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model FAX 143, and a broad as- sortment of radio communica- tions equipment.

A helicopter rides on the pad located on the wheelhouse top. A private stateroom is provided for the pilot and his mechanic, who also have a workroom on the boat deck.

Five outboard chase boats are stored on both the boat deck and the upper deck. The diesel pow- ered skiffs are from Mauricio &

Sons, San Diego.

The Deolinda is also fitted with a Red Fox model 750M sanitation system.

The vessel is equipped to stay at sea for as long as three months. Burton expects delivery of the fourth tuna vessel, the

Lone Wolf, to be in May 1982.

EMD-powered Deolind

Burton Shipyard, Inc., Port

Arthur, Texas, recently delivered the 224-foot tuna vessel Deolinda.

The steel-hulled tuna purse seiner is the third of a seven-vessel con- tract awarded to Burton by Van

Camp Sea Food Co., a division of

Ralston Purina Co., and is jointly owned by Van Camp and Capt.

Ray Medeiros. The purse seiner will operate primarily with the

Pacific fleet, docked in San Diego,

Calif., and will fish the Pacific

Ocean for skipjack and yellowfin tuna.

The Deolinda measures 42 feet wide, with an 18-foot draft, and cruises at 16 knots. The vessel is designed to operate with a crew of 21, and is capable of carrying a 1,200 short-ton pay- load of frozen tuna.

The Deolinda will travel

Conversion work has begun that will turn the USS Intrepid into a floating museum for the

Intrepid Museum Foundation.

Upon completion of the con- version work at Bethlehem Steel's

Hoboken, N.J., yard, the aircraft carrier will be towed to the Hud- son River at 46th Street in New

York City, where the various ex- hibits will be added.

Floats to moor her properly while at Bayonne and access for shore cranes were installed im- mediately upon the Intrepid's ar- rival. Bethlehem will provide shore-based electrical power, air, and other industrial needs to per- form the conversion.

Richard E. Blackinton, general manager of the Hoboken yard, said: "To complete the job on time, we developed a comprehen- sive production schedule before the contract was awarded. We drew upon the talents of many employees and the resources of our production, estimating, plan- ning and engineering depart- ments. With help from the In- trepid Museum Foundation, we have a sound, economical plan to carry out the program."

Burton Delivers 224-Foot Seiner,

Third Of Seven For Van Camp ture and was engineered by John

J. McMullen Associates. Fishing gear and hydraulic equipment are by Marco and include a model

WS444 purse seine winch and the

Puretic power block model B56- 61990-185. A Whaley model B- 102-H hydraulic ring stripper is also provided.

The ammonia systems utilize

Vilter components, subcontracted by Refrigeration Systems of New

Orleans, La.

Navigational aid and commu- nications equipment consist of a

Magnavox 1102 satnav receiver,

Furuno FRJ-100 and DRA-1064 radars, FE812 depth sounder,

FDK-245 ADF and scanning so- nar. Other nav/com gear includes

Sperry MK 37 gyrocompass, gy- ropilot, Furuno weather recorder la on way to sea trials. through the Panama Canal and into the Pacific, fishing the east- ern Pacific waters before being introduced to the San Diego tuna fishing community.

The new tuna seiner is pro- pelled by a turbocharged EMD marine diesel engine developing 3,600 shp at 900 rpm. The 20- cylinder engine drives a 132- inch-diameter, five-blade stain- less-steel propeller, built by Avon- dale, through a Falk 5.033:1 re- duction/reversing gear. Shaft speed development is rated at 179 rpm. Auxiliary power for the vessel is provided by three Cater- pillar D-353 TA diesels with 300- kW Kato brushless generators.

The ship's bow thruster is a Bird

Johnson model 10/35/FP with direct Caterpillar drive.

A passive stabilizer has been incorporated into the hull struc-

Beth Steel's Hoboken Yard Converting

Carrier Intrepid To Naval Museum

The USS Intrepid arrived recently at the Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne,

N.J., to be converted into a floating museum. Bethlehem Steel Corporation's ship- yard at Hoboken, N.J., which operates extensive ship repair facilities at the MOT, is doing the conversion work. Upon completion, the Intrepid will be towed to New

York City (Hudson River at 46th Street), where various exhibits will be added.

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