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Bethlehem Beaumont Shipyard Delivers Fourth

Offshore Rig To Teledyne Movible Offshore

Teledyne 19 is towed from Bethlehem Steel Corporation's shipyard in Beaumont,

Texas, preparatory to final construction work and delivery to the owner, Teledyne

Movible Offshore Inc. of Lafayette, La.

Teledyne 19 became the newest addition to the world's offshore drilling fleet when it was com- missioned recently at Bethlehem

Steel Corporation's shipyard in

Beaumont, Texas. The rig is owned by Teledyne Movible Off- shore Inc. of Lafayette, La.

Mrs. Robert A. Nelson, wife of Teledyne's division manager of drilling, sponsored the new rig.

The new mobile platform is ca- pable of drilling to a depth of 25,000 feet in as much as 250 feet of water.

Teledyne 19, a mat-supported jackup offshore drilling platform, is the 44th such rig delivered by the Beaumont Yard, and the fourth Bethlehem-designed rig to be built for Teledyne. The unit consists of a platform 166 feet long, 132 feet wide and 16 feet deep, with a 50-foot-square drill- ing slot. The mat is 210 feet by 170 feet by 10 feet deep and its drilling slot is 90 feet by 87 feet.

Each of the three cylindrical col- umns are 312 feet long and 12 feet O.D.

This new Teledyne rig is diesel- electric powered and can house 60 workers in its noncombustible liv- ing quarters. There is also capac- ity to store 6,600 cubic feet of bulk mud and cement, 3,000 sacks, 1,500 barrels of active mud, 4,700 barrels of drilling water storage, 450 barrels of potable water, 1,800 barrels of fuel oil and 2,350 bar- rels of salt water.

Hillman Barge And

Construction Names

Ira Singleton VP w

Ira J. Singleton

Hillman Barge & Construction

Company, Brownsville, Pa., has announced the appointment of

Ira J. Singleton as vice president- manufacturing. In his new capac- ity, Mr. Singleton will be respon- sible for the overall production operations of the barge and tow- boat manufacturing facility.

Mr. Singleton began employ- ment with Hillman in 1951 as a draftsman, and held various mid- dle and top management posts since then, including assistant chief engineer, chief engineer, assistant general manager, gen- eral manager and assistant to the president and manager of plant facilities.

Mr. Singleton received a Bach- elor of Science degree from Cali- fornia State College, and com- pleted postgraduate courses in engineering at the University of

Pittsburgh.

Active in church community affairs, Mr. Singleton is currently a trustee of the Christian and

Missionary Alliance Church, and a board member of the West

Brownsville Municipal Authority.

Professionally, Mr. Singleton is a member of The Society of Naval

Architects and Marine Engineers,

The Propeller Club of the United

States (Port of Pittsburgh), and serves on the Technical Advisory

Staff of the American Bureau of

Shipping.

Nav-Com Inc. Forms

Custom Systems Group

Gerald A. Gutman, president of Nav-Com Incorporated, North

Lindenhurst, N.Y., has announced the formation of Nav-Com's Cus- tom Systems Division. The new

Custom Systems Division, headed up by Nav-Com's vice president of engineering Jack Provenzano, will specialize in the design, fab- rication, installation and support of Custom Communication and

Navigation Systems to meet the commercial user's specific needs.

Systems support will be under the direction of Nav-Com's vice president of operations A1 Carlson.

Custom Systems fabricated by

Nav-Com include shipboard au- tomatic "error-correcting" Radio- telex Communication Systems,

Remote Base Stations, Navigation

Computers, "On-Board" UHF Re- peaters, Satellite Navigation Sys- tems, Radar and Sonar Systems.

For a free copy of Nav-Com's

Communication and Navigation

Brochure, write Gerald A. Gut- man, Nav-Com Incorporated, 2

Hicks Street, North Lindenhurst,

N.Y. 11757. •

Mrs. Robert A. Nelson, sponsor of Teledyne 19, prepares to smash the traditional bottle of champagne during commissioning of the offshore mat-supported drilling vessel. To her left is Sherman C. Perry, general manager of Bethlehem Steel Cor- poration's shipyard in Beaumont, Texas, where the rig was built, and seated at right is Mr. Nelson, Teledyne's division manager of drilling.

HALTER VESSELS TO THAILAND — The three all-aluminum boats shown above were delivered recently by Halter Marine, Inc.,

New Orleans, La., to the U.S. Government for the use of the Gov- ernment of Thailand in its customs operations. They are 65 feet long, with a 17-foot beam, and 8-foot 3-inch depth. Each is powered by two Detroit Diesel 1271TI diesel engines. 12 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News