwegian Industrial Fund and Department of Industry, and sanctioned by the Norwegian Cabin