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GE Supplying Central Operations System For 80,000-DWT Sun Oil Company Tanker Model of the 80,000-dwt tanker, equipped with General Electric Central Operations System, being built for the Sun Oil Company by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Central Operations System (COS) for the main powerplant on a new 80,000-dwt tanker being built for Sun Oil Company, Phila-delphia, Pa., is being supplied by General Electric's Industry Con-trol Dept., Salem, Va. The modern automated engine room console offers monitoring and control functions of the power-plant in addition to automated throttle control. The bridge control system complementing the COS engine room control, gives the offi-cer on watch the option of maneu-vering from the bridge through all propeller speeds, ahead and astern, by direct control with the throttle system or by the conventional tele-graph relay system to the engine room. The main COS console contains continuous and demand displays of key temperatures, pressures, and levels within the propulsion plant. Alarms built into the display in-dicate to the watchstander high or low out-of-limits conditions. Cen-tralized control will enable the en-gine room to be manned by a crew of two on each watch. The new tanker will be used to carry 592,000 barrels (24,864,000 gallons) of crude oil from the Gulf Coast to Sunoco's Marcus Hook, Pa. refinery. It will be 811 feet long, with a beam of 125 feet. A marine steam-turbine geared propulsion unit rated at 24,000 shp at 92 rpm will power the new ship. The cross compound turbines and gear sets were provided by GE's Marine Turbine & Gear Depart-ment, West Lynn, Mass. A single main boiler will be used for propul-sion while a much smaller auxiliary boiler will be available for port stand-by and emergency take-home power. Centralized remote control of hy-draulic-operated cargo valves and of two, 18,000-gpm centrifugal pumps will enable the tanker to discharge its cargo an hour faster than smaller, conventional 50,000-toti vessels. The ship is being built by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com-pany, Chester, Pa. HOUSE MOVING DAY for the General Le Roy Eltinge, troopship under conversion to C-4 status, presented unusual operation recently when the forward top three-deck sec-tion of the bridge was lifted and placed on the after house. Two gantry cranes held the huge structure in the air while the ship was moved to position. Work on a sistership, the General R.M. Blatchford, is progressing at a 30-day lag behind the Eltinge and will have same house moving later. Work is being done at the Port of Portland Swan Island repair yards by Albina Engine & Machine Works, division of Dillingham, for Waterman Steamship Corporation. American Ship Elects Eckert Asst. Treas. E. E. Eckert has been elected as-sistant treasurer of The American Ship Building Co., Cleveland, Ohio, by the board of directors. Mr. Eckert, chief insurance administra-tor for the company, will continue in that role in addition to the new duties. A veteran of 24 years' experience in the insurance field, he joined American Ship when the new man-agement team, headed by George M. Steinbrenner III and Jacob O. Kamm took over leadership of the company in October, 1967. In other action, the directors ap-proved the regular quarterly divi-dend of 15(* per share payable June 30. Verolme Launches Large Esso Tanker? Fifth Of New Class A new giant tanker, the 253,000-dwt Esso Cambria, was launched recently at the Verolme United Shipyard in Rotterdam, Holland. Mrs. H. C. Kauffmann, wife of the executive vice-president of Esso Europe Inc. christened the ship. Esso Europe is an affiliate of Stand-ard Oil Co. (New Jersey). The new ship will be the fifth of a new class of tankers to be de-livered to the company when she is completed late this year. The Esso Cambria is part of a total European order for 22 ships placed by the International Esso organ-ization. CAF^PETING PORT ENGINEERS ANNUAL DINNER-DANCE?The Society of Marine Port Engineers New York, N. Y., Inc. recently held its annual dinner-dance in New York City. Shown above are the officers of the Society, left to right: Philip A. Donahue, first vice-presi-dent; Harlan T. Haller, chairman of the board of directors; John C. Fox Jr., president-Edward English, chairman of the entertainment committee, and Paul S. Farr, secretary-treasurer. "Mi/sr YM i>eu sr7?/& yazp? - 'J L1VZ /NA J&Mp UMTtfO&S." 68 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News