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GE Gas Turbines

To Power Fast Frigates

Built In Italian Yard

GE's Marine and Industrial Proj- ects Department (M&IPD) has received its first international order for LM2500 marine gas turbine propulsion equipment from Fiat

S.p.A. Turin, Italy.

Fiat's order with M&IPD in- cludes eight LM2500 gas turbines, associated power turbine parts and assembly hardware, four engine base and enclosure assemblies, and four lube oil storage and condition- ing assemblies. Eight additional engines on option are included in the order.

The propulsion equipment will be used to power new 2,500-ton

Fast Frigates being built by an

Italian shipyard, Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Riuniti, for the Itali- an and Peruvian Navies. The ships are CODOG (Combined Diesel or

Gas Turbine) powered with one 'LM2500 engine and one marine diesel operating on each shaft of the twin-shaft/twin-propeller sys- tem. The LM2500 provides the ship dash speed capability with 25,000 metric horsepower available in each module.

Fiat is licensed by GE to manu- facture parts for the LM2500 en- gine and will add these components to the GE-supplied core engine built and assembled in GE's Even- dale, Ohio, facility.

The LM2500 propulsion system has been selected for the U.S.

Navy's Spruance-class destroyer, the Patrol Missile Hydrofoil, and the Patrol Frigate.

Port Electric Appoints

Ed Toale To Manage

New Refrigeration Div.

Ed Toale

Port Electric Supply Corporation of 155 Perry Street, New York

City, has announced the appoint- ment of Ed Toale as manager of the company's newly established

Refrigeration Division. The new division specializes in marine re- frigeration and air-conditioning equipment and offers the marine in- dustry a large inventory of new equipment and replacement parts for all makes of marine refrigera- tion and air-conditioning ma- chinery.

Mr. Toale brings with him over 20 years of experience in the ma- rine air-conditioning and refriger- ation field. Mr. Toale was formerly associated with Tomlinson Refrig- eration & Supply Co. in the posi- tion of director of sales for many years.

Britain Sets Standards

For Offshore Equipment

Regulations, shortly to be pub- lished in Britain, lay down mini- mum standards for the design and construction of offshore installa- tion employed on the drilling for, and production of, mineral re- sources (including oil and gas) on the United Kingdom Sector of the continental shelf. Standards for the safety of equipment on board are also laid down.

The Regulations come into force on May 1, subject to the approval of Parliament. They require all in- stallations operating on the United

Kingdom Sector of the continental shelf to have a valid Certificate of

Fitness by August 31, 1975.

Because o'f the rapid develop- ments taking place in offshore tech- nology, the Regulations prescribe only in broad terms the minimum acceptable standards of design and construction. Detailed technical standards required are contained in a document "Guidance on the De- sign and Construction of Offshore

Installations," which will be amend- ed from time to time in the light of further developments.

MSA: Best nose since the bloodhound.

Over a hundred ships, dozens of shore instal lations and offshore drilling platforms have chosen

MSA gas-leak detectors for automatic, 24-hour monitoring for both combustible and toxic hazards.

For example, half the LNG carriers afloat at the end of 1973 carried

MSA gas-leak detection analyzers. Other MSA users include LPG, crude oil and chemical tankers, and

RORO ships.

When these rugged, low-maintenance instru- ments spot trouble, they can activate automatic alarms, fan

Model 1-500 Catalytic

System for continuous monitoring of combustibles at multiple points.

Make sure/check MSA controls or machine shutoffs. They are compatible with data recorders and computer readout systems.

Naturally, they meet requirements of the U.S. Coast

Guard and the various classification societies.

MSA is the only company manufacturing both infra- red and catalytic-type gas- detection instruments.

And MSA people—located in fifteen countries—provide a worldwide network of service to help you, wherever you may be.

For dependable 24-hour gas- leak detection, come to MSA.

Write for details to MSA Inter- national, 201 Penn Center Blvd.,

Pittsburgh, Pa. 15235, U.S.A.

LIRA® Infrared Analyzer for combustibles or toxic gases.

A/ISA

Shipbuilding Returns to Portland.... iMNHHHHMk idle since the end FMC has resumed shipbuilding in Portland . . of World War II.

And the reason: A new fleet of 35,000 ton Gas Turbine Oil Tankers . . . originally designed by FMC (formerly Gunderson, Inc.). . . and built with the latest shipbuilding equipment with super-efficient production techniques. This technique is backed up with 30 years of experience making FMC the biggest barge builder in the West.

Get the story on FMC's phenomenal growth in marine and rail equipment construction. Write FMC Corporation, Marine and Rail

Equipment Division, 4700 N.W. Front Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97208,

Telephone: (503) 228-9281, Telex: 36-0672. -FMC

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