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Sperry Vickers

Names Charles Smith

Vice President

Charles F. Smith

Sperry Vickers has appointed

Charles F. Smith vice president of business development and gov- ernment affairs for its Interna- tional Group. Mr. Smith will.be located at the firm's Troy, Mich.,

World Headquarters.

Prior to his latest appointment,

Mr. Smith had spent four years as vice president-Europe. He also served as vice president and gen- eral manager of Sperry Vickers,

Canada, and as managing direc- tor-Europe.

Mr. Smith holds a B.Sc. degree and an M.Sc. degree from Queens

University in Kingston, Ontario.

He is a registered professional engineer.

Sperry Vickers, a division of the New York-based Sperry Rand

Corporation, is a leading producer of hydraulic components for in- plant machinery, mobile equip- ment, aircraft, and marine appli- cations.

Uniflite, Inc., Sells 6 Corsair Patrol Boats

To Union Of Burma

Six 32-foot high-speed fire re- tardant fiberglass Corsair river patrol boats, similar to the U.S.

Navy's PBRs, have been sold to the Ministry of Defense of the

Union of Burma for a contract price of $606,000 by Uniflite, Inc., military, commercial, and recrea- tional boat manufacturer head- quartered in Bellingham, Wash.

James J. Doud, Uniflite execu- tive vice president and general manager, said the company has received an export license from the U.S. State Department for this order. State Department ap- proval is required whenever a product on the U.S. munitions list is sold to a foreign country. The vessels will be shipped to Ran- goon within 10 months with spare parts, but not including any mil- itary equipment.

The Corsair-class boats built only by Uniflite are water-jet propelled for speeds up to 25 knots, even in shoal or weed-filled rivers or coastal waterways. They draw 18 inches, have a beam of

IIV2 feet, and are powered with twin Detroit Diesel 200-hp en- gines driving through 14-inch Ja- cuzzi water-jet propulsion pumps made of corrosion resistant cast iron.

This is the biggest single sale to a foreign government in the company's almost 20-year his- tory. Uniflite, however, is the largest builder of fiberglass boats for the U.S. Navy, having sup- plied more than 2,000 such craft 14 to 56 feet in length since the early 1960s, including more than 500 of the PBR river patrol boats for use in Vietnam. It has also sold military and nonmilitary special-purpose patrol craft 23 to 53 feet to numerous foreign coun- tries and to U.S. state and mu- nicipal governments.

All Uniflite boats are of fire- retardant fiberglass construction, and its recreational and commer- cial craft are all classified and labeled by Underwriters' Labor- atories (UL) attesting to the strength and fire retardance of the hulls, the only boats that merit this label.

For more information, contact

A1 Hill, Commercial and Military

Sales, Uniflite, Inc., P.O. Box 1095, Bellingham, Wash. 98225.

OF SHIPS.

Located at Swan Island Ship

Repair Yard, we've been handling major ship repairs and conver- sions for more than 40 years.

Largest of the three drydocks today is 661 'x 114'. Another now under construction will measure 992'x 192' and be the largest drydock on the U.S. Pacific Coast.

OF DOLLARS. OF TIME.

Through efficient management, maintenance of a productive labor force and ongoing modernization of facilities, we continue to keep our costs exceptionally low. Our savings mean a direct savings to you with no sacrifice in quality.

Delivering a job when it's prom- ised is critical in our business.

Every minute a ship sits in a ship- yard is time it could be hauling cargo. You can depend on us to deliver when we say we will.

NORTHWEST MARINE

IRON WORKS

U.S. OFFICES: P.O. Box 3109 • Portland, Oregon 97208

Telephone: 503-228-8222 • Telex: 910-464-6107

Telegram: NorMarine

EUROPEAN REPRESENTATIVES: ATPAC Maritime Agencies, Inc.,

Athens, Piraeus, Greece • A. Silchenstedt, Bergen, Norway •

A/S Krogstads, Oslo, Norway • Paul Gregersen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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