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Michigan Wheel Awarded

Navy Contract For Carrier

And Oiler Propellers

Michigan Wheel Gulf Coast, Inc. of Pascagoula, Miss., has been awarded a $898,714 contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command for the manufacture of four attack aircraft carrier propellers and an additional propeller for a Navy oiler.

The carrier propellers are five- bladed and will weigh approxi- mately 68,500 pounds each. The oiler propeller is a seven-blade de- sign that will weigh approxi- mately 68,000 pounds. Both types will be cast in nickle-aluminum- bronze.

Navsea has also exercised an op- tion for four additional guided- missile frigate (DLG-16 Class) pro- pellers, bringing to 10 the total to be built by Michigan under a con- tract awarded in mid-1983. The

DLG-16 propellers are a five-bladed design with an estimated finished weight of approximately 24,000 pounds each. Exercise of the op- tion clause brought the value of that contract up to $1,081,769.

Michigan Wheel Gulf Coast, a wholly owned subsidiary of Michi- gan Wheel Corporation, operates a fully integrated foundry, machine shop, and finishing department at the Pascagoula complex, dedicated to the manufacture and repair of large-diameter propellers cast in nickle-aluminum bronze, man- ganese bronze, and stainless steel.

The plant manufactures bronze wheels up to 110,000 pounds fin- ished weight and stainless-steel wheels up to 14,500 pounds fin- ished weight.

For additional information on

Michigan Wheel,

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John Wessel Appointed

Sales Vice President At

American Hoist & Derrick

John J. Wessel

John J. Wessel has been named vice president, sales, for the Amer- ican Crane Division of Amhoist,

American Hoist & Derrick Com- pany of St. Paul, Minn. A 17-year veteran at Amhoist, he will as- sume responsibility for sales of all

American Crane products world- wide, and will report to William

B.R. Hobbs, president.

Since joining Amhoist in 1966,

Mr. Wessel has held a series of sales and sales management posi- tions; most recently, he was vice president, international sales.

Tickle Appointed Chief

Marine Engineer At York

Engineered Machinery

Tom Tickle

Tom Tickle has been named chief marine engineer for the York

Engineered Machinery unit of

Borg-Warner Corporation. He is responsible for execution of the company's worldwide marine and

Navy contracts for shipboard air conditioning and refrigeration systems.

Mr. Tickle had been quality manager for the unit since 1981.

He joined Borg-Warner in 1963 in the York marine and Navy mar- keting department. He served as project engineer for various prod- ucts within the marine and Navy contract engineering department between 1965 and 1976, and be- came chief contract engineer for the York marine and military products department in 1976. Prior to joining Borg-Warner he was a chief engineer aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer.

Brochure On Combustion

Control Now Available

From Westinghouse

A new 12-page, four-color bro- chure that outlines the benefits of automatic combustion trim control on small, jackshaft-controlled boil- ers is available from the Combus- tion Control Division of Westing- house Electric Corporation.

The brochure, designated AD 107-020 explains the essentials of combustion, combustion control and proper control and maintenance of small, packaged boilers. The bro- chure also provides a graph that allows a boiler owner or operator to calculate the fuel savings avail- able on his boiler using automatic combustion trim control.

To obtain a free copy of the brochure,

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Seaworthy Engine Systems

Shortens Corporate Name

Seaworthy Engine Systems, Inc. of Essex, Conn, has announced a shortened corporate name. The new name, Seaworthy Systems, Inc., will better reflect the increased scope of company engineering ac- tivities, according to David A.

O'Neil, president of the firm.

The 10-year-old company has become known as just "Seawor- thy" within the industry and it is expected that use of the nickname will continue. Additionally, there has been some past confusion with the old name, in that it was some- times assumed that the company was actually selling engines rather than performing engineering work pertaining to propulsion systems.

The new name should clear up this possibility of confusion.

With their increase in clientele,

Seaworthy has been steadily broadening their areas of exper- tise expanding from the engine, fuels, energy conservation, electri- cal and other mechanical systems areas to vessel stretching, recon- struction efforts, and preliminary contract and detail design. The company also plans to become more active in offering innovative de- sign concepts to their shipowner customers where new business op- portunities are being created within the industry. Seaworthy is also opening a "Chesapeake Office" to supplement their New York,

Washington and Essex offices.

Seaworthy Electrical Systems, an affiliated venture, will continue to use their present name.

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Joel Alper Appointed

President Of COMSAT

World Systems Division

COMSAT recently announced a corporate reorganization designed to improve the firm's ability to or- ganize and articulate its strategic business activities, and also an- nounced the election of new senior officers.

John L. McLucas, president of

COMSAT World Systems Division since 1980, has been elected to the newly created position of execu- tive vice president and chief stra- tegic officer, reporting to Joseph

V. Charyk, chairman and chief executive officer. In this capacity, he will be responsible for the de- velopment and integration of

COMSAT's strategic business planning, corporate outreach, marketing, ITU relations, and new business activities. Reporting to

Dr. McLucas will the staff func- tions of corporate affairs and cor- porate development.

Joel R. Alper, who became ex- ecutive vice president of the World

Systems Division earlier in 1983, has been elected president, suc- ceeding Dr. McLucas. COMSAT

World Systems Division, the com- pany's largest business, princi- pally consists of units that provide international telecommunications services through the International

Telecommunications Satellite Or- ganization (INTELSAT); maritime communications services through the International Maritime Satel- lite Organization (INMARSAT); technical services under contract to INTELSAT; and research and development programs by COM-

SAT Laboratories.

ASMAR Completes Repairs

To Sonap's OBO Carrier

ASMAR, Chile's leading ship re- pairer, recently completed repairs to the 30,282-grt OBO Makedonia

Star, a vessel owned by Chile's

S.A. de Navegacion Petrolera "Sonap." In addition to routine drydocking work, the vessel also underwent a special hull survey and line shafting.

Re-tubing of her Uraga Type D auxiliary boiler was also carried out, which involved the renewal of literally all the tubing. Alto- gether, a total of 2,233 curved tubes of 36 and 38-mm diameter were replaced. Refractory material was also completely renewed and boiler structural repairs were car- ried out.

Structural repair work was also carried out on the vessel's tanks.

The vessel's hull was also sand- blasted and an area of 14,000 cu- bic meters was painted.

TTS Offers New System

For Moving Heavy Loads —Literature Available

Total Transportation Systems,

Inc. of Newport News, Va., a spe- cialist in custom-engineered pro- duction equipment and material- handling systems for shipyards, is offering a new system for trans- porting very heavy loads. The Dual

Walking Beam (DWB) has the ca- pability of moving and precisely regulating the position of ship sec- tions, and even complete vessels.

The system is said to allow a dra- matic reduction in the time and cost of block construction techniques.

The DWB requires little or no ground preparation, and is not limited to a fixed rail system. It is capable of negotiating congested areas, and will transport a load up a 10-degree grade. The DWB can also be used for walking loads onto a barge or floating drydock.

For complete details and free lit- erature on the Dual Walking

Beam,

Circle 87 on Reader Service Card $26-Million For Navy

Propulsion Components

Awarded To Westinghouse

Westinghouse Electric Corpora- tion, Plant Apparatus Division,

Wilkins Township, Pa., has been awarded a $26,073,000 face value increase to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for na- val nuclear propulsion compo- nents. The Naval Sea Systems

Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. 18 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News