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Halter Delivers Two Crewboats

For Offshore Service In California alz & Krenzer Conveyor

Belt Doors Solve Problem

On New Keystone Collier

The collier now building at Gen- eral Dynamics, Quincy, Shipyard for Keystone Shipping and New

England Electric is a self-unload- er and the first coal burning and carrying vessel to be built in the

United States in 25 years.

Two 4-foot-wide continuous conveyor belts run the full length of the ship for unloading. To maintain watertight integrity of the four bulkheads through which the belts pass, challenging seal- ing problems arose.

The Walz & Krenzer patented conveyor belt door was selected because of its unique sealing characteristic. The door employs a floating rotating butterfly sec- tion between the load and return belts which was specifically de- signed to accommodate belt drift and provide adequate vertical clearances during unloading op- erations.

When the conveyor belt door is in the open position, generous vertical and side clearance are maintained, eliminating belt wear and damage in this area. No seal- ing gaskets are exposed to wear or damage during unloading op- erations.

All controls and operating gear are explosion proof.

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AmShip Toledo Yard

Awarded Winter Repair

Work On 3 Vessels

The American Ship Building

Company has been awarded win- ter repair work on three vessels managed by U.S.S. Great Lakes

Fleet Management Service, Inc.

The vessels will be repaired by

American Ship's AmShip Division at its Toledo shipyard. In early

July the unions at the AmShip shipyard in Toledo agreed to a new contract which contains lan- guage allowing for job flexibility similar to a contract at AmShip

Division's main American com- petitor.

Two identical 101-foot alumi- num crewboats, the Shawn (shown above) and Craig built by

Halter Marine, Inc. for J.P.M.

Ltd. of Ventura, Calif., are now serving Union 76 rigs in the Pa- cific off southern California.

The boats were purchased re- cently from Halter's in stock building program and were de- livered within 42 days of con- tract signing. They made a fault- less delivery voyage from New

Orleans through the Panama

Canal, up to their California base.

The trip was facilitated by the vessels' large 2,478-gallon fuel oil capacity.

A prominent feature of each vessel is the large 55 by 17-foot aft deck, which can carry up to 30 tons of cargo. This capacity coupled with the boats' ability to carry 55 passengers gives the vessels an unusually high payload for vessels this size.

The Shawn and Craig are each 101 feet 6 inches long, with a 21- foot 3-inch beam, and 9-foot 6- inch depth. Normal operating draft is 5 feet 6 inches. Each is powered by three Detroit Diesel 12v71TI engines developing 510 shp each at 2,100 rpm. They turn through Twin Disc MG514 reduc- tion gears of 2:1 ratio.

Both vessels are outfitted with

Decca 110 radars, Motorola SSB and VHF radios and Danforth compasses. The boats have ac- f

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