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Tacoma Boat $20-Million

Debentures To Finance

Expansion Program

Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Ta- coma, Wash., announced it is of- fering $20 million of 10% percent convertible subordinated deben- tures due 2001 through an under- writing group managed by Bear,

Stearns & Co.

The debentures are convertible into Tacoma Boatbuilding com- mon stock at $20% per share.

Proceeds from the sale will be used for facility expansion, the repayment of debt, and for work- ing capital purposes. Of this amount, approximately $8 million will be used to acquire a floating drydock and approximately $5 million will be used to expand one of the company's shipyards and its machine shop. This facility expansion is intended to permit the company to construct larger ships and offshore oil drilling rigs, to increase ship repair work ca- pacity, and reduce use of sub- contracted facilities.

The company is engaged in the design, construction and repair of marine vessels at three ship- yards in Tacoma. The company currently is constructing four patrol chasers for a foreign gov- ernment, four medium endurance cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard, and 12 ocean surveillance craft for the U.S. Navy.

For the private sector, Tacoma

Boat is doing overhauls of the

Alaska State ferry Taku and the

Washington State ferry Klickitat, is constructing three petroleum barges, and has recently received a contract to build a tuna seiner for a foreign buyer.

The company also designs and constructs offshore supply boats, semisubmersible oil drilling rigs, and large commercial fishing ves- sels.

Newport News Receives $74-Million Contract

For Submarine Work

Newport News Shipbuilding,

Newport News, Va., has been awarded a $74,460,296 modifica- tion to a previously awarded cost plus incentive fee contract for alteration, repair, refueling, and testing of the Fleet ballistic mis- sile submarine USS Lewis and

Clark (SSBN-644). The Naval Sea

Systems Command is the con- tracting activity.

John G. Smith Promoted

To General Manager Of

Krupp Atlas Electronik

John G. Smith has been pro- moted to general manager of

Krupp Atlas Elektronik U.S.A.

For the past year he has served as regional sales manager for the

East and Gulf Coasts.

John G. Smith

Krupp Atlas Elektronik is a leading marine electronics manu- facturer based in Bremen, West

Germany. The Krupp Atlas prod- uct line is commercial in nature catering to the merchant marine, fishing, and survey industries.

Prior to joining Krupp Atlas,

Mr. Smith was employed by ITT

Decca Marine from 1974 until 1980. He held several positions both technical and marketing, the last position being director of marketing services. Prior to this he was employed as a senior sales correspondent with International

B.F. Goodrich in New York City.

Mr. Smith has a B.A. degree from St. Peter's College and a master's degree in business ad- ministration from Fordham Uni- versity. He served in the U.S.

Army for two years as an armor commander.

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