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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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A new line of inwater cleaning semi-automatic equipment for ship hulls

Phosmarine BRUSH-KART

BRUSH KART is a hydraullcally powered brushing unit, fitted with three rotary sucking brushes. Cleaning proceeds by 4 ft. (1.20m) wide stripes at an operating speed of 33.44 yds (30.40m) both on vertical walls and flat bottoms. VLCCs can be cleaned within five to six hours during unloading, but only one diver who steers the Kail, effortless and with sufficient visibility. The driving of the Kart requires only a few hours training of the operator, BRUSH KART is extremely robust and requires very limited maintenance. It ensures a high quality cleaning which spares the prgtective coatings.

BRUSH KART is currently in use with the U.S. Navy and the NATO Navy. 4 Maritime Reporter/Engiineering News