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No. 24 Volume 43

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Pascagoula, Miss.

Hudship's First 185' Supply

Vessel Delivered to

GulfFleet Marine

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Post Conference Report 89th SNAME Annual Meeting

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Award $2.7 Million Repair

Contract To Todd Yard

For Dredge Overhaul

The U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers, New Orleans District, has awarded a $2,781,904 contract to

Todd Shipyards Corp., Galveston,

Texas, for drydocking and repair- ing the Corps' dredge Langfitt.

The Corps uses the vessel princi- pally on the Mississippi River channel, the Mississippi River-

Gulf Outlet, and the Calcasieu

Bar Channel to maintain a deep- draft navigation channel for oceangoing vessels.

Veliotis Takes New Post

With General Dynamics

P. Takis Veliotis has been des- ignated executive vice president- marine and international opera- tions of General Dynamics Corp., according to a recent announce- ment by David S. Lewis, chair- man and chief executive officer.

The post, according to Mr. Lewis, is a new one that includes re- sponsibility for the organization's shipbuilding and major corpora- tive expansion.

Mr. Veliotis, who joined Gen- eral Dynamics in 1973 as presi- dent and general manager of the company's Quincy Shipbuilding

Division, has most recently been general manager of the Electric

Boat Division. He will be suc- ceeded as general manager at

Electric Boat by Fritz G. Tovar, who has been general manager of Electric Boat's Quonset Point,

R.I., facility. Mr. Tovar will be succeeded by William W. Bennet who has been assistant general manager at Quonset Point. 107 EAST 31st STREET

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UDSHIP

We've added the 185 foot and the 203 foot tug/supply vessels to our line of quality boats.

It's what you've demanded from us and what we can deliver.

At our new seventeen acre shipyard we're building larger vessels for our old friends and some new friends too.

THE 185 FOOT

CHARACTERISTICS

Length overall 185'

Beam 40

Depth 14'

Design water line 10'

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