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SOLD Through your CHANDLER 99.99 + % pure ZINC

For

Cathodic

Protection

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Anodes • Bars • Circles • Rings • Rods IN STOCK

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Call (212) 925-2170

FOR FAST DELIVERY

REFRIGERATION

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Blount Marine Delivers

Star of Chicago

To Star Line Corporation

The Star of Chicago, built by Blount Marine and powered by

GM 12V-71 engines.

Blount Marine Corporation of Warren, R.I., announced the delivery of the 150-foot by 35- foot Star of Chicago to Star Line Corporation of East Lansing, Mich.

The Star of Chicago is a Bay Queen style dinner boat with a passenger capacity of 600 and seating for 450 in two dining rooms. She is reported to be the largest dinner boat in the world.

Blount originally began the design and con- struction of the vessel as a make-work pro- gram to avoid layoffs. The goal was to produce a design for a multi-use vessel, i.e., dinner boat, excursion boat, or mini-cruise ship. The final design plans engineered by Blount archi- tects made possible a switch at the last min- ute to complete the vessel for any of these

WATERTIGHT DOORS

Newly Manufactured For Us

IN STOCK

FOR

IMMEDIATE DELIVERY

SIZES 26"x48' 26"x60' 26"x66" 30"x60"

STEEL DOGS ' 6-Dog right and left hand hinged doors with frames. Constructed of V*" steel plate and meet Coast Guard regulations for above deck as well as below deck use. All dogs are bronze bushed. Also available with 8" bronze portlights.

A.B.S. CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE

Hose Tested at 5 P.S.I. at 1.5 to 3 meters from door. Doors are built according to approved drawings and technical requirements of A.B.S.

NEW 7" RADIUS

PANAMA CHOCKS (MEET PANAMA REGULATIONS) 14" * 10" CLEAR OPENING

With extended legs for welding to deck. 14" wide on base — length 28" . height 27'/.," IMMEDIATE

DELIVERY FROM STOCK.

THE BOSTON METALS COMPANY 313 E. Baltimore St.

Marin* War«hous«

TWX: 710-234-1*37

Baltimore, Md. 21202 (301)752-1077 uses. The Star Line Corporation subsequently purchased the boat for dinner cruises.

The Star of Chicago is outfitted with full air-conditioning and a cabaret style decorated interior. This vessel is equipped with two au- tomated bars, four complete buffet lines, and a deluxe galley equivalent to a large restau- rant. Carpet is laid on interior decks and on all exposed outer decks. The vessel is powered by twin GM 12V-71's. Ship's power is fur- nished by two 125-kw generators.

An important feature of the vessel is a re- movable upper superstructure that allows it to negotiate either the Erie Canal from the

Great Lakes to the Atlantic or the Illinois waterway from Lake Michigan to the

Mississippi.

American Steamship Names

Two To Executive Positions

Ned A. Smith has been named vice presi- dent-marketing and Jerome K. Welsch has been named controller and chief financial of- ficer for American Steamship Company (ASC),

Buffalo, N.Y a subsidiary of GATX Corpora- tion, Chicap 111. The announcements came from D. W i Fuller, ASC's president and chief exec e officer.

As vice dsident-marketing, Mr. Smith is responsible for ASC's marketing, sales, man- agement information systems, pricing, insur- ance and labor negotiations activities. Mr.

Welsch's responsibilities will encompass fi- nance, accounting, planning and office admin- istration. Both report directly to the president.

A POWERFUL PULL—The most powerful group of tugs ever assembled in British waters—providing 98,000 horsepower— pull a 111,750 ton oil production platform into the North

Sea, heading towards Phillips Petroleum's Maureen Field in the UK Sector of the North Sea, 163 miles (262 km) north- east Aberdeen. Built at Loch Kishorn in Scotland, the plat- form will take seven days to reach its destination. Once on site, its three storage tank legs (round objects on the base) will be ballasted with sea water and the platform allowed to settle on the seabed over an already installed stP°' *~~>plate.

The touchdown position must be within 25 centimetres (9.84 ins.) of target. First oil through the platform is scheduled for the end of this year, aiming at a peak prodir'ion flow of 70,000 barrels per day from the reserved es*' ;,ite of 150 million barrels.

October 1, 1983 53

Ned A. Smith Jerome K. Welsch