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Petro Marine Services

To Build $25-Million

Shipyard In Alaska

After 3y2 years of site selec- tion and planning, Petro Marine

Services, Inc. is starting construc- tion of a $25-million shipyard and petroleum service industry sup- port facility in Valdez, Alaska.

The firm recently concluded ar- rangements with the City of Val- dez for a 99-year lease of some 88.7 acres of land at the former townsite of Valdez, fronting Val- dez arm. Confirmation of nominal lease was the last step before final approval of Petro Marine's construction financing, which is being arranged through William

L. Lange and Associates of An- chorage.

The facility, to serve the state's commercial fishing industry, oil industry, and yachtsmen, is to be constructed in phases. It is to total some $25 million in value when all phases are completed in about five years, said Petro Ma- rine officials. The $8-million Phase

I of the facility is planned to be operational before summer's end of this year. It is to include 12 interrelated shops.

Phase I of the project also in- cludes a pier and wharf, with a marine lift to haul vessels of up to 100 dwt. To be built in Phase

II is a takeout way and rail sys- tem for vessels of up to 2,500 dwt.

Principal participants in Petro

Marine include president and chairman of the board Robert

Wade Robinson II; senior vice president Robert W. Robinson Sr., formerly of Pan American Petro- leum Corporation as an engineer- ing group supervisor, and the for- mer Alaska general superintend- ent of Cook Inlet for Amoco. Sec- retary treasurer of the company and financial consultant is Doug

Hall. David Rackley is general manager; he formerly worked at the Puget Sound Naval Ship- yard's instrumentation facility.

Leon Ryder Joins

Tracor Marine As

Head Salvage Master

Leon Ryder

Leon Ryder has joined Tracor

Marine, Inc., Fort Lauderdale,

Fla., as head salvage master.

Tracor Marine has performed sev- eral marine salvage operations in its 21-year history; however, Mr.

Ryder's addition signifies a com- mitment to maintaining a small nucleus of full-time salvage peo- ple that will be able to draw on the resources of the shipyard and

Ocean Technology Divisions for major salvage operations.

Mr. Ryder, who will be based in Tracor Marine's Norfolk of- fice, served in the U.S. Navy as a master diver and salvage officer for more than 30 years and came to Tracor Marine from NBC Lines, where he was the company's port captain.

New Data Bulletin

Describes Armco

NI-COP Alloy Steel

A new, 12-page product data bulletin outlines complete infor- mation on Armco NI-COP alloy steel, a precipitation-hardening steel with a very low carbon con- tent. Copper is the primary pre- cipitation-strengthening element in NI-COP. Currently produced as plates, wide flange shapes, and semi-finished billets, NI-COP is said to have high strength, duc- tility, toughness, formability, weldability, and resistance to at- mospheric corrosion.

The booklet covers specifica- tions, forms, chemical composi- tion, mechanical properties, heat treatment, the precipitation-hard- ening process, data on submerged and gas metal arc welding of NI-

COP, and fabrication.

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