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The 340-foot cable ship Salernum.

Tracor Marine Awarded $6-Million

Contract To Convert AT&T Cable Ship

Swiftships To Build Three

Patrol Boats For Jamaica

Jerry L. Hoffpauir, president of Swiftships, Inc., Morgan City,

La., recently announced the re- ceipt of a letter of intent from the

Government of Jamaica for the construction of one 140-foot patrol vessel and two 42-foot patrol boats.

The successful design and con- struction of a variety of patrol boats tailored to the specific needs of governments around the world has established Swiftships as a worldwide leader in this field.

In addition to its Morgan City facility where these boats will be built, Swiftships has a yard at

Pass Christian, Miss., that builds larger steel vessels, and a ship- yard in Singapore that specializes in steel or aluminum construction of military and oilfield support type vessels. The company also provides repair services at facili- ties in Lafitte, La., and Freeport,

Texas.

Tracor Marine of Port Ever- glades, Fla., a subsidiary of Tra- cor, Inc., has received a contract that will bring the company $6 million over the next 12 months from Transoceanic Cable Ship

Company, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T. The award was announced by William C.

Moyer, group vice president of

Tracor Applied Sciences.

The contract calls for major con- version of Transoceanic's newly acquired cable ship Salernum. The 340-foot vessel was purchased from the Italian shipping firm of Fra- telli dAmico Amatori for a re- ported $7 million, and recently completed the transit from Naples to the Tracor Marine shipyard.

The conversion is required in or- der to qualify the ship for U.S.- flag registry, as well as to enable her to meet U.S. Coast Guard en- gineering and safety standards.

The vessel will undergo major ren- ovation of the habitable areas, and the electrical system will be con- verted from dc to ac.

Upon completion of the project, home port of the Salernum will be

Honolulu, and the Port of Registry will be New York. The vessel will assume cable-repair and cable-lay- ing duties in the Hawaiian Is- lands. A standby crew of 20 will expand to 50 during active duty.

The Tracor Marine facility at

Port Everglades is headquarters for the Shipyard and Ocean Tech- nology Engineering divisions. The full-service shipyard is equipped for the overhaul, conversion, and repair of government and commer- cial vessels.

Among the capabilities offered by the oceanographers, naval ar- chitects, and engineers of the Ocean

Technology Division are marine design and engineering, including fabrication and installation of un- derwater systems; detailed marine surveys; program management; and cable laying. In addition, a Marine

Services Division of Tracor Marine maintains facilities in Chesa- peake, Va., where marine engi- neering and ship repair work, div- ing and underwater services, ship and aircraft salvage, and indus- trial fabrication are provided for the marine industry in the Nor- folk/Tidewater area.

Tracor, Inc. is an international technological products and serv- ices company with headquarters in Austin, Texas.

Norshipco Awarded $39-Million Navy Contract

For AO-177 Maintenance

Norfolk Shipbuilding and Dry- dock Corporation, Norfolk, Va., has been awarded a $38,989,397 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the

AO-177 Class fleet oiler phased maintenance program. The Naval

Sea Systems Command, Washing- ton, D.C., is the contracting activity.

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