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Thomas Marine, Inc. is located at 37 Bransford Street, Patch- ogue, N.Y., 11772. The company- is a well-known builder of custom aluminum fishing boats, work- boats, and patrol boats and is fully equipped to provide own- ers with custom craft to meet any particular requirement.

For full information on vessels constructed by Thomas Marine and services offered,

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PATROL BOATS

Major Suppliers

Main Propulsion Cummins

Reduction Gears Twin Disc

Propellers Federal

Shafts Armco, Aquamet

Bearings Johnson Duramax

Generators Load Master

Panels Kes, Inc.

Engine controls Morse

Steering Hynautic Hydraulic

Fire pumps Jacuzzi

Pump engine Yanmar

Keel coolers Thomas Marine

Radar Furuno

VHF Regency

Depth Sounder Raytheon

Coatings International Paint fire pump that may also be used to pump out a sinking boat. Both of the boats have been designed for all weather use, and will pa- trol the north and south shores of Long Island in winter and summer.

The boats measure 38 feet long, with a beam of 12 feet 6 inches and a draft of 40 inches.

Each boat is powered by two

Cummins model V555 engines rated at 215 hp each, producing a cruising speed of 20 knots and a dash speed of more than 22 knots. The engines drive 24-inch, three-blade Federal propellers through Twin Disc 2.47:1 reduc- tion gears. The craft are fitted with keel coolers designed and fabricated by Thomas Marine.

The fire-fighting system con- sists of a 3-inch Jacuzzi pump driven by a three-cylinder, 25-hp

Yanmar diesel engine producing 250 gpm at 125 psi.

The hull was designed by

Thomas Marine and features a full keel which extends below the prop tip.

Twin diesel patrol boats for the Suffolk County, N.Y., police department are pow- ered by Cummins V555 engines.

Thomas Marine Delivers Two 38-Foot Police Patrol Boats Todd Pacific Delivers

Thomas Marine, Inc. of Patch- ogue, N.Y., recently delivered two aluminum patrol and rescue boats to the Suffolk County Police Ma- rine Bureau, Great River, N.Y.

The vessels are the first to be specifically designed and built for the police — previously, the de- partment procured stock boats.

The crews made considerable in- put into the special features,

Thomas Marine officials noted.

The new boats are equipped with stern rescue platforms, stern doors, keel cooling, with dry ex- haust systems, lifting booms, tow bitts, window defrosters, cabin heat, and bunks to accommodate the injured. The boats are equipped with a diesel-powered

Guided Missile Frigate

Reid To The U.S. Navy

The Guided Missile Frigate

Reid (FFG-30) was delivered on

December 20, 1982, to the U.S.

Navy by the Los Angeles Divi- sion of Todd Pacific Shipyards

Corporation five weeks ahead of contract schedule and below budg- et parameters, it was announced by L.M. Thorell, vice president and general manager of the di- vision.

Reid is the eighth in the se- ries of 17 frigates currently un- der contract at the Los Angeles

Division, all of which have been delivered on or ahead of schedule and within budget. Of particular significance, it was noted by the

Navy's Board of Inspection and

Survey (INSURV-PAC) during the Reid's recent acceptance sea trials, performance of the ship's main propulsion plant, sonar and

Mk 92 fire control long-range ac- quisition capabilities were con- sidered the best observed to date by the board.

Reid, which is the fourth FFG to be delivered by Todd Los An- geles in 1982, is scheduled to be commissioned on March 12, 1983, at which time she will officially join the Fleet.

Todd Shipyards Corporation, the nation's largest independent shipbuilding company, operates other yards in or near Seattle,

San Francisco, Houston, Galves- ton, New Orleans and Brooklyn.

Triple A. Machine Awarded $22-Million Contract For

Repairs To USS Enterprise

Triple A. Machine Shop, Hunt- ers Point, San Francisco, Calif., has been awarded a $22,051,130 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to re- pair and modernize the USS En- terprise (CVN 65) with an option for the repair and modernization of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). The work will be performed at the Naval Air Station, Ala- meda, Calif. The Naval Sea Sys- tems Command, Washington,

D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-83-C-8527). •HjL'Irh'ilrJ

Shiprepairs at BALBOA, Panama 3 DKYDOCKS tor ships up to 60.000 dwt

APART ADO 412 - BALBOA, AN COM - PANAMA RP

Telephone : 22.05.60

Telex : 3595 AS Balboa PG

Representative in LT.S.A.:

JACKSON MARINE CORPORATION

Mr. Robert M. Catharine 17 Battery Place

NEW YORK. N.Y. 10004

Tel. (212) 269-0937 Telex ITT 423 175 269-0930 WU 640 164

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