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Colt F-M Diesels

To Power 3 Ferries

To Be Built By Todd

Six marine diesel engines have been added to the schedule for pro- duction and delivery this year at

Colt Industries' Power System Di- vision in Beloit, Wis. These Fair- banks Morse Model 38D8-1/8 en- gines have been ordered to power three ferries that will operate ## across the Delaware Bay between

Cape May, N.J., and Lewes, Del.

These ferries will carry both pas- sengers and vehicles. The an- nouncement of the order, in excess of $1 million, was made by E.L.

Fay Jr., vice president-marine mar- keting.

These steel-hulled vessels will be built in the Houston, Texas, area by Todd Shipyards Corpora- tion for the Delaware River and

Bay Authority, New Castle, Del.

It is Todd Shipyards' current plan to sail the ferries from Houston to New Jersey under their own power for delivery to the Author- ity at Cape May. The 320-foot vessels will carry vehicles on the main deck, and passengers will be accommodated on the cabin and weather decks.

The 12-cylinder Fairbanks Morse opposed piston engines are rated at 2,060 bhp at 750 rpm, and will give a sustained sea speed of ap- proximately 16 knots. Each ferry will have two nonreversing engines and two 4-blade propellers 8 feet in diameter driven through reverse- reduction gears. An electric mo- tor driven bow thruster will be in- stalled on each vessel for added maneuverability. The Colt divi- sion will also furnish the pilot- house and engine room control systems.

Shipowners And

Merchants Towboat

Elects Figari VP

Capt. Wm. V. Figari

Shipowners and Merchants Tow- boat Co., Ltd., Pier 50, San Fran- cisco, Calif. 94107, operator of Red

Stack tugs, 'has announced that

Capt. William V. Figari has been elected vice president, in charge of the company's entire San Francis- co Bay operation. Captain Figari has been a member of the Red

Stack organization since 1946. He served as master of several of the firm's powerful harbor tugs, and piloted ships of all types to and from their -berths throughout San

Francisco Bay until 1958, when he was appointed general manager.

Captain Figari is a second gen- eration member of his family to serve with Red Stack, his father,

William F. Figari, having retired as a long-time executive of the firm in 1965, following a career that began in 1900.

Captain Figari is a native San

Franciscan. He attended Balboa

High School and graduated from the University of San Francisco with a degree in business adminis- tration. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Acad- emy at Kings Point, 'N.Y., and sailed as chief officer and master of United States merchant ships during the hazardous convoy days of World War II.

Captain Figari has been active in several maritime organizations and local clubs. He is a member of the Olympic Club, Merchants

Exchange Club, World Trade Club,

Mariners Club, USE Alumni Asso- ciation, Kings Point Alumni Asso- ciation, and others. He served as president of the Port of San Fran- cisco Propeller Club in 1970-71, and is presently serving as chair- man of the committee in charge of setting up the programs to 'be staged at the National Convention of The Propeller Club of the Unit- ed States that will be held in San

Francisco in October.

NACIONAL

CONSTRUCTION OF ALL TYPES OF NAVAL AND MERCHANT VESSELS

GENERAL SHIP REPAIR WORKS

STEAM TURBINES

AND DIESEL MOTORS

FOR PROPULSION

AND LAND UNITS.

MARINE AND LAND

BOILERS.

NAVAL ORDENANCES

AND AMMUNITIONS.

AUXILIARY MACHINERY,

MOBIL CRANES,

GRADERS, OIL

DRILLING PLATFORMS. DRY AND FLOATING DOCKS

SUP-WAYS FOR DRYDOCKING

SHIPYARDS AT:

EL FERROL DEL CAUDILLO

CARTAGENA

SAN FERNANDO (CADIZ)

LAS PALMAS (GRAN CANARIA)

ORDENANCE FACTORIES AT:

SAN FERNANDO (CADIZ)

CARTAGENA

PANCONTINE NTAL OVERSEAS CO. 50 Broadway, NEW YORK, N. Y. 10004

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