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sel is fitted with all the latest (Halon) automatic fire fighting and sprinkler systems from Wormald for maximum safety.

Built by Offshore Shipbuilding of Palatka, Fla., the 16-knot, 280- foot Grand Republic is the largest addition to McAllister Brothers' fleet.

Donald C. Hankin, Mc-

Allister's vice president of engi- neering, designed the vessel, and working drawings were provided by Bold Craft Engineering of

Jacksonville, Fla. In addition to carrying 1,000 passengers, eighty- five automobiles and/or a combi- nation of trucks and recreational vehicles, the Grand Republic is fit- ted out with a large cocktail area and bar as well as full restaurant facilities.

The main engines for the twin screw vessel are the newest model 3516 T.A. Caterpillar diesels, fit- ted with 5:1 Reintjes reduction gears, delivering 1,500 h.p. per shaft. Propellers are Columbian

Bronze 82-inch diameter four-blade stainless steel. Ships service gen- erators and the emergency gener- ator are also powered by Caterpil- lar diesels. The Grand Republic is equipped with a Schottel bow thruster with a 48-inch diameter propeller. This is powered by a 400 h.p. Caterpillar diesel through a

Twin Disc reduction gear. All of the above Caterpillar equipment plus the Tug Mate machinery monitoring system, and the air controls with Reintjes and WABCO components were supplied by the

H.O. Penn Machinery Company of

Armonk, N.Y. Steering equipment consists of an S.S.I. 4-station electric-hydraulic system. The

SKF O.K. shaft couplings were supplied by Bird Johnson. The shaft bearings were manufactured by Johnson Rubber and by Cooper

Bearing. Radars and VHF aboard the Grand Republic are by

Raytheon. The fathometer is from

Datamarine.

One hundred years ago P.T.

Barnum, of Ringling Brothers

Barnum & Bailey fame, started the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson

Steamboat Company by building the first steamboat to operate across Long Island Sound between

Bridgeport, Connecticut and Port

Jefferson. He would be surprised at the success of his small ferry line and at the size and grandure of its newest ferry.

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GRAND REPUBLIC

Major Suppliers

Main engines Caterpillar

Reduction gears Reintjes

Generators Caterpillar/Kato

Bow Thruster Schottel

Shaft bearings Johnson/Cooper

Shaft couplings SKF

Propellers Columbian Bronze

Machinery Monitoring System . . Tug Mate

Fire Protection System Wormald

Steering SSI

Pumps Viking/Goulds

Cathodic Protection Engelhard

Sewage Treatment Sigma-Chapman (Omnipure)

Air Controls Reintjes/WABCO

Radars Raytheon

VHF Raytheo

Fathometer Datamarine

Deck crane Alaska Marine (Slattery)

Deck capstans McElroy Machine

Anchor windlass McElroy Machine

Anchor Baldt

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THE NEW GRAND REPUBLIC RELIES ON

MARINE GEARS

Constructed by Offshore Shipbuilding of Palatka, Louisiana for the Bridgeport, Port

Jefferson Steamboat Company of Port Jefferson, New York, the 280-foot Grand

Republic is the largest addition to the fleet of McAllister Bros., Inc., parent corporation to the steamboat company.

Superior performance and long years of dependable service are designed into the

Grand Republic.

These same qualities made Reintjes Gears first choice. west coast •• \ Mr Richard J Todd ' Todd Marine. P O. Bo* 540

Snoqualmie. WA 98065 (2061 888 3859

Liii Scimci; Inc. 25 West Third Street. Kenner. LA 70062

Mailing address: P O Box 10055

New Orleans. LA 70181 • 1504) 469 4000

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Mr. Olof J Wadohn

Olof Wadehn Enterprises. Inc 30 Sheppard Ln . Huntington. NY 11743 [5161 692 4548

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