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IN PORTLAND, We can supply you mid-stream in the Port of Pascagoula and ad-jacent Intracoastal Waterway with Standard Oil of Kentucky, Mobil and Chevron marine products. Intermediate fuels. Bunkering fuels. Light diesel fuels. 24 hour service to all ships. Fast. Efficient. [STANDARD] Please write or call: FUEL SERVICES, INC. P. O. BOX 712 PASCAGOULA, MISS. ALFRED F. DANTZLER, PRESIDENT Telephone: 762-0636 ALBINA ENGINE & MACHINE WORKS Coughlin Named M&O Manager-Field Sales By Vickers Division Eugene F. Coughlin Sperry Rand Corporation's Vick-ers Division has announced the appointment of Eugene F. Cough-lin to manager-field sales for its marine and ordnance division. Mr. Coughlin has been with Vickers for eight years. Previous to his new position, he was market development manager for com-mercial marine and Navy deck machinery, marine and ordnance division. 1966-68. Earlier, he han-dled M&O sales application engi-neering assignments. A former U.S. naval officer, Mr. Coughlin holds a B.S. degree in marine engineering from the Mas-sachusetts Maritime Academy. Equitable Delivers Tug Ranger To Temple Equitable standard 95-foot tug goes to Great Lakes on first tow. The new tug, Ranger, sailed from New Orleans recently, bound for Lake Erie via the East Coast and St. Lawrence Seaway. On stream behind the tug was a jack-up rig, the first towing assignment for the tug after its delivery by the build-er Equitable Equipment Company, Inc., New Orleans. Owner of the Ranger is Temple Towing Com-pany, a subsidiary of Zapata Off-Shore Company, Houston. After its maiden voyage, the Ranger entered regular towing service be-tween Florida and various Gulf of Mexico ports. The Ranger is an Equity stand-ard 95-foot tug. Built for delivery from stock, the new tug was deliv-ered to Temple Towing within 11 days after order, an end result of Equitable Equipment Company's program of building vessels for delivery from stock. The tug was designed and built to American Burea'i of Shipping Here's a sealed beam, 8" diameter searchlight for small commercial fish boats and work boats. Gives you vivid illu-mination for a distance of at least one-half-mile with pilot house control. All copper, bronze and brass construction for long service life. Positive, smooth vertical and horizontal sweeps are easily controlled by the unique, single lever, double trunnion mechanism with locking device. No. 173 Ray-Line Searchlight meets U.S.C.G. Require-ments (CG-293). Available with marine gray finish or chrome plated finish, 100 to 215 watts, 6, 12 or 32 volts. Extra length control rods available on order. For complete specifications of No. 173 searchlight and ful' line of 6" to 20" searchlights, send for catalog CM66MR Manufactured POrtablS Ijgllt CO., IllC. 65 Passaic Avenue, Kearny, New Jersey 07032 class Maltese Cross A1 Towing Service. It is powered by two Caterpillar D-398 Series B diesel engines that develop a continuous duty rating each of 850 hp at 1,225 rpm. The vessel is fitted with twin rudders of streamlined section with lower stocks of extra heavy pipe, and pintles of ABS certified steel with bronze sleeves and set in Goodrich Cutless rubber bearings. Caterpillar 3192 reverse-reduction gears have a 5.31 :1 ratio. Propulsion controls are Westing-house Air Brake pneumatic, located at two stations in the pilothouse, one port and one starboard, and at an after station. Auxiliary equipment aboard the Ranger includes two 40-kw Cater-pillar D-320T diesel generator sets, two air compressors driven by 5-hp motors with manual and automatic control, two ABS certified air re-ceivers, transfer pumps, bilge, bal-last, nre and general service pumps, and a potable water pres-sure set. Quarters for eight men are pro-vided, arranged in three state-rooms. The Ranger is centrally air conditioned for year-round com-fort. Deck equipment includes a Smatco towing winch powered' with a General Motors 6V71 diesel engine equipped with an Allison torque converter which affords a line pull of 100,000 pounds at 20 fpm, 150,000 pounds at stall, 11,000 pounds at 105 fpm. Line speed light is 115 fpm. rur omau Commercial Vessels 2100 N. Albina Ave. Portland, Ora. 97227 . . . and this has been going on 24 hours a day ... 7 days a week for over 60 years! ? THAT DESIGNS ? THAT BUILDS ? THAT OUTFITS ? THAT REPAIRS SHIPS ? TUGS ? BARGES January 15, 1969 47