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Robert W. Sanders, vice president, Turecamo Coastal & Harbor Towing Corporation, outgoing chairman; Daniel B. Curll III, Association president; and Anthony J.

McAllister Jr., president, McAllister Towing and Transportation Company, the new chairman.

Anthony McAllister Jr. Elected Chairman

Of New York Towboat Association

Artist's rendering of one of six new "LCAC" (Landing Craft, Air Cushion) Bell Aero- space Textron will design and build for Navy. In background, another LCAC maneu- vers its 47-ft.-wide beam into 48-ft. well deck of a Landing Ship Dock (LSD). $172-Million Navy Order To Bell

For New Type Landing Craft

Anthony J. McAllister Jr. was elected chairman of the New York

Towboat and Harbor Carriers As- sociation at its recent annual meeting. Mr. McAllister succeeds

Robert W. Sanders, vice presi- dent, Turecamo Coastal & Harbor

Towing Corporation.

The Association represents the interests of the tug and barge industry operating in the Port of

New York/New Jersey. Its mem- bers are responsible for the trans- portation of petroleum, petroleum products, other bulk commodities, and containers by water.

Mr. McAllister is the president of McAllister Towing and Trans- portation Company, Inc. and the great grandson of the company's founder. He is a graduate of the

New York State Maritime Col- lege, served in the Navy, and has held the jobs of deckhand and mate aboard McAllister tugs.

In 1958, Mr. McAllister was ap- pointed assistant manager of the

Philadelphia division of McAl- lister Bros., Inc., and in 1970 was made a vice president of the cor- poration. In 1974, he became a part owner of McAllister Towing and Transportation Company, the parent company, and in 1980 was elected as its president.

At the Association's meeting,

Daniel B. Curll III was reelected president, Virginia M. Thomas was reelected treasurer, and

Thomas F. Horan was reelected secretary.

Bell Aerospace Textron, head- quartered near Niagara Falls,

N.Y., has won a $40-million U.S.

Navy contract for the detailed design and long lead materials for a new type of amphibious landing craft. Announcement was made by Norton C. Willcox, Bell president.

The contract contains two op- tions for later production of six "LCAC" (Landing Craft, Air

Cushion), one option for $81 mil- lion, the other for $51 million, for a total contract value of $172 mil- lion.

Mr. Willcox expects additional production contracts will follow.

He predicts, "The craft will vastly improve the ship-to-shore capability the Navy must have

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What makes the LCAC unique, according to Mr. Willcox, is that it is supported on a pressurized cushion of air and travels at much higher speeds than is presently possible with current conventional landing craft.

Being amphibious, the craft can operate independently of tides, water depth, underwater obsta- cles, and beach gradients. It can transport equipment, personnel, and weapon systems (including the main battle tank) from well decks of support ships located over the horizon to the beach at speeds up to 50 knots (56 mph).

Its payload will be 60 short tons with an overload capacity of 75 short tons.

The Naval Sea Systems Com- mand awarded Bell a contract to design, build and test a prototype in 1971. This craft, known as the

JEFF (B), was built by Bell's New

Orleans Operations and has been in intensive test since July 28, 1978, at Bell's Test and Training

Facility at the Naval Coastal

Systems Laboratory, Panama

City, Fla. The current contract is an outgrowth of Bell's 10-year development program for the

Navy which is aimed at revolu- tionizing American amphibious warfare.

Like the JEFF(B), the new craft will be 87 feet long and 47 feet wide, and it will be powered by jet engines.

The major work on the new craft will be performed at Bell's

New Orleans Operations. John J.

Kelly is vice president and gen- eral manager of the facility.

This is the second major con- tract for amphibious landing craft awarded to Bell Aerospace by the military in recent years. Bell be- gan producing 12 "LACV-30" (Lighter, Amphibian Air Cushion

Vehicle—30-ton payload) for the

U.S. Army Military Equipment

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