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Japan, the Irish Sea, English

Channel, and the Canary Islands.

Boeing Marine Systems has also delivered the first of five larger patrol hydrofoil missileships (PHMs) to the U.S. Navy. The

PHMs are equipped with Harpoon missiles and a rapid-fire 76-mm cannon which, in combination with the speed, agility, and rough water performance of the ship, provide exceptional effectiveness in strike, patrol and surveillance missions. Designed for all-weath- er operations, PHM's fully sub- merged foil system permits the ship to operate in heavy seas with stability normally available only in much larger ships.

Northern Radio Announces

New HF/SSB Transceiver-

Literature Available

Northern Radio announces the recent introduction of the Model

N-860 Scanning, synthesized HF/

SSB transceiver.

The new Model N-860, FCC type accepted, is said to be the first

Scanning HF/SSB transceiver to be made available to the U.S. market. It features 200 field pro- grammable and selectable sim- plex/duplex channels, of which any number may be selected for scanning.

This is in addition to North- ern's other standard features: 130,000 synthesized frequencies from 1.6 to 18 MHz—all of which (simplex or semi-duplex) are eas- ily selectable by means of front panel thumbwheel switches; mi- croprocessor controlled; all ITU- designated frequencies to 18 MHz stored in permanent memory for simple recall; 150 watts PEP; speech processor that transmits a whisper at full rated power; automatic syllabic squelch; and much, much more.

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Mobile Workover Unit

Houtech II Christened At

Beth Steel's Beaumont Yard

Houtech Energy Inc. of Hous- ton, and Bethlehem Steel Corpo- ration's Beaumont shipyard re- cently commissioned a 73-foot wa- ter depth mobile offshore work- over unit.

The rig was christened Hou- tech II by its sponsor, Mrs. Rich- ard M. Kleberg III, wife of the managing director of SFD Invest- ments. It is the second mobile workover rig to be built by the

Beaumont yard for Houtech.

Houtech II is a mat-supported jackup designed primarily for off- shore workover operations. It features a self-contained propul- sion system plus a cantilevered substructure. The latter offers the capability of being able to posi- tion the rotary table over exist- ing offshore production platforms.

On location, the rig has a total variable load capacity of 400,000 pounds, which includes a maxi- mum hook or rotary plus set- back loading of 295,000 pounds.

The rig has a maximum canti- lever reach of 25 feet with a sub- structure load capacity of 245,000 pounds at the rig centerline. 4

The commissioning of this multimillion-dollar rig concludes nearly nine months of construc- tion and outfitting in the Beau- mont yard. The rig is scheduled to operate in the Gulf of Mexico for AMOCO Production Company.

Houtech II was designed and built to the Rules of the Ameri- can Bureau of Shipping for the construction of mobile offshore drilling units. The rig consists of a platform measuring 115 feet by 74 feet supported by three 4.5- foot-diameter columns fixed to a steel barge-like mat that is 110 feet by 84 feet.

While in 73-foot water depths, the rig can withstand 70-knot winds and 26-foot seas. During hurricane season and while lo- cated in waters of up to 50 feet, the Houtech II can withstand 100-knot winds and 30-foot seas.

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