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eight-well configuration with a total capacity of 8,800 cubic feet, an articulated stern ramp, and a combination of gear that includes the first pair of MARCO's new

WT-303 trawl winches and a re- movable four-drum stern gantry.

The new hydraulic ramp ar- rangement, which encloses the boat's stern when not in use, was developed by George Fulton.

MARCO's new WT-303 winches deliver more power than current models, providing the ability to handle the loads of midwater trawling. They feature a transmis- sion that allows the winch to maintain constant speed and power once 30 percent of the cable is on the drum. and complements the post of Dep- uty Assistant Administrator for

Maritime Aids (Finance) now held by Gerard E. Neumann.

Prior to this appointment, Mr.

Stone served four years as ship- ping and program control officer in the Office of the Deputy As- sistant Secretary for Maritime

Affairs.

A 1963 graduate of the Cali- fornia Maritime Academy, he be- gan his career as a licensed deck officer with Chevron Shipping in

California. In 1968, he joined the staff of MarAd's Western Region as a budget and management an- alyst. He transferred to Washing- ton, D.C., in 1972 to assist in the agency's subsidy programs.

Ronald L. Stone Named

To Maritime Aids Post

Trawler/combination fishing boat Storm Petrel has been delivered by MARCO Seattle to owner/skipper George Fulton. After extended trial period, the vessel will operate off Alaska.

MARCO Christens Its First

Refrigerated Seawater Trawler

Assistant Secretary for Mari- time Affairs Samuel B. Nemirow has announced the appointment of

Ronald L. Stone to the newly cre- ated post of Deputy Assistant Ad- ministrator for Maritime Aids (Trade). Mr. Stone will serve as the Assistant Administrator for

Maritime Aids' principal advisor on commercial trade, traffic, and all related Maritime Aid programs administered by the Maritime Ad- ministration. This position was created by a recent reorganiza- tion of the Office of the Assistant

Administrator for Maritime Aids,

Red Jacket Mines' giant, self-unloading sand barge Codrington, built at Wall Ship- yard, shown in New Orleans shortly before it left for the Caribbean.

Wall Shipyard Completes

Custom Sand Barge For RJM

Another first for MARCO Seat- tle was revealed recently with the christening of the fishing vessel

Storm Petrel. She is a refrigerated seawater, trawler/combination boat, MARCO's first to be design- ed and engineered principally as a trawler. The new vessel has an overall length of 123 feet, beam of 31 feet, and depth of 14 feet.

She was christened at Seattle's

Fishermen's Terminal by Mrs. El- va Schmidt, wife of the shipyard president.

According to MARCO president

Peter G. Schmidt, the boat was designed by MARCO's Naval Ar- chitecture Department, under the direction of vice president Bruce 0. Whittemore. Mr. Schmidt add- ed, however, that much of the credit for the new design goes to

George Fulton, the boat's owner/ skipper. "The Storm Petrel reflects

George's many years of experi- ence in fisheries around the world, as well as his survey of trawlers working in the Atlantic," Mr.

Schmidt said.

Propulsion power for the Storm

Petrel comes from a turbocharged and aftercooled Caterpillar D399-

TA diesel with a continuous rating of 1,125 bhp at 1,225 rpm, driving a 96-inch-diameter Coolidge stain- less-steel propeller through Reint- jes reduction/reversing gears, providing a normal service speed of 12 knots. Auxiliary power is provided by one Caterpillar and two Cummins diesel engines.

The vessel features a two-deck aluminum pilothouse above the raised deck. The bridge deck has a 360-degree field of vision, and contains an aft-facing hydraulic control console that includes trawl winch controls.

The new boat has a complete selection of electronics and other navigational aids, including two radars, two sonars, two depth sounders, Loran, and a variety of radios (see accompanying supplier list).

Much attention was given to net and fish handling space and equipment aboard the Storm Pe- trel, combining such features as the refrigerated seawater system designed by Stewart Roach, an

The recent arrival of the giant sand barge Codrington to unload her first cargo at the Jarry In- dustrial Zone on Guadeloupe mark- ed the beginning of a unique sand mining operation by Red Jacket

Mines, Ltd. (RJM), headquartered in St. John's, Antigua.

A key link in the operation is the Codrington, a custom-designed sand barge constructed at the

Wall Shipyard in New Orleans at a cost of more than one million dollars. The most innovative fea- ture of the barge is the unloading equipment; she is automated to be self-discharging at the rate of 500 tons per hour. The new unit is the first of a proposed fleet of special oceangoing barges for RJM.

Preparation for the project was a long and careful one, more than a year in the planning. RJM had already constructed a 1,000-foot loading dock on the south coast of

Barbuda. The tiny island is the only site in the Caribbean that pro- duces the particular kind of coral sand rated superior for use in construction. 'STORM PETREL' SUPPLIERS

Main engine: Caterpillar diesel model

D399TA, turbocharged and aftercooled.

Reduction gear: Reintjes two-speed hydraulic reversing.

Propeller: Coolidge 96-inch-diameter, four-blade, stainless steel.

Steering: Wagner hydraulic, model

T-19.

Auxiliary engines (3): Cummins models

KT1150GC and NT855GC, both turbo- charged; Caterpillar model 3304N.

Radars (2): Furuno FR1011 and

FR701.

Depth recorders (2): Furuno FW-GT22 and FUG-22.

Net recorder: Furuno FNR-700.

Sonars (2): C-Tech "Omni"; Wesmar

SS165-2400-FT.

Loran:: North Star 6000 with SLC Nav-

Pac.

Loran plotter: Epsco C-PInt II.

VHF radio: Raytheon 50A.

SSB radio: Northern N571, 150-watt.

Emergency radio: Northern N571, 100- watt.

Gyrocompass: Sperry SR-130.

Autopilot: Sperry 8T.

Intercom: Raytheon 350.

Wind speed indicator: Danforth-White.

Seawater circ. pumps (4): Crane/

Deming.

Motors for above (4): Lincoln.

Chiller barrels (20): General Refrigera- tion.

Compressors (2): Carrier.

Telescoping crane: Slattery, 12-ton.

Stern ramp: MARCO hydraulic articu- lating.

Ramp winches (2): Gearmatic.

Winches (10): MARCO W3000 (3),

W0600 (2), W0650 (3), WT303/40 (2).

Net reels (4): MARCO RT96S.

Motors for above (4): Hydrostar 525.

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