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OCEANIC ': LECTRICAL MFG. CO., INC

So>'e Manufacturers of Oceanic Electric Products 1 S7-I59 PERRY ST., NEW YORK, N.Y. 10014 • WA 9-3321„

OCEANIC

ELECTRIC PRODUCTS "Over A Half Century of

Service in the Marine Industry"

Oceanic products are manufactured to meet the requirements of

U.S.C.G. Electrical Engineering Regulations

WATERTIGHT CONNECTION

BOXES 10 WIRE-20 WIRE-40 WIRE

Call or Write for

Complete Catalog

Grain Barge Built By Zidell Features

Push-Button Operated Hatch Cover

The first barge built in the United States utilizing the French "Magroroll" barge hatch system was recently launched by Zidell Explorations, Inc., Portland, Ore. The new barge, Knappton CTC350 (shown above), is a self- unloading grain barge designed for service on the Columbia-Snake River system from Lewiston, Idaho, to Longview,

Wash. It is owned by Knappton Towboat Co., Portland, who have placed it under contract to Coast Trading Co.

Conventional hinged steel doors covering hatches have been replaced by two rolling aluminum alloy doors, each 100 feet long and 1 1 Vi feet wide. The doors unroll from opposite ends of the grain storage area, traveling on horizontal rollers. Each door is individually motor-operated from current supplied the barge by the assisting tug- boat. A backup manual open-close system can be operated in case of power failure or other emergency. Knappton

Barge CTC350 is the 141st barge launched by Zidell at Portland since 1961 and the third grain barge built by Zidell for Knappton. Although it has the same storage capacity (3,300 tons) as the other two, Knappton CTC350 has a lower profile—-to gain greater ease in towing and maneuvering—as well as the "Magroroll" system. reversing, vertical) ; TSR (two speeds forward, one speed reverse) ; Vee Drives (to 600-hp 16- degree shaft angle) ; Custom Drives (turbine pro- pulsion, double input units), and Offshore Pro- pulsion (480, 660, 760 and 960 MGH-TP bi- directional thrust units). The units are manu- factured at Western Gear's Industrial Products

Division, Belmont, Calif., and Houston, Texas, plants.

Lloyd's To Represent Sperry

During Manufacture Of

Stabilizer Units In Japan

Lloyd's Register Specification Services will rep- resent Sperry Marine Systems, Bracknell, Berk- shire (a division of Sperry Rand), as the techni- cal authority responsible for compliance with the engineering specifications during the manufacture of Sperry's Gyrofin ship stabilizers in Japan.

Agreement between Lloyd's Register and Sperry was reached following Sperry Rand Corporation's decision to license Sperry Rand Far East Inc.,

Tokyo, to build the Sperry Gyrofin's machinery in Japan for sale to Japanese shipyards and ship- owners.

The Gyrofin machinery for this modern folding- fin stabilizer is being built at Sasebo Heavy En- gineering Co (S.SK.) under subcontract from

Sperry Rand Far East. Sasebo Heavy Engineer- ing will build the fin boxes and heavy machinery.

Under the agreement reached with Sperry, the services provided by Lloyd's Register will include a review of quality control arrangements, the inspection of components during manufacture and the supervision of shop trials to the owners' and shipyards' standards of acceptance. Lloyd's Reg- ister Specification Services will represent Sperry through its 10 offices in Japan, including a sub- office at Sasebo which is permanently staffed by engineer surveyors.

Western Gear Corporation

Offers New Literature On

Marine Propulsion Gears

A 16-page illustrated catalog of Marine Pro- pulsion Gears is available without charge from the Industrial Products Division, Western Gear

Corporation, P.O. Box 126, Belmont, Calif. 94003.

The colorful brochure describes and gives speci- fications for marine gears in the 750 to 5,000-hp range for tugs, work boats, fishing fleet seiners, offshore service boats and offshore rigs, drill ships, and large oceangoing vessels. Pictures of many of the Western Gear-equipped vessels are shown.

Specifically described in the brochure are the

PCMR (single reduction, vertical or horizontal reversing gear) ; RH and RV gears (single re- duction reversing, horizontal or vertical) ; MG (single reduction, nonreversing, horizontal or ver- tical) ; VST (split-train double reduction, non-

Hinged Windshields by Kearfott

KEARFOTTMarine Products 780 SOUTH THIRD AVENUE, MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. 10550 • Tel: (914) 664-6033

THE SINGER COMPANY

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MARINE LIGHTING 6400 6200 SS

MARINE STAINLESS STEEL

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P. 0. BOX 1284 FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76101

SIZES AND TYPES PARTICULARLY MANUFACTURED FOR

SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED COMMERCIAL BOATS

Incorporating the same supreme qualities in design, engineering and operation exclusively characteristic of Kearfott Windows for large vessels and for small and medium sized commercial boats. Type 1 8-8 stainless steel or corrosion-resisting aluminum, anodized. Suitable for boats presently operating or on which construction is comtemplated. Write for design and specification sheet and for quotations. 18 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News