1983 Articles
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on April 1983Seabury C. McGown has been elected vice president-contracts of Uniflite, Inc., fiberglass boat manufacturer of Bellingham, Wash., and Swansboro, N.C., with responsibility for governmental marketing, bidding, and contract administration and other commercial boat business, according to James
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on April 1983Broco Inc., headquartered in Pomona, Calif., and a Gulf Coast Division in Marrero, La., is offering free test reports on the company's cutting system. The key to the efficiency of the Broco system is the seven alloy interior rod which provides 10,000+ °F at the tip. The Broco system will cu
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on April 1983A recent meeting of the Puget Sound Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers heard Capt. Emlyn Jones Jr., of the Thirteenth Coast Guard District, deliver a presentation on "The Coast Guard of the Eighties." The report focused on the technical improvements in ships and rescue syste
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on April 1983Wesmar Offshore Systems of Seattle, Wash., is offering a brochure describing its high-performance 1100RV color-scanning sonar system designed specifically for small, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). Using Wesmar digital color sonar technology, the 1100RV operates over a single pair of con
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on April 1983Mike Lewis has been appointed engineering manager of Butterworth Systems (UK) Ltd., Croydon, England. Butterworth Systems produces equipment for tank cleaning, underwater hull cleaning, o i l / w a t e r separation, and high-pressure water jetting for marine maintenance and onshore industri
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on April 1983Stal Refrigeration, a specialized supplier of marine refrigeration systems, has received its first orders for centralized plants comprising a new system named Stalicon (STAL Individual Container Cooling System) for refrigerated containers onboard ships. The system is now undergoing full sc
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on April 1983The Maritime Administration (MarAd) and the U.S. Coast Guard have approved a merger of global ship reporting systems which is expected to lead to quicker response to distress calls from ships at sea. Adm. James S. Gracey, Commandant of the Coast Guard, and Adm. Harold E. Shear, USN (ret.),
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on April 1983A very informative paper entitled "Current Design and Applications of Marine Evaporators" was presented at a recent meeting of the New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers by its author, Charles D. Rose, vice president of Maxim Products, Riley-Be
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on April 1983Dennis Banta, president of Leevac Shipyards, Jennings, La., a division of the Leevac Corporation, has named Charles A. Hall as sales manager, responsible for U.S. and international sales of marine vessels and repair operations. Mr. Hall, a marine engineer with more than 20 years of manageme
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on April 1983Rivertronics, Inc. of Alton, 111., manufacturer and distributor of the RT-500 Swingmaster swingmeter system recently introduced an upgraded model, the RT-500 AC which is offered at the same price. Norman Matsche, president and chief operating officer, states "Our customers are towboat opera
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on April 1983C.L. French, president of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, recently announced the society's committee chairmen for 1983. STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES Advisory Public Service Committee — Donald P. Courtsal, treasurer, Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., and vice pres
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on April 1983The largest, most powerful, diesel-electric, anchor / handling, tug/supply boats ever built in the United States are now nearing completion at Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La. The two new 225-foot, 12,280- hp vessels, the Kodiak I and Kodiak II being built for the Penrod Drilling Corpo
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on April 1983A task group, under ASTM Committee F-25 on Shipbuilding, was formed recently to develop standards for shipboard sensors and instrumentation for automation and control of the ships' main propulsion and level limit applications. Participants in this area are solicited to write standards for
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on April 1983Mr. Henri Kummerman, founder and president of the International MacGregor Organization, has been awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law by the Senate of the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Announcing the honor at a dinner in Switzerland to mark Mr. Kummerman's 75th birthday o
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on April 1983Robert W. Greene, president of Jeffboat, Incorporated, of Jeffersonville, Ind., was elected the new chairman of the American Waterways Shipyard Conference (AWSC) at the conference's recent quarterly meeting in New Orleans, La. Mr. Greene succeeds George J. Fegert, president of Gretna Machin
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on April 1983The Department of Defense recently released its second edition of Soviet Military Power. The 107-page booklet describes the Soviet Armed Forces and outlines their continuing growth since the first edition of the report in September 1981. Like its predecessor, the new Soviet Military Power w
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on April 1983The Pacific Northwest Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its student meeting recently in Seattle, Wash. Two papers and a slide show were presented. David L. Gray of the University of Washington presented a paper, "Estimating the Time of Arrival of Assistanc
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on April 1983Litton Systems Incorporated, IngaTET Shipbuilding, has awarded the Westinghouse Marine Division, of Sunnyvale, Calif., a multimillion-dollar contract for four main propulsion gears for the Ticonderoga class, Aegis cruisers. Reduction gears are built to stringent sound dampering criteria. E
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on April 1983May 2-5, 1983, Houston Discoveries big and small — "Oceans of Discoveries" — will be found at the 1983 Offshore Technology Conference, May 2 through 5, at the Astrodomain Complex in Houston, Texas. It will bring together leading authorities on the offshore industry, scientists, engineers
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on April 1983Two recent promotions have been announced by Joseph D. Deal Jr., president of Tracor Marine, Inc. of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Edward Clausner, who has held the position of director of Ocean Technology Division at the Port Everglades, Fla., facility since 1978, has been named vice president of t