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Rugged JOY ship/shore connector is designed and qualified in accordance with MIL-C-24368.

Built to withstand rain, humidity, salt spray, sunlight, frost, ice and other harsh operating conditions, JOY ship/shore connectors provide safe, easy connect and disconnect for shore generated power.

This three-phase connector comes with an optional built-in power shut-off switch. It exceeds

MIL-C-24368 in both the properly mated and unmated conditions.

Designed to prevent contact misalignment, the JOY receptacle uses a strain relief with an interlocking safety switch and for added strength it is built with a reinforced ribbing.

Contacts have a low insertion force, short engaging distance and low contact resistance, making connection and disconnection quick and easy.

Available in molded-to-cable or field attach- able plug and receptacle. It fits 400 or 500 MCM cables and has a current rating up to 500 amperes. For more information contact Joy

Manufacturing Company, Electrical Products,

LaGrange, North Carolina 28551.

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Norshipco To Overhaul

Navy LSD Under $14.9-Million Contract

Norfolk Shipbuilding and Dry- dock Corporation, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $14,934,000 for- mally advertised, firm fixed price contract for the regularly sched- uled overhaul of the dock landing ship USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32).

The Supervisor of Shipbuilding,

Conversion and Repair, USN,

Portsmouth, Va., is the contract- ing activity. (N62678-76-C-0036)

MarAd Approves Title XI

On Two Jackup Vessels

To Cost $20.6 Million Total

The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an ap- plication by Houtech Limited I,

Houston, for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construc- tion of two jackup offshore work- over and drilling vessels.

The rigs are mat-supported and capable of drilling in water up to 73 feet deep. They will be oper- ated primarily in the Gulf of Mex- ico. The builder, Bethlehem Steel

Corporation, Beaumont, Texas, expects to deliver both vessels by next November.

The total Title XI guarantee for the two vessels covers $20,- 600,000, or slightly less than the allowable 75 percent of their $28,- 176,000 combined estimated cost.

New Edition Of Rules

For Steel Vessels Now

Available From ABS

The American Bureau of Ship- ping (ABS) has just published the 1981 edition of Rules for

Building and Classing Steel Ves- sels. The Rules covered in the vol- ume are applicable to steel vessels of 200 feet (61 meters) and over in length. The new edition in- cludes revisions to requirements for fire extinguishing systems and additional requirements for emergency sources of power to bring the Rules in line with the

International Convention for

Safety of Life at Sea 1974, which went into force May 25, 1980.

The 1981 edition costs $30 in the United States. Orders may be placed with the Book Order Sec- tion, American Bureau of Ship- ping, 65 Broadway, New York,

N.Y. 10006, or from local ABS offices in the U.S. and overseas. co.

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