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The Memphis fireboat, shown aboard its transporter trailer, can achieve a cruising speed in excess of 27 miles per hour.

MonArk Boat Delivers Fireboat

To City Of Memphis

The City of Memphis has re- ceived and placed into service a fire- boat made by MonArk Boat Compa- ny of Monticello, Ark. The fireboat,

MonArk's Model 2609, will be used by the Memphis Fire Department in responding to waterfront fires and emergencies on the Mississippi Riv- er. The Memphis fireboat and its transporter trailer, also manufac- tured by MonArk, were delivered to the city in June.

The Memphis craft is the first fireboat of its size produced in the

U.S. containing three diesel engines for propulsion and pumping re- quirements. The diesels were chosen as the propulsion system so that additional hazards would not be en- countered by the use of gasoline engines. The boat was constructed in accordance with the specifica- tions and design requirements of the Fire Department for the City of

Memphis.

The all-welded aluminum hull, combined with the twin Cummins

Model 6BT 5.9-litre marine diesels enables the boat to achieve a cruis- ing speed in excess of 27 mph. In addition to the twin Cummins pro- pulsion engines, the main pump sys- tems are powered by a Cummins

Model 6BT 5.9 litre'diesel. These are the first Cummins engines of this model and type installed in a workboat application.

The fire-fighting systems are powered by Hale Model 60F.J-M pump rated at 1,200 gpm. The boat is equipped with a forward deck monitor, Elkhart Model 294-1IX rated at 1,100 gpm; the monitor is equipped with a CSW Select-O-

Flow nozzle and foam stem. Two spill fire protection sprays, Elkhart

Model NTL-CF 1 inch, are located under the forward deck with a re- mote control at the operator's con- sole. The boat contains a 100-gallon foam tank capable of discharging 3 or 6 percent concentrate through the forward monitor or spill protec- tion nozzles.

Electric systems on the boat in- clude a Raytheon Model 1200, 12- mile range radar and a Raytheon

Model D250 fathometer.

Halifax Yard Appoints

Keppel As U.S. Agent —Literature Available

Keppel Marine Agencies, Inc., with offices in New York and Hous- ton, has recently been appointed exclusive agent in the United States for Halifax Industries Ltd. of Hali- fax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Halifax Shipyard in 1983 in- creased its drydocking capacity to vessels of about 100,000 dwt with the arrival of its new $63.5-million

Panamax floating drydock.

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