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RODERMOND the diversified shipyard Marine Electronic Products ? The Marquardt Company 16555 Saticoy Street ? Van Nuys, California 91406 ? A CCI Marquardt Industry PLEASURE BOAT TO WORKBOAT?A stock 27-foot Uniflite pleasure cruiser hull has proven to be an ideal choice for a crew/tow boat built for the Puget Sound Tug and Barge Company of Seattle, Wash. Uniflite en-gineers designed the interior and cockpit of the fiber-glass boat to customer specification for barge work sup-plying Alaska north slope oil-drilling operations. Propul-sion is provided by a 100-hp diesel engine driving a marine jet propulsion pump. The propulsion unit is well suited for shallow draft operation and beaching. The hull bottom was specially reinforced. Hull, stringers, deck and cabin are made entirely of fiberglass using Hetron fire-retardant polyester resin. Uniflite, Inc., Bellingham, Wash., points to this boat as a good example of how to adapt its stock cruiser hulls for commercial operations. Precise speed measurement-anywhere! Not long ago a major oil company asked Marquardt to develop a new generation speed log, based on the doppler sonar principle, for their large fleet of vessels. Cost studies indicated important savings would be made when precise speed readings were used for a continuous ship's performance check. ? What's more the new Doppler Sonar Speed Log provides accurate velocity measurements relative to the ocean floor in channels, harbors, coastal waters and for docking. It reduces the cost of "speed trials" by nulli-fying the effect of tides, currents 1 and wind and eliminates the A need for auxiliary shore-based measurement aids. ? For complete infor-mation, contact Marquardt today! Dravo Appoints Redding Mgr. And Miller Assistant Mgr. Of Engineering Works Div. Joseph H. Redding J. L. Miller Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, has an-nounced the appointments of Joseph H. Red-ding and J. L. Miller as manager and assistant manager of the newly formed planning depart-ment in its Engineering Works Division. Mr. Redding, who previously served as vice-president of the Management System Division at H. B. Maynard and Company, Inc., holds BS and MS degrees from Carnegie-Mellon University. Mr. Miller joined Dravo in 1942 and most recently served as assistant to the engineering manager in the Engineering Works Division. The division designs and markets a wide va-riety of materials handling, steelmaking, ma-rine and other equipment. The new depart-ment will direct the division's long-range plan-ning and development program, define goals and objectives and prepare studies to assess the division's functions and advise manage-ment. De Laval Enters Gas Turbine Field De Laval Turbine Inc., Trenton, N.J., and Stal-Laval Turbin AB, Finspong, Sweden have jointly announced the conclusion of arrangements under which De Laval Turbine Inc. will sell and manu-facture, under license from Stal-Laval, in the United States, Canada and Mexico, gas turbines to be used for centrifugal compressor drives, power generation and marine propulsion. The gas turbine package plants can be used with jet engine-type gas generators or the Stal-Laval industrial-type GT-35 gas generator. Their availability will enable De Laval Turbine Inc. to undertake the furnishing of complete gas turbine-driven units to the industries which have tradi-tionally been served with De Laval's diversified product lines. FOOT OF HENDERSON STREET, JERSEY CITY, NJ. 07302 201-332-3300 Specialists in all types of structural steel construction Drydocking ? 4 floating drydocks to 4000 tons capacity 24 Hour Pierside Service ? Machine Shop ? Structural Steel Construction Him®® liiwtK Mi 34 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News