Short 1980 Articles
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on May 15, 1980The Lake Charles, first liquefied natural gas tanker built by General Dynamics to transport LNG to the United States, was christened recently at the corporation's Quincy, Mass. shipyard. When she goes into service, Lake Charles will carry LNG from Algeria to the U.S. Gulf Coast. All previous
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on May 15, 1980Exhibitors from 11 countries— Canada, Finland, Holland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, U.K., U.S.A., and West Germany — have already booked for Kormarine '80, the International Shipbuilding, Marine Equipment, P o r t s and Harbors Exhibition which will be held in KOEX, the new exh
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on May 1980Wartsila's Turku shipyard in Finland recently delivered the Golar Frost, a 75,000- cubic-meter gas tanker, to Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corporation of Liberia. The vessel is designed for transport of liquefied petroleum gases and anhydrous ammonia. Powered by a single Wartsila./Sulzer diesel eng
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on May 1980The latest technology f r om synthetic fiber research by Samson Ocean Systems, Inc. has resulted in a double-braided rope with the u n i q u e c o m b i n a t i o n of h i gh strength and low stretch. The new generation fiber is c a l l ed Duron II, and is now being used in Samson Stable Bra
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- L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le On ITT Decca M a r i n e 's N e w A u t o p i l o t System page: 42
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on May 1980ITT Decca Marine in the past has been the source of only sophisticated a u t o p i l o t s f o r big ships, fishboats, and navies. Over 13,000 Decca autopilots have been sold to date. The all-new DP150 autopilot is the first small-boat pilot of its caliber to be marketed by ITT Decca. The D
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on May 1980The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded the Sperry Division of Sperry Corporation a $24.6-million contract to perform combat systems integration for 17 a d d i t i o n a l FFG-7 Class guided missile frigates now under construction. Prior contracts were awarded for integration of the
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on May 1980Blancke Marine Services, Inc., Westville, N.J., has obtained a contract from Chico Associates for the preliminary design of a 167-foot freezer / trawler vessel. P r i m a r i l y d e s i g n e d to catch, freeze, and package various underutilized species of fish located in the North and Cent
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- N e w Diesel Introduced By C u m m i n s E n g i n e - L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le page: 38
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on May 1980Cummins Engine Company has introduced a new 16-cylinder marine diesel, the KTA-3067-M, that produces 1,250 bhp at 1,800 rpm during continuous-duty operation. Complete free literature is now available on the new engine, which is the most powerful in the Cummins K series line of engines design
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on May 1980Warren T. Myers has been appointed executive vice president and director of the Whitehall Brokerage, Inc., 17 Battery Place, New York, N.Y. 10004. The Whitehall Brokerage is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ter Bush & Powell, Inc., Schenectady, N.Y., and serves primarily as a marine insurance f
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on May 1980Westinghouse Electric Corporation's marine division in Sunnyvale, Calif., has received a $6- million contract to build reduction gears for the Ticonderoga (CG-47), lead ship in a new class of AEGIS-armed guided-missile cruisers. Under terms of the contract 0 awarded by the designer and bu
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on May 1980V.C. Yin has joined R.J. Brown & Associates of America Inc. as chief engineer, with responsibility for the Engineering Department at the Houston office. Mr. Yin has 10 years' experience in offshore engineering with a variety of U.S. companies, including, most recently, Occidental Petroleum
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on May 1980Pickands Mather & Co., Cleveland, Ohio, has announced several major appointments for The Interlake Steamship Company. Pickands Mather, which manages Interlake, is a subsidiary of Moore McCormack Resources,Inc., Stamford, Conn. Louis H. Mensen has been named superintendent of vessel propert
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on May 1980A record number of members attended the Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Naval Architects of British Columbia recently and elected the following board of directors: president, Les Coward; v i c e p r e s i d e n t , Dave Moore; treasurer, Eric Dixon; director of education, Vic Gads
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- Hudship Reenters Pushboat M a r k et page: 28
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on May 1980Hudson Shipbuilders, Inc. (Hudship) of Pascagoula, Miss., has announced the signing of two new contracts for pushboats to be delivered during 1980. A contract was signed with Cliff Spanier and Larry Gisclair of Clydesdale Corporation, Harvey, La., for construction of a 70-foot pushboat. The
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on May 1980B u t t e r w o r t h Systems, manufacturers of oil/water separators, tank cleaning equipment, underwater hull cleaning equipment, and high-pressure water-jetting equipment has announced the addition of two new models — the Butterworth® SFC 0.5 BW and the Butterworth SFC 27 oil/water separa
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on May 1980Adm. Lauren S. McCready, formerly head of the Engineering Department at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, and first head of the National Maritime Research Center, was the guest of honor at a recent meeting of the New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects
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on May 1980McAllister Brothers, Inc., has acquired I n d e p e n d e n t Towing Company of Philadelphia, Pa., a major Delaware River tug operator, and will merge it into its organization. The announcement was made by Anthony J. McAllister Jr., president of the New York, N . Y . - b a s e d t o w i n g
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on May 1980Bulletin Y-107 titled "Elliott Hydraulic Tube Puller" is available from Elliott Company, Jeannette, Pa., a division of Carrier Corporation. Designed for pulling V^-inch through 21/1-inch O.D. tubes from condensers and heat t r a n s f er units, the tube puller uses hydraulic pressure to fre
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on May 1980The U.S. Maritime Administration and Seatrain Shipbuilding Corporation have arranged for Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation, Norfolk, Va., to complete the barge portion of an oceangoing tug-barge unit that is scheduled to be placed in service this fall by Coordinated Caribbean Tra
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on May 1980Paceco, Inc. of Alameda, Calif., a subsidiary of Fruehauf Corporation, recently delivered one 37-ton Portainer® crane and four 30-ton, rubber-tired Transtainer® cranes to Matson Terminals, Inc., Terminal Island, Los Angeles, Calif. The new dockside crane and terminal cranes are part of a quan