Desco Marine Launches Its 100th Cummins-Powered Boat
Desco Marine, St. Augustine, Fla., reached two milestones this past December with the launching of the Singleton Fleets 56.
The 73-foot vessel is the 2,200th wood shrimp boat built by Desco, and the 100th Desco boat powered by a Cummins K-series marine diesel engine.
Paul Kahlenbeck, vice president- Industrial Marketing, Cummins Engine Co., commemorated the occasion by p r e s e n t i n g a plaque to Desco president Tom Collins during launching ceremonies attended by some 500 Desco and Singleton Fleets personnel and industry representatives.
Henry C. Singleton Jr., president of Singleton Fleets, Inc., Tampa, Fla., received a scalemodel Cummins marine engine desktop display to commemorate Singleton's purchase of the 100th Desco boat powered by a Cummins K-series engine. Making the presentation was William D. Blizzard Sr., Cummins Florida, Inc., Desco's Cummins engine supplier.
Singleton Fleets 56 is the 10th consecutive new Singleton vessel to be powered by a 1,150-cubicinch s i x - c y l i n d e r Cummins Kseries marine diesel engine. A Cummins KTA-1150-M, rated 470 hp at 1,800 rpm, powers the Sin- gleton Fleets 56. The previous nine Singleton vessels are powered by Cummins KT-1150-M engines, rated 365 hp at 1,800 rpm.
Desco builds eight wood shrimp trawlers per month in hull sizes ranging from 62 to 73 feet. The company also builds 12 fiberglasshulled boats each month at its St. Augustine yard. Desco's wood boats are built in standardized designs, making it possible for fleet owners and operators, like Singleton Fleets, to reduce inventory and repair costs. The company points out that Desco shrimp boats and fishing trawlers are at work around the world.
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- AWO Reports $2.9 Billion In New Waterways Plants In First Half Of 1979 page: 4
- T i d e w a t e r M a r i n e Tows M o b i l e Supply Vessel Eleven Thousand Miles page: 6
- M o o r e McCormack Names Three To Key Positions page: 6
- Desco Marine Launches Its 100th Cummins-Powered Boat page: 9
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- Blount To Build 75-Foot 1 8 9 0 ' s Style Steam Launch page: 11
- Kent And Boling Elected To The NOIA Board page: 11
- D a v i e Launches Second Jackup Drilling Rig For Global M a r i n e Drilling Company page: 12
- Marinette Marine Christens Second And Third Of Seven N e w Tugs For U.S. Navy page: 12
- 1980 Annual Meeting, Water Resources Congress page: 12
- Papers Call For First P a n - A m e r i c a n Conference Of Ocean Engineering page: 14
- M a r A d A w a r d s Contract For Sailing Ship Study page: 14
- McDermott Building Two Bulkfleet Marine Tugs Custom-Made For Future page: 14
- Reduced Towing Costs Subject Of Study On Towing Surge Pendants page: 16
- Todd W i l l Deliver 2 4 0 0 ' Barges To M o n t a uk Oil T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Corp. page: 17
- Raytheon Service Co. Brochure Describes A u t o - A l a rm RCVR/KYR page: 17
- N a t i o n a l M a r i n e Shipyard Division To O p e n N ew Gulf Coast Facilities page: 18
- LNG V i r g o N a m ed At General Dynamics page: 18
- Port Weller Dry Docks Delivers Bulk Carrier With Fuel Efficient Hull page: 18
- 123-Foot Northern Leader From MARCO Equipped As Catcher, Freezer, Packer page: 20
- FMC Releases Study On Virgin Islands Trade page: 20
- H i l l m a n D e l i v e r i n g 14 N e w Chemical Barges To PPG page: 21
- NASSCO Awarded 5-Ship $239-Million Contract By American Tankships page: 22
- M a r A d Study A v a i l a b le O n D e v e l o p m e n t Of A S t a n d a r d C a r g o Ship page: 23
- Chevron Orders Two 3 5 , 0 0 0 - D W T Product Tankers From Mitsubishi page: 24
- M a n g o n e Delivers Research Vessel, W e s t e r n Strait, To Western Geophysical page: 24
- A.L. Kucera Elected President Of A WO page: 24
- Crude Oil Supply And Tanker Demand Report Available From Drewry page: 24
- Fourth British C o l u m b ia T o w b o a t Conference Set For M a r c h 2 1 - 2 2 , 1980 page: 25
- B e t h l e h em Reorganizes S h i p b u i l d i n g D e p a r t m e nt page: 25
- Lips-Doran To Establish Chesapeake, Va., Plant page: 25
- P e r t a m i n a 1020 Delivered By Hitachi Zosen page: 26
- USS H a r r y W . Hill Commissioned At Ingalls S h i p b u i l d i ng page: 27
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- New Major Shipyard To Be Formed In Hong Kong page: 27
- Shell Orders 11,500-DWT Tanker From Valmet page: 28
- S.G. Dever N a m ed V P Of Colmac Coil M f g. page: 29
- Exxon ULCCs Receive S t a n w i c k M a i n t e n a n ce A n d Inventory Services page: 29
- Shell Offers Literature On New Diesel Oils page: 32
- Halter Marine, Inc. Sets Production Record - 2 2 8 Deliveries In 1979 page: 33
- FMC Signs N e w Barge Contract W i t h Puget Sound Freight Lines page: 34
- t h Ocean Energy Conference Set For June In W a s h i n g t o n , D.C. page: 34
- SNAME Philadelphia Hears Paper On Hopper Dredge Design page: 34
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- Gibbs & Cox Names Stark Assistant VP page: 35
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- De Laval Offers Literature On Centrifuges For Shipboard Use page: 35
- Four Agents N a m e d By N a t i o n a l M a r i n e Service page: 36
- Electro-Nav To M a r k et SATURN Satcom In U.S. page: 36
- North Sea Corrosion Conference Papers Now Available In Book Form page: 36
- Shipping Orders Worth £ 4 2 M i l l i o n For U.K. Y a rd page: 37
- GE's Ground Systems D e p a r t m e n t Renamed page: 37
- Davie Signs $C35-Million Petrobras Rig Contract page: 37
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- M a r t i n o N a m e d Assistant G e n e r a l M a n a g e r At Todd Galveston Yard page: 38
- FMC Marine And Rail Launches Fourth Ro/Ro Barge For Crowley page: 38
- John S. Hollett Joins Crowley Maritime page: 38
- Olson N a m e d President Of W i l l a m e t t e Tug & Barge page: 39
- N e w M A R C O Brochure Describes Hydraulic Pump Drive Units page: 39
- E.C. Flint Promoted At Zidell's Marine Construction Division page: 39
- Construction To Begin On New $20-Million N.Y. Container Terminal page: 39
- G l a d d i n g - H e a r n Delivers Pilot Boat Huron Belle page: 40
- ABS Approves Use Of Protective Ceramic M e t al —Literature A v a i l a b le page: 40
- 3 New Reports Now Available From Ship Structure Committee page: 40
- International Oil Spill Conference To Be Held In Atlanta March 2-5, 1981 page: 40
- Norwegian Firm Offers Porthole/Escape Hatch —Meets Safety Rules page: 41
- Mississippi Marine Towboat Delivers Two New Vessels To Palmer Barge Line page: 41
- Pickands Mather Awards $10-Million Conversion Order To Fraser Shipyard page: 42
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- Bourgeois And Mitchell Elected Vice Presidents At State Boat Corp. page: 47
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