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Fair weather or foul, any month of the year, RCA technicians at every major American port keep marine electronic equipment at peak relia-bility. These specialists in electronic navigation and communications equipment are available year round. Their experience includes fleets and individual craft ranging from tugs to liners. See your port directory for the telephone number of the nearest office. Or request details by writing: RCA Service Company A Division of RCA Marine Communications and Navigation Equipment Service Bldg. CHIC-225 Camden, N.J. 08101. Or phone (609) 963-8000, ext. PH-311 Vtc/l Jackson Marine Commissions Oceangoing Tug Mister Chip Halter-built tug Mister Chip leaving New Orleans for the Bahrein Island and her first assignment. Jackson Marine Corporation recently held commissioning ceremonies in New Orleans, La., for the most recent addition to its fleet. Added to Jackson Marine's large fleet of sup-ply vessels and tugs was the oceangoing tug Mister Chip, built by Halter Marine Services of New Orleans. Hugh Jackson, president of Jackson Marine Corporation, headed a delegation of more than 200 business leaders and petroleum and ma-rine industry executives who attended the christening of the new tug and a private re-ception at Antoine's restaurant. The Mister Chip was named for the 10-vear-old son of Hugh W. Gordon, senior vice-president of Brown & Root International. The Mister Chip was christened at the foot of Canal Street by Mrs. Sheryl Jackson, wife of Hugh Jackson. Rear Adm. Ross Bullard, commander of the 8th U.S. Coast Guard Dis-trict, New Orleans, was the principal speaker at the ceremonies. Christening newest tug in Jackson Marine fleet, is Mrs. Sheryl Jackson (breaking bottle). On the left is Rear Adm. Ross Builord, USCG, with Mrs. Harold Halter. On the right is Hugh Jackson (light suit) and Harold Halter. The vessel departed New Orleans four days after the ceremonies for Bahrein Island to be-gin operation with the Brown & Root pipeline construction fleet. The first towing assign-ment for the new tug will be two Brown & Root pipelaying barges from Bahrein Island to Okinawa. The trip from New Orleans to Bahrein Island is expected to take 46 days. Jackson Marine Corporation, Aransas Pass, Texas, organized in 1966, has eighteen 166-foot to 170-foot vessels in worldwide operation serving the offshore petroleum industry. Lo-cations include the Persian Gulf, North Sea, Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico. The company is also engaged in marine consultation activi-ties providing long-range feasibility studies on specific support applications for the marine and offshore industries. "Jackson Marine will invest approximately $5-million a year in capi-tal expenditures over the next five years to in-crease the size of their fleet," said Mr. Jackson. The Mister Chip is a standard Halmar 109-foot tug, a modification of the Halmar 110 class of tugs. It has a molded beam of 31 feet, a depth of 16 feet 4 inches and a design-loaded NIGHTS LIKE THIS... you're extra glad RCA services your electronic equipment 18 draft of 13 feet 6 inches. Gross tonnage is under 200. The tug is powered by two Caterpillar D399 turbo-charged and after-cooled engines with a combined continuous rating of 2,250 hp. It carries Western 5:1 reverse/reduction gear-ing, Model 2618, and two 60-kw General Mo-tors 671 diesel-driven a-c generators. The tug has a fuel capacity of 80,000 gallons and an estimated towing range at nine knots in excess of 6,000 nautical miles. Steering is Sperry electro-hydraulic from two control stations in the pilothouse and one control station on the aft deck. The tug has four-bladed propellers, 9-inch-diameter propeller shafts and 10-inch rudder stocks. The tug has a rounded bow for pushing or nesting. The hull is of ^-inch steel plate in-corporating a 1-inc'h extra-heavy sheer strake plate just below the main deck level for fen-dering. The stern area above and below water-line is reinforced with steel doubler plates to prevent wear from anchor handling. Deck equipment includes a Skagit two-drum waterfall-type towing winch and special stern rollers for handling and moving anchors. The Mister Chip has quarters for nine men and an all-electric galley, air conditioning throughout the vessel and the most modern navigational aids including radar, fathometer and single-sideband radios. N.Y. & N.J. Dry Dock Assoc. Elects Four Officers Ira S. Bushey, vice-president and general manager of the Shipyard Division of Ira S. Bushey and Sons, Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y., was elected president of the New York and New Jersey Dry Dock Association, at its annual meeting held recently. Mr. Bushey had pre-viously served as vice-president of the Asso-ciation. Langdon S. Goddard, assistant to the presi-dent, Todd Shipyards Corporation, 1 Broad-way, New York City, was elected vice-presi-dent of the Association. Michael J. Gallagher, vice-president and general manager, Gallagher Bros. Repair Yard, Inc.. Jersey City, N.J., was elected treas-urer, and T. R. Kennedy, of the firm of Dono-van, Donovan, Maloof & Walsh, 161 William Street, New York, counsel for the Association, was re-elected secretary. Mr. Bushey has been employed by Bushey since 1955 except for service with the United States Marine Corps 1959 to 1960. He is a graduate of LaSalle Military Academy, Oak-dale, N.Y. and Georgetown University, Wash-ington, D.C. TOWBOAT TAKING SHAPE?Shown being lifted into place is part of the forward hull section of the ocean-going towboat being built by Albina Engine and Machine Works for its parent company, the Dillingham Corpor-ation. The vessel will be powered by two 1,333-hp Fair-banks Morse 38 D 8 1/8 diesel engines. The towboat will be 1 1 4 feet long and have a beam of 32 feet and a draft of 12 feet 9 inches. It will carry a crew of eight men. Hawaiian Tug and Barge Co., a Hawaiian-based division of Dillingham, will operate the unit in the Pacific basin. The towboat will have Trane air conditioning and heating, automatic pilot, Markey tow winch, two radar systems and Matthews hydraulic steering. It will be de-livered to H. T. & B. in November. Maritime Reporter/Engineering News