Page 10: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (August 15, 1984)

ON THE COVER

New Dry Dock Delivered

To Southwest Marine

Left to right are Ray Horan, president of Jacuzzi; Len Hill, president of North American Marine

Jet and George Regula, International Sales, Jacuzzi.

North American Marine Jet

Purchases Jacuzzi Marine Jet Line — Seastrom Named Director

Southwest Marine's San Diego,

Calif., yard recently accepted de- livery of the "Pride of San Diego," a new dry dock ordered as part of the yard's modernization plan.

Art Engel, president of South- west Marine and Roger Hedge- cock, mayor of San Diego, rode the new dock into the harbor to mark the special occasion.

The computer-operated, self ma- neuvering, land transfer dry dock is part of Southwest Marine's $35- million renovation program. The modernized facilities will exceed all Navy requirements and allow

Southwest Marine to effectively and efficiently service all types of commercial and naval vessels.

Five years ago, the first steps were taken to provide new water- front resources for the expanding facilities. Southwest Marine ac- quired the total assets of San

Diego Marine Construction Com- pany, including four small wooden piers, two floating dry docks and three marine railways.

In December 1982, Southwest

Marine formulated final plans for the modernized facilities. A 22,000 ton capacity dry dock which in- cluded many innovative design specifications was ordered from

Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The "Pride of San Diego" is capable of transferring 10,000 ton (destroyer cruiser) ships from dock to shore platforms using a new method of dry transfer. Another unique fea- ture is its ability to transfer ships with its computerized system, re- gardless of tide changes.

The "Pride of San Diego" is out- fitted with remote control articu- lating dock arms, which, in most cases, will reduce the need for staging normally required for hull preservations.

Southwest Marine's new dry dock is electronically protected against corrosion, environmentally safe and completely energy self-sufficient.

The "Pride of San Diego" is an ex- ample of what a management team with foresight can create with the new technological capabilities available today.

As part of the plan for moderni- 12 zation, a new 700 foot by 60 foot pier was built to service ships in water with drafts up to 35 feet. A new 65-ton gantry crane was de- signed and built for ships along- side the pier and in the dry docks.

The next stage of the project will include construction of a sec- ond large pier, and the construc- tion and outfitting of a new shop production building. The new shop, which will increase the facility space by 30 percent, will be lo- cated between the two shore trans- fer platforms that are soon to be built. The location of the shop will aid in productivity, keeping re- pairs on time and under budget.

At the completion of the mod- ernization project Southwest Ma- rine will provide San Diego with the finest and most capable ship repair firm on the West Coast, as well as create 1,500 new jobs.

North American Marine Jet, Inc., of Little Rock, Ark., has purchased the entire product line of Jacuzzi

Marine Jet, including all manu- facturing rights, from the Jacuzzi

Bros. Division, also of Little Rock.

North American Marine Jet will supply OEM parts for all Jacuzzi

Marine Jets and is now the man- ufacturer of replacement parts for

Jacuzzi Marine Jets as well. Parts are now available for immediate delivery.

The company will also supply new units of the 12YJ, Piranah, 12WJ, 14YJ and 20YJ as well as accessories for the units. The an- nouncement was made by Leon- ard Hill, president of North

American Marine Jet, who had been with Jacuzzi for the past 14 years. "We have purchased the com- plete inventory of Jacuzzi jet products including tooling, engi- neering specifications, drawings, pattern equipment and manufac- turing rights. We feel a small, quick reacting company such as ours is more closely tailored to the needs of today's water jet market," says Mr. Hill.

Jack Seastrom, formerly with

Jacuzzi Marine Jet and Offshore

Logistics, Inc., has been named di- rector of marketing and product development. Together, Mr. Hill and Mr. Seastrom represent 35 years of experience in the produc- tion, installation, design and op- eration of marine propulsion drives for pleasure, commercial, military, racing and experimental craft.

In addition to Jacuzzi units and parts, the company is manufactur- ing parts for the' OMC 140, 245 and 290 jet drives.

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