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Omnithruster
More Than Just
A Bow Thruster • Thrusts Underway > Thrusts While Pitching % No Reversing Impeller to Change Directions » Minimum Buoyancy Loss > Smaller Hull Penetration > Fuel Savings
OMNITHRUSTER DOES IT ALL!
Thrusts with nozzles out of water in rough seas: vertical systems only.
No protrusions ... no change in hull shape.
Small nozzles reduce drag . . . save fuel and passage time.
Easily retrofitted.
Micro Processor Control
System, Model 1200A . . with gyro input . . . holds vessel's heading. System also accepts compatible
NAV AIDS fore alt and slow speed propulsion and positioning.
MODULAR THRUSTER SYSTEM.
OMNITHRUSTER ship control systems* utilize individual module thrusters of up to 1000 HP in any combination to produce desired forward or lateral net thrust. Prime movers for the
Modular Thruster System may be electric, hydraulic or diesel powered in conjunction with manual/automatic or integrated control networks
ADVANTAGES FOR LARGE VESSELS... • Incremental Thrust Capability • Multiple Module Reliability • Ease of Installation... Retrofit • Minimum Maintenance
Write for: OMNITHRUSTER Modular System
Technical Data Bulletin XX
PV950 800HP
MODULE THRUSTER 'Covered by U b Patents;
Foreign Patents Pending
OMNITHRUSTER INC. 15418 Comet Avenue, Dept. 31-DB1
Santa Fe Springs, California 90670 213/802-1818 Telex 194265 OMNI SFES
Cable Address Omnithrust
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Tidelands Limited IV Asks
Title XI On Jackup Rig
To Cost $33 Million
Tidelands Limited IV, Houston, has applied to the Maritime Ad- ministration for a Title XI guar- antee to aid in financing the con- struction of a nonself-propelled jackup drilling rig to be operated in the Gulf of Mexico.
Bethlehem Steel Corp.'s Spar- rows Point, Md., yard has been proposed to build the rig, with delivery scheduled for May 1982.
The requested guarantee is for $24,500,000, or approximately 75 percent of the $33,130,000 esti- mated cost of the rig.
United States Cruises
Acquires Title To
SS 'United States'
United States Cruises, Inc. (USCI), Seattle, Wash., has made the final $3-million payment for the purchase of the passenger ship United States, and received title to the vessel from the Com- merce Department's Maritime Ad- ministration (MarAd). USCI pre- sented MarAd with an irrevocable letter of credit for $3 million, and subsequently electronically trans- ferred the funds from its Seattle bank to the United States govern- ment account. It also gave MarAd a check for $24,977.60 to cover all unpaid out-of-pocket expenses for the care of the ship through
March 21.
The United States was built for
United States Lines in 1952 by
Newport News Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Company. It operated in trans-Atlantic service until it was laid up in Norfolk, Va., in 1969. It was purchased by MarAd in 1973 under the Passenger Ship
Sales Act. The government in- vited bids for the sale of the ship four times over the years, but never received any considered re- sponsive to the terms of its offer- ings. In September 1978, MarAd accepted an offer from USCI to buy the vessel for $5 million. The company proposed to refurbish the vessel to provide cruise serv- ice between Los Angeles/San
Francisco and Hawaii, and among the Hawaiian Islands.
USCI previously paid deposits totaling $2 million toward the $5-million purchase price, and has been responsible for paying actual out-of-pocket costs for re- taining the United States at its berth at Norfolk International
Terminal.
PULLPAC
SAVES
ENERPftC ' tZTi 10 Ton Pullpac with
Clevis Eyes
BRP-106C 10 Ton
Pullpack Cylinder •»-
BRC-106
ENERPAC BRP-106L
TIME AND LABOR
The NEW 10 TON PULLPAC from ENERPAC is designed to
replace conventional turnbuckles and screw jacks to pull
plates, subassemblies and other structural members together
prior to welding. PULLPAC joins two sections of plates with
speed and ease.
The lightweight and portable 10 ton PULLPAC has a 6"
stroke and is available in three styles for specific appli-
cations. PULLPAC CYLINDERS also come in 30, 55 and 100
ton capacities.
For specifications on all models, send for NEW Hydraulic
Tool catalog. Write ENERPAC. Butler, Wl 53007.
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Every •PHOSMARIN' equipment is manufactured in France only
FRANCE NORWAY GREECE HONG KONG BELGIUM GIBRALTAR
SPAIN ITALY SINGAPORE PHILIPPINES U S A NOVOROSSISK
ODESSA SHARJAH DUBAI JAPAN CHILE CANARY ISLANDS
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE APPLY TO:
PH0CEENNE S/MARINE SERVICE - PHOSMARIN EQUIPEMEIMT
21. BOUl DE PARIS - 13002 MARSEILLE (FRANCE) - TELEX 401826 PH0SKIAR
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for ship hulls
Phosmarine BRUSH-KART
BRUSH KART is a hydraullcally powered brushing unit,
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BRUSH KART is currently in use with the U.S. Navy
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