Short 1983 Articles
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on November 15, 1983Marinette Marine Corporation has been awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command a contract modification for the construction of three additional Torpedo Weapon Retrievers. Total value of the contract modification exceeds $6 million. The three vessel option is a part of an existing contract f
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on November 15, 1983The Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station (NAVSSESl and the Deleware Valley Chapter of the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) are jointly sponsoring a one-day colloquium covering present and future ship survivability issues in Naval, Coast Guard, and commercial marine applications.
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on November 15, 1983Rear Adm. James K. Nunneley, USN, Director, Maintenance and Modernization Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OP-43) was installed as president of the American Society of Naval Engineers at the Society's annual turnover dinner at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Admira
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on November 15, 1983The following promotions were announced by Jerry L. Hoffpauir, president of Swift Group. The Swift Group, commonly referred to as Swiftships, Inc., is comprised of Champion Swiftships, Swiftships Morgan City, Swiftships Lafitte, Swiftships Freeport, and Swiftships Maroil, Singapore. Bernard
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on November 15, 1983Mitchell Marine, builder of high quality aluminum workboats and crewboats located in Lafayette, La., has recently delivered the fourth in a series of 35-foot water taxis to Jancovich & Son of San Pedro, Calif. The standard 35-foot Mitchell design was chosen to meet the requirement of transpo
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on November 1983Tracor Inc., Austin, Texas, has received a contract to provide production, fabrication, and testing services to the Naval Ordnance Station, Indian Head, Md. This contract includes two option years with a total ceiling price of $8,340,000. Dr. William C. Moyer, group vice president of Tracor
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on November 1983A new four-color brochure, describing the substantial fuel-saving potential that cuts fuel costs when retrofitting the modern, highly efficient patented Econoflex Burner System into existing boilers, is now available from Howe- Baker Engineers, Inc., Tyler, Texas. Power, marine and mechanica
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on November 1983Port Allen Marine Service (PAMS), of Cincinnati, Ohio, is currently offering a 14-page color brochure highlighting its many marine capabilities. PAMS, with modern and efficient facilities on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and in the Port of Baton Rouge, is among the most diverse shipyards o
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on November 1983A new full-color brochure from Jamesbury Corp. of Worcester, Mass., describes its broad line of "Fire-Tite" ball and high-performance butterfly valves and its firetested actuators. The products are well-suited for handling flammable liquids, gases, and other hazardous materials where leakag
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on November 1983Krupp Atlas-Elektronik Division of Krupp International Inc., N. J. announced the delivery of Atlas microprocessor-controlled fish-finding systems worth $250,000, for installation on the Arcturus, a new trawler/crabber vessel built for Jeff Hendricks and Associates of Anacortes, Wash. Constr
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on November 1983Squire-Cogswell Company, air and vacuum specialists since 1916, has been providing 100 percent oil-free air for industrial and marine shipboard applications with their Pur-Pax single and two-stage oil-free air compressors. The Two Stage Air Compressor features a unique Dyna-Balance system wh
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on November 1983Caterpillar has introduced a new V925 lift truck designed for the worldwide container handling industry. The V925 has 75,000 pounds of capacity when equipped with a container handling spreader for moving and stacking fully loaded 20 to 40-foot containers at dockside, rail yards, and transfer
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on November 1983Bay Shipbuilding Corp., Sturgeon Bay, Wise., recently commenced work on the conversion of the containership ex-President Harrison. The 668-foot ship is being converted to an auxiliary crane ship (TAC-1) by the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration for future use by the U
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on November 1983Electro-Nav president Robert E. Negron announced recently the introduction of an inexpensive high-quality point-to-point microprocessor- controlled receiver with important advantages for seagoing vessels and coast stations. A brochure is offered describing the receiver. Microprocessor contr
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on November 1983The Sedco 602, an offshore drilling rig, now in Singapore, has become the 2,000th user equipped for maritime satellite communications. With its newly installed ship earth station, the rig has access to the international maritime satellite system operated by INMARSAT, which provides the satel
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on November 1983Burrard Yarrows Corporation of Vancouver has received an order from the Canadian Government to build two Type 1100 Navaid/Light icebreaking vessels at a total cost of Can. $108.5 million. Construction will begin early next year. The icebreakers are to be constructed at the Burrard Yarrows y
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on November 1983A new generation of premium quality energy-efficient motors with power factor correction to 95 percent has been announced by Reliance Electric Co., Euclid, Ohio. Highly efficient and compact capacitor technology provided by Reliance Electric Company's affiliate Cornell-Dubilier Electric Corp
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on November 1983The Seattle Hilton is the site for the November 29 to December 1, 1983, meeting of ASTM Committee F-25 on Shipbuilding. The committee's various subcommittees are currently processing hundreds of shipbuilding industry standards. Included is an initial group of Navy MIL-SPECS and Standard Dra
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on November 1983"Zinc: Its Corrosion Resistance," a 200-page book that brings together much detailed information and data on the corrosion resistence of zinc and zinc-coated steel, is available free of charge from Zinc Institute Inc., New York, N.Y. The book is divided into four chapters which deal with th
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on November 1983The 40,876-dwt bulk carrier Kepbreeze was recently delivered at the Chiba Works of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Tokyo, to her owner, Kepmount Shipping Private Ltd. of Singapore. She is an energy conserving, labor-saving flush deck bulk carrier with forecastle and poop, equipped