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The fall meeting of the Great

Lakes and Great Rivers Section of The Society of Naval Archi- tects and Marine Engineers was held recently at the Kahler Motel,

Hibbing, Minn. Total attendance was 80 members and guests.

During the technical session, slides and detailed explanations were provided under the title, "The Hibbing Taconite Company

Story," by Bruce W. Stunkard, assisted by Steven Zietler, both of Hibbing Taconite Company.

The second paper presented was given by Joseph E. Burns, entitled "Burlington Northern — Linking

Hibbing Taconite and the Lakes."

Following the customary lunch- eon and reception, a tour was made of the Hibbing Taconite fa- cility, from the mining area of the taconite rock through the crushers and various other oper- ations, to completion of the fin- ished process of completed taco- nite pellets.

The winter meeting of the sec-

The latest delivery made by Del- aware Marine & Manufacturing

Company is the stern trawler

American Eagle, built for Jack and Adele Daab of Howard Beach,

N.Y. The new vessel is 78 feet tion has been scheduled for Thurs- day, January 22, 1981, at the

Pittsburgh Hilton at Gateway

Center in Pittsburgh. overall, with a 23-foot beam and 9-foot 5-inch draft fully loaded.

The hull is plated with A-36 grade steel 5/16-inch thick, while the main deck is ^-inch steel. The en- tire vessel is transversely framed with 3-inch by 2-inch by 14-inch angles on 21-inch centers. In ad- dition to the vessel's four main transverse watertight bulkheads, web frames were placed at inter- vals for additional strength. "The hull lines of the vessel were developed carefully to pro- duce a form that would be both easily driven and highly sea- worthy," according to the Amer- ican Eagle's designer Richard

Taubler, who is president of Del- aware Marine. The resulting ves- sel proved to be just that — sea- worthy, stable, and economical to operate. Her top speed, fully loaded, is 13 knots.

The vessel is powered by a pair of Cummins KT-1150-M marine diesel engines, which also drive three hydraulic pumps by means of power take-offs. Each main en- gine develops 365 bhp at 1,800 rpm, and drives a 60-inch by 52- inch, three-blade bronze propeller on a 4-inch-diameter stainless- steel shaft through a 6:1 Twin

Disc MG-514 reverse / reduction gear. Two John Deere/Lima gen- erator sets developing 30 kw each were installed for auxiliary power.

Deck machinery consists of two

Stroudsburg Engine Works model 1278 S.D. winches, and a yard- fabricated gallows frame and hy- o-w-s stands for OILY WATER SEPARATOR

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SNAME Lakes/Rivers Section

Fall Meeting Held In Minnesota

Authors and officers at fall meeting of SNAME Great Lakes and Great Rivers Sec- tion (seated, L to R): authors Bruce W. Stunkard and Joseph E. Burns. Standing (L to R): Thomas J. Stewart, section vice chairman, Great Lakes; Ian D. Sharp, papers chairman; John P. Colletti, section chairman; and John O. Greenwood, section representative, and public relations chairman.

Stern trawler American Eagle, built by Delaware Marine & Manufacturing for Jack and Adele Daab, is powered by twin Cummins diesels with total output of 730 bhp.

Delaware Marine's Latest Delivery

Is Stern Trawler "American Eagle7

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