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Electric Boat Awarded $13.7-Million Navy Contract

For Engineering Services

General Dynamics Corporation,

Electric Boat Division, Groton,

Conn., has been awarded a $13,704,708 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for providing FY-84 engi- neering and design efforts to sup- port Ohio Class submarine plan- ning yard and design functions.

The Naval Sea Systems Com- mand, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Prock Appointed Vice

President/General Manager

For Foss Alaska Line

W. Lael Prock

W. Lael Prock has been named vice president/general manager of

Foss Alaska Line (FAL), the Seat- tle-based subsidiary of Dillingham

Corporation's Maritime Group.

Previously operations manager for FAL, Mr. Prock has full re- sponsibility for all FAL activities, including operations, marketing, sales, maintenance, and adminis- tration. He reports to Bruce

Robeson, president of Foss Launch & Tug Company.

Mr. Prock has been with Dil- lingham Maritime companies for 18 years in a variety of positions in finance, sales, and operations both in Hawaii and with FAL in

Seattle.

Replacing him as FAL opera- tions manager is Les Candee, who is responsible for all opera- tions and maintenance activities, both in Puget Sound and Alaska.

An FAL employee since 1979, he previously was maintenance manager.

Bob Slate has been named to the new position of director of marketing. He is responsible for all sales, marketing, and market development activities for all FAL services. With Dillingham since 1975, he was formerly FAL's mar- ket development manager.

Moss Point Marine

Launches First Of Two

Utility Boats For Argosy

Moss Point Marine recently launched the first of two 140-foot by 32-foot by 11-foot utility boats for Argosy Offshore, Ltd., of La- fayette, La. The Argosy Mate will be joined in the very near future by the Argosy Chief. These two vessels will complete a five-boat package for Argosy by Moss Point

Marine, of Escatawpa, Miss., which included three 181-foot supply ves- sels already on the job in the Gulf of Mexico.

Both the Mate and the Chief will be outfitted with two GM 16V92 diesel engines rated at 600 shaft horsepower each supplied by

George Engine Co., along with twin disc reduction gears on a 5:1 ratio. The package includes a Har- bormaster BT-200 150 horsepower bowthruster and 75-kw generators.

The propulsion system is com- pleted with 4-V2 inch shafts, Cut- lass main shaft bearings, B.F.

Goodrich Cutlass stern bearings, and two stainless-steel Coolidge (60 by 53) four-bladed propellers from Donovan Boat.

The USCG certified vessels will each have 92 feet by 25 feet of clear deck space. Capacities for both the Mate and Chief include: 33,400 gallons fuel; 1,160 barrels of liquid mud and 65,200 gallons of fresh water.

The ultra modern electronics gear furnished by Frank L. Beier

Radio features: A Furuno FR-711 radar, Raytheon VHF, Motorola

D80SSB, Furuno LC-80 Loran, SSI monitor and alarm system, and a

Ritchie 8-inch magnetic compass.

Upon delivery, the Argosy Mate and the Argosy Chief are slated for duty in the Gulf.

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