1989 Articles
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on December 1989The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) recently christened the ocean survey ship USNS Tanner (T-AGS-40) at ceremonies at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point, Md., shipyard. Rear Adm. Richard F. Pittenger, Oceanographer of the Navy, was the principal speaker. The Honorable M
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on December 1989The Delaval Turbine Division of IMO Industries Inc. recently announced that Bern E. Deichmann has been appointed as manager of commercial operations, Steven W. Jadney promoted to manager of quality operations, and Debra J. Vietzke promoted to manager of project management. Gary Walker, vice
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on December 1989William W. Fox has been promoted to executive vice president and general manager of Manitowoc Engineering Co., a division of The Manitowoc Company, Inc. Mr. Fox succeeds Ralph E. Feiertag, who recently retired as president of Manitowoc Engineering. In his new position, Mr. Fox will oversee
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on October 1989Peterson Builders, Inc. of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., has announced a realignment of management staff as part of the ongoing program to streamline shipyard operations. Jack Soderlund, formerly vice president of Contract Administra- tion, has been appointed vice president, Operations Support, and as
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on October 1989The fishing vessel Sea Wolf, originally built by Marco in 1979 as a 123-foot combination crabber has since undergone more than one major change to stay in the forefront of the changing fisheries. In 1982, the Sea Wolf underwent a trawl conversion that included winches, a trawl gantry, and ass
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on October 1989The first dinner/excursion boat of a new ultramodern design developed by Luther H. Blount was recently launched at the Warren, R.I., shipyard of Blount Marine for owners Bay Queen Cruises, Inc. Mr. Blount, president of Blount Marine, is a true innovator in the shipbuilding industry. The new
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on October 1989The Seatrade Organization is expecting another record attendance for the Seatrade Cruise Shipping '90 Conference and Exhibition, which will be held at the Fontainebleau Hilton Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla., from March 20 to 24, 1990. The exhibition area, which has virtually doubled in size ever
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on October 1989Concurrent Systems, Arlington, Va., is releasing a new hydrostatics program for personal computers. The Naval Architectural Problem Oriented Language (NAPOL) will perform the following calculations: hydrostatic curves of form; trim lines; longitudinal strength; floodable length; limiting dra
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- Halter Delivers Fourth Of Six Navy Ocean Surveillance Ships In Contract Valued At $85 Million page: 52
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on October 1989Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Miss., has delivered the U.S. Navy ship Capable, the fourth of six identical ocean surveillance ships under construction at Halter for the Navy with a total contract value of approximately $85 million. The Capable is the 16th of 18 planned monohull T-AGOS cla
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- Carnival's Newest Superliner, Luxurious 70,000-GRT Fantasy, Nears Completion At Wartsila Yard page: 49
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on October 1989The first of three giant 70,000-grt Superliners, the Fantasy, built by the Helsinki, Finland, shipyard of Wartsila Marine Industries, for Carnival Cruise Lines, Miami, Fla., has completed her first sea trials and is expected to be delivered next month. The 855-foot, 2,600-passenger vessel i
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on October 1989Furuno is expanding their line of radars for yachts and smaller fishing and commercial vessels with the introduction of the new Models 1930 and 1940. These compact, full-featured radars offer a steady, daylight viewing picture on a 10-inch rasterscan CRT with a high resolution 640 by 480 pix
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on October 1989General Instrument Corporation's Defense Systems Group recently announced that their Government Systems Division received a $3.4-million award from a foreign nation for spares and support equipment for their ALR-606(V)2 ESM System. The fully automatic ALR- 606(V)2 ESM System performs over-
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on October 1989Effective immediately, Wilden Pump & Engineering Co., Colton, Calif., will offer electrically conductive, graphite-filled Ml polypropylene models. These models have been introduced specifically for explosive and hazardous environments, where nonconductive plastics may be unacceptable due to
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on October 1989The Kiel-Friedrichsort shipyard of Lindenau GmbH Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik recently delivered the 12,100-dwt chemical tanker Hummel to her owners Carl Buttner Shipping Company of Bremen. The 477-foot Hummel is the sister ship of two vessels delivered by Lindenau Shipyard to Carl Buttner
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on October 1989When the world's largest vehicular floating bridge was completed recently at Seattle, a newly built, Cummins-powered vessel—Driftwood II—was on hand to begin serving as the concrete structure's tender. Performing bridge maintenance, backup firefighting and environmental cleanup chores is a 4
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on October 1989The third in a new series of navigational satellites for the Global Positioning System (GPS) was successfully launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on a U.S. Air Force Delta II rocket. According to Magnavox Advanced Products & Systems Company, Torrance, Calif., a leading manufacture
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on October 1989"Speed Reducers And Your Bottom Line—A Closer Look," is a new eight-page brochure now available from The Falk Corporation. The four-color brochure includes information on how to evaluate overall lifetime costs of speed reducers. It goes on to tell how speed reducer maintenance costs, parts r
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on October 1989One of Canada's largest shipyards, MIL-Davie, Inc., Lauzon, Quebec, has signed a three-year collective agreement with unions representing the yard's 1,800 production workers which will achieve greatly increased efficiency and competitiveness by introducing new working methods, significantly
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on October 1989Maersk Line, Limited of Madison, N.J., has been awarded a $61.4- million contract for the operation and maintenance of 12 ocean surveillance ships (T-AGOS). The contract performance period is three years with the first ship being turned over approximately October 1, 1989, and the last in Sep
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on October 1989The Germany Navy has decided in favor of Renk Tacke gear units for the main drive of the new F 123 frigates, following the Navy service boats class 423, the fast mine sweepers class 343, and the mine hunters class 332. The propulsion plants concerned are each made up of two gear units per f