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First In New Series For Charlie Slater

Launched At Halter Marine Fabricators

The supply vessel Red Beard was recently launched by Halter

Marine Fabricators at Moss Point,

Miss.

The 176-fodt by 38-foot by 14- foot vessel is being built by Halter

Marine for Euro-Pirates Interna- tional, Inc. of Neiw Orleans, La.

It is the first in a series of vessels being built for Charlie Slater, better known as Champagne Charlie, a

New Orleans hotel owner (French

Quarter Inn).

The new vessel is powered by two Stork FBHD engines rated at 1,200 metric brake horsepower each at 900 rpm with a free run- ning speed of 12 knots. She swings two stainless-steel four-bladed propellers, 90 inches in diameter, with two AB'S-grade forged-steel propeller shafts, 8 inches in di- ameter.

The Red Beard is equipped with a bulk mud system comprised of four vertical tanks with a total capacity of 2,800 cubic feet of dry bulk mud.

She is also equipped with two

M.W.M. engines driving 100-kw generators. The vessel is fitted with two 2,500-ipound anchors with a total of 1,980 feet of 1^-inch high-strength chain.

The hydraulic steering system, furnished by Steering Systems,

Inc., incorporates two steering sta- tions—one in the pilothouse and one aft of the pilothouse.

In keeping with the Champagne

Charlie tradition, all interior bulk- heads, toilet fixtures, refrigeration, freezer, etc., are champagne yellow.

The Red Beard is completely air- conditioned and heated and is equipped with a built-in walk-in cooler and freezer.

She is equipped with a complete engine alarm system which allows monitoring of all engines while in snorts

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Certified by the American Bu- reau of Shipping for A-l and Full

Ocean Service, she is also certified by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Upon delivery, the Red Beard is scheduled to service the offshore oil and mineral industry off the coast of Brazil.

The promotion of D.V. (Red)

Emery to vice president-marine en- gineering has been announced by

Jule J. Baudhuin, vice president and general manager of the Apple- ton Marine Division of the Apple- ton Machine Company.

Mr. Emery 'has Ibeen the divi- sion's chief engineer since 1971, with responsibility for all areas of marine engineering. Prior to that, he spent over 13 years in the ma- rine deck machinery field in an ex- ecutive and engineering capacity.

Mr. Emery received his B.S. de- gree in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological Uni- versity in 1958. He is presently a member of the board of managers of the Alumni Association for the

University, and is a member of

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, the Ameri- can Welding Society, and the

American Society for Testing and

Materials.

The Marine Division of Apple- ton Machine Company, Appleton,

Wis., markets a complete line of marine deck auxiliary equipment such as mooring winches, capstans, cranes, fairleads and related prod- ucts.

C-E Appoints

Edward M. Norman

To Managerial Post

Combustion Engineering, Inc.,

Windsor, Conn., has appointed Ed- ward M. Norman manager, shop- assembled boiler sales. Based in

Windsor, Mr. Norman will report to Harold Massey Jr., director, sales and marketing for C-E In- dustrial Boiler Operations, a unit of the C-E Industrial Group.

With C-E since 1935, Mr. Nor- man will be responsible for all home office sales support functions for the full-range of C-E shop- assembled boilers. He has held a number of positions in sales and estimating, most recently as mana- ger, special products and environ- mental control systems estimating.

Red Beard is powered by 2 Stork FBHD engines rated at 1,200 metric bhp each at 900 rpm

Appleton Machine

Names Emery VP

Marine Engineering

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