Award $12-Million Contract To Uniflite For Boats Used By Navy's Special Forces
The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a contract valued at $12.6 million to Uniflite, Inc., Bellingham, Wash., fiberglass boat manufacturer, for the construction of 38 trailerable 36-foot Seafox special warfare craft, according to James J. Doud Jr., Uniflite president.
The smallest combatant craft currently being built for the Navy, Seafox has been developed for use by the Navy's SEAL (sea, air, land) teams, the naval equivalent of the Army's Green Berets. SEAL teams are experts in underwater demolition, coastal raids, landing and evacuation of commandos, and similar warfare operations.
Constructed of fiberglass, these vessels are powered by a pair of Detroit Diesel 6V-92TA diesel engines rated at 450 hp each and outfitted with extensive communications and navigation equipment.
Seafox is designed to be carried in davits on large ships or airlifted in C-130 aircraft.
Included in the contract are especially designed trailers for land transport as well as provision of spare parts and logistics support services.
Uniflite developed the prototype Seafox under a 1977 Navy contract and is currently producing eight of the craft under a contract awarded in 1980. The new order for 38 boats is a multiyear agreement to meet 1981 and 1982 Navy requirements.
Read Award $12-Million Contract To Uniflite For Boats Used By Navy's Special Forces in Pdf, Flash or Html5 edition of December 1981 Maritime Reporter
Other stories from December 1981 issue
Content
- MarAd Approves Farrell Lines Ship Charter To Military Sealift Command page: 4
- 83 Vessel $3.4-Billion Program Planned By Japanese Shippers page: 4
- Veliotis Takes New Post With General Dynamics page: 4
- Petroterminal De Panama Selects EMH To Construct Tanker-Loading Buoys page: 6
- Name Peter West VP Of Transway Operations page: 6
- Sun Company, Levingston Sign Letter Of Intent For Pa. Shipyard Sale page: 6
- American Steamship Names D. Ward Fuller As Its Chief Operating Officer page: 6
- SNAME-Hampton Roads Hears Paper On Fuel Savings In Cargo Heating Systems page: 10
- Multipurpose Semisubmersible Built To Handle North Sea Emergencies page: 10
- Maher Expands Container Facility, To Install First Paceco Transtainers In N.Y. page: 15
- Kvaerner, Oy Navire To Merge Shipbuilding, Equipment Capabilities page: 15
- Baldt Inc. Develops New Abrasion-Resistant Chain —Brochure Available page: 15
- Kaiser Engineers Awarded Service Contract For Trident Sub Facilities page: 16
- SNAME Philadelphia Section Discusses Ship Design By Personal Computers page: 18
- M/V Europa Completes Sea Trials; Luxury Cruise Liner Filled With Many Environmental Safeguards page: 18
- Gulf Oil Announces Exec Assignments For Corporation And Divisions page: 18
- Award RCA $339 Million In Contracts For Navy's Aegis Weapon Systems page: 19
- Three Top Management Changes At Levingston page: 20
- Outstanding Vessels page: 22
- Largest U.S.-Built Hopper Dredge Launched At Avondale Shipyards page: 22
- ASNE Flagship Section Hears Paper On Engineering Costs And Risks page: 22
- DredgeMasters To Acquire Aquamarine Corporation page: 24
- Advanced Marine To Design New Ferryboat page: 24
- Newfoundland's Ocean Cargo Services Seen Expanding With Coming Offshore Oil Boom page: 24
- Soviets Plan Nuclear Powered Merchant Ship, To Be Completed By 1984 page: 25
- Spanish Shipbuilders Assoc. Publishes New Brochure —Copies Available page: 26
- Name John Malagraph General Manager Of Advanced Marine In N.Y. page: 26
- Shell To Provide Bunkering Service At Port Of Mobile —Literature Available page: 27
- Appoint Hession President Of Koehring Clyde, Whirley Crane Producer page: 27
- Name Parks President Of Farrell Lines page: 27
- Todd-Seattle Sponsors Marine Diesel Seminar page: 28
- Norcontrol To Install $3-Million Vessel Traffic System —Literature Available page: 28
- SNAME page: 36
- Moss Rosenberg Verft Develops Energy-Saving LNG Carrier page: 41
- $2.1-Million Title XI Guarantee For Tanker IGS And COW Retrofit page: 41
- SNAME New York Hears Paper On Marine Gas Chemists page: 42
- Utility Vessel M/V Lamnalco Mallard Delivered To Kuwait Service By HUDSHIP page: 42
- SNAME-New England, ASNE Hear Rear Adm. Beecher On Battleship Reactivation page: 42
- Allis-Chalmers Receives $6-Million M u d Pump Order From Wilson page: 43
- $1 -Billion Lube Oil Refinery To Be Constructed In Saudi Arabia page: 43
- Deliver 13th Supply Boat To Marsea Agencies Fleet, Plan Eight More For 1982 page: 48
- Paducah Marine Ways To Add Fab & Prop Shops page: 48
- Brown & Root Affiliate Awarded Pipeline Contract In Danish North Sea Area page: 50
- Maritime Safety Group Honors 12 Persons For Technical Presentations page: 50
- Award $12-Million Contract To Uniflite For Boats Used By Navy's Special Forces page: 53
- Hold Dedication And Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony At New Bell Halter Yard page: 53
- SNAME's Great Lakes And Rivers Section Meets At Universty Of Michigan page: 56
- Canadian Shipbuilders Group Sets Date For 1982 Conference page: 56
- Sperry Introduces New Ship Control System —Literature Available page: 57
- St. Louis Ship Announces Management Appointments At Engine Repair Division page: 58
- New Brochure Describes Allied Water/SweetWater R/O Water Maker page: 58
- Papers On Containerships, Bulkers Presented By SNAME California Sections page: 60
- Submarine LNG Carrier Proposed By General Dynamics For Arctic Regions page: 60
- Joseph Lykes To Retire As Head Of Lykes Steamship; James Amoss To Be CEO page: 69
- Student Papers Meeting Held By SNAME New England Section page: 69
- Coast Guard Proposes Maneuvering Standards For U.S.-Flag Vessels page: 70
- MSC Accepts Third Sea-Land Containership page: 70
- Commission Destroyer USS Scott Third Ship In A New Class page: 81
- Nuclear Attack Submarine La Jolla Commissioned At New London page: 81
- Bergeron Delivers 160-Foot Tank Barge Tide Mar 34 To Tidewater Marine page: 87
- Kings Craft Delivers Matmar Drill III, Third Of Four Crewboats From Yard page: 87
