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CAVERNOUS INTERIOR of this 200-foot-long covered hopper barge will hold up to 80,000 cubic feet of cargo.

The 35-foot-wide, 12-foot-deep vessel is one of 20 such barges recently built by Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh,

Pa., for The Valley Line Company of St. Louis, Mo., a subsidiary of Chromaloy American Corporation. All are equipped with weathertight hatch covers for added cargo protection. One of the largest barge lines operating on the inland waterways, Valley Line services more than 1 1 million tons of cargo per year on the Mississippi

River and its tributaries. The barges were built at

Dravo's Neville Island boatyard in the Ohio River, near

Pittsburgh.

Boeing Affiliate Awarded

Contract By Italian Navy

To Build Prototype Hydrofoil

The Italian Navy has ordered the prototype of a new type of hydrofoil which can maintain high speed even in rough water. Called Alinavi, the boat features fully submerged foils.

The contract has been awarded to Advanced

Marine Systems—Alinavi S.p.A., which was formed in 1964 by The Boeing Company of the United States, a corporation of the Italian

IRI group, and the Italian ship builder Carlo

Rodriquez. The organization's purpose is de- veloping advanced commercial and military marine vehicles in Europe. Dollar value of the contract was not disclosed.

Model of the new Italian Navy missile-armed hydrofoil.

Oblong containers at the stern of the vessel (starboard container not visible) will carry ship-to-ship missile system. Both antiaircraft cannon and missile system are fully automatic.

The new craft designed by Alinavi for oper- ations in the Mediterranean is an improved version of the Tucumcari hydrofoil gunboat.

Designed and built by Boeing, the Tucumcari has been in service with the United States

Navy since 1968 and is the fastest heavy- weather craft in the world.

The Alinavi craft will displace about 59 tons, be about 72 feet long and about 23 feet wide.

It will have a maximum speed of 50 knots and will be able to maintain cruising speed of more than 40 knots in rough water conditions of the

Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas, where wave heights of three to ten feet are common.

The hydrofoil will be armed with ship-to- ship missiles, and with an automatic antiair- craft cannon, both of which will be controlled by an advanced fire-control system. The craft will have a waterjet propulsion system for foil- borne operations at high speeds. The system will consist of a Rolls Royce Proteus gas tur- bine of 4,500 horsepower driving the waterjet pump. Hullborne propulsion will use a diesel engine and retractable propeller unit.

The craft will be built at the Italian firm,

Oto Melara's plant in La Spezia, with delivery to the Italian Navy scheduled in 1973. Design and construction will be conducted by Italian technical and production personnel with tech- nical assistance from Boeing.

The hydrofoil represents a new and power- ful naval weapon system. Due to its speed, maneuverability, all-weather capability, and high fire power, a small number of these craft can defend an extensive coastline against at- tacks of much larger ships.

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