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OMNITHRUSTER®

Thrust Is Forwards And

Sideways And Backwards

MCM-l 224' MINE COUNTER-MEASURES SHIP - PETERSEN

BUILDERS. INC.. OMNI-THRUSTER JT-70010-AMT.

HORIZONTAL, 350 HP.. DC i ELECTRIC DRIVE. • Thrusts Underway » Thrusts While Pitching • No Reversing Impeller to Change Directions » Minimum Buoyancy Loss > Smaller Hull Penetration » Fuel Savings

OMNITHRUSTER DOES IT ALL! • Thrusts with nozzles out of water in rough seas: vertical systems only. » No protrusions ... no change in hull shape. » Small nozzles reduce drag . . . save fuel and passage time. • Easily retrofitted.

Micro-Processor Control

System, Model 1200A with gyro input . holds vessel's heading. System also accepts compatible

NAV/AIDS fore alt and slow-speed propulsion and positioning.

MODULAR THRUSTER SYSTEM . ..

OMNITHRUSTER ship control systems* utilize individual module thrusters of up to 3000 HP in any combination to produce desired forward or lateral net thrust. Prime movers for the

Modular Thruster System may be electTic, hydraulic or diesel powered in conjunction with manual/automatic or integrated control networks.

ADVANTAGES FOR LARGE VESSELS .. . • Incremental Thrust Capability • Multiple Module Reliability • Easily Retrofitted or Installed in New

Construction • Minimum Maintenance

OMNITHRUSTER INC.

JT/PVl 100-1000HP

MODULE THRUSTER •Covered by U. S. Patents.

Foreign Patents Pending 9515 Sorensen Avenue, Dept. 31-164

Santa Fe Springs. California 90670 213/802-1818 Telex 194265 OMNI SFES

Cable Address Omnithrust

Circle 315 on Reader Service Card

ON THE

COVER

NAVY

Navy Work in

Private US Yards

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Distinct New Warships

PAGE 38 4th Update

Navy Shipbuilding

Program

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New Dry Dock Delivered

To Southwest Marine

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Raytheon Awarded $66.9-Million Increase

To Previous Contract

Raytheon Company, Equipment

Division, Wayland, Mass., is being awarded a $66,933,470 face-value increase to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract for exer- cising an FY-84 production buy for 15 AN/SPS-49(V) radars including installation and checkout spares, eight antennas, onboard repair parts, engineering services, data and support. The Naval Sea Sys- tems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Island Marine Requests

Title XI To Refinance $6.4-Million Supply Boats

The Maritime Administration has received an application from

Island Marine Operating Com- pany of Lafayette, La., for a Title

XI mortgage guarantee to aid in refinancing three 180-foot tug/sup- ply vessels. Built in 1979 by Hal- ter Marine, the diesel-powered boats operate in the Gulf of Mexico.

The requested guarantee is for $4.8 million, or 75 percent of the vessels' depreciated actual cost of $6.4 million.

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