Maritime Reporter 1986 Articles
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on February 1986A new line of flow transmitters is included in the free One-Stop Shopping, sensors and controls catalog from Transamerica Delaval, Inc., Catalog Sales, Plainville, Conn. A patented flow-through paddlewheel design is used to give accurate linear output; ± 1 percent. One version is cavitation-fr
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on February 1986Jonathan Turley has been named product manager for Marine and Offshore of ASEA Inc., company officials announced. Mr. Turley has some 20 years' experience in the marine business. After spending five years at sea with the British P.O. Lines, he joined the ASEA organization in 1971 in Am- ste
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on February 1986The British Petroleum Company p.I.e. is offering a 32-page brochure which gives a statistical review of world energy consumption and production. The full-color publication offers several pages of outstanding color graphs presenting the world energy picture clearly and concisely. Some of the
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on February 1986NICOR Inc., Naperville, 111., recently announced consolidation of various administrative functions of two of its marine subsidiaries, NICOR Marine Inc. and National Marine Service Incorporated, in new offices in New Orleans, La. The corporate offices, financial, accounting, legal and treasur
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on February 1986Oerlikon Welding Industries, Houston, Texas, has announced several key appointments. Jim Finley has joined the company and will have sales responsibility in the Western states. Mr. Finley joins Oerlikon after several years experience with manufacturing companies and welding distributors. He
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on February 1986Peterson Builders, Inc., (PBI), Sturgeon Bay, Wise., has announced the certification of their metal thermal spray facility and metal thermal spray operators by the Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. Metal thermal spray is a system for melting any metal (aluminum, bronze, copper, st
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on February 1986The U.S. Coast Guard recently announced that it will begin joint shipboard fire protection research, development and testing with the U.S. Navy at the Coast Guard Fire and Safety Test Detachment at Mobile, Ala., early this year. The two services will share operating costs and equipment and t
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on February 1986Two Carnegie Hero Medals were recently awarded posthumously to Capt. William A. Fournier and seaman Daniel J. Govoni by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. The medallions are awarded annually by the commission, citing the heroic actions of one individual to save another's life. Captain Founi
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on February 1986Apelco Marine Electronics has published a full-color 1986 catalog describing a number of new, exciting high-tech products. Among these is a liquid crystal display (LCD) radar, the Model LDR-9900, which Apelco plans to introduce this spring. Using the newest LCD technology, this is said to be
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on February 1986Peterson Builders, Inc. of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., held successful acceptance trails for the second 225- foot steel vessel of the new class of Navy Auxiliary Rescue/Salvage ships, ARS-51, Grasp. The trial included included performance tests for all ship systems and operational equipment. Having
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on February 1986Bath Iron Works Corporation of Bath, Maine, has been awarded a $386.6-million Navy contract for the construction of two Aegis guidedmissile cruisers (CG-63 & 64) of the Ticonderoga Class, and Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Miss., was awarded $242.6 million to build one ship (CG-65) of t
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on February 1986—Literature Available COMSAT TeleSystems, Inc. announced recently that its MCS-9100 maritime communications system has received Type Acceptance from the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. The MCS- 9100 is one of the smallest, lightest, and most technologically advanced shi
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on February 1986Capt. Hans J. Hjelde has been named vice president and general manager of Barber Steamship Lines' newly formed Atlantic region, it was announced by Robert H. Pouch, president of the steamship agency. Captain Hjelde succeeds Frank M. Cangemi, who left Barber January 1 to assume his recently
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on February 1986Automatic Power, Inc., Houston, Texas, is offering a free 20-page color brochure, reprinted from their 1984-85 composite catalog, on obstruction lights, fog signals and alarm systems. The brochure, with the use of schematic drawings, black-andwhite photographs, charts, illustrations, and de
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on February 1986James H. Webber has been promoted to vice admiral and assigned as chief engineer of the Navy. In making the announcement, chief of naval operations Adm. James D. Watkins said the appointment "sets a new tone for the Engineering Duty Officer Corps, and reaffirms the critical importance of tec
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on February 1986The U.S. Navy is developing a unique universal footing that uses a novel internal water jetting system to install steel foundation pilings in all types of seafloors, more quickly and more economically than present methods. The Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory (NCEL) at Port Hueneme, Calif
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on February 1986A new era of Navy shipbuilding was ushered in at Maine's historic Bath Iron Works (BIW) yard recently with the launching of the Aegis guided missile cruiser Thomas S. Gates (CG-51), signalling BIW's entry into the Ticonderoga Class shipbuilding program. The Maine shipyard currently has cont
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- UPDATE ON FY 1986 NAVY PROGRAMS page: 26
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on February 1986On 19 December Congress passed a continuing resolution providing defense program appropriations for FY 1986. It provides total obligational authority of $281 billion for defense programs. The Administration had requested $304 billion and last year's defense appropriation was $278 billion. N
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on February 1986Naval shipyards have been in operation in the U.S. for over 180 years and, with the private sector, share the mission of providing adequate naval and maritime resources to meet national defense requirements in times of peace and conflict. These shipyards both built and repaired naval ships u
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on February 1986A Patrol Boat Symposium sponsored by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Flagship Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers will be held Thursday and Friday, March 13-14, at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Va. Vice Adm. Benedict L. Stabile, vice commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, w