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Moss Point Marine Launches

Supply Boat For Argosy Offshore

Moss Point Marine, Inc. recently christened and launched the Argosy

Navigator (shown below) fourth of five supply boats being built for

Argosy Offshore Ltd. of Lafayette,

La. She was christened by Lucille

Taylor, wife of William R. Tay- lor, vice president and division gen- eral manager, Central Gulf Division,

Tenneco Oil Exploration and Pro- duction Company. When com- pleted, the vessel will work for Ten- neco in the Gulf of Mexico.

The all-steel supply boat is 181 feet long with a beam of 40 feet and 14-foot depth. She is powered by two fuel-efficient Caterpillar 3512 engines developing a total of 2,400 bhp. These diesels drive two 80- inch-diameter, four-bladed propel- lers through Caterpillar reverse/re- duction gears having a ratio of 5.11:1.

The vessel can carry 4,000 cubic feet of dry drilling mud and 1,540 barrels of liquid mud below deck, and about 600 long tons of cargo on her 3,800-square-foot aft deck. Fuel capacity is approximately 61,000 gallons and fresh water 11,000 gal- lons. Accommodations are provided for 15 persons.

Argosy Navigator is classed by the

American Bureau of Shipping + Al,

AMS, and meets applicable U.S.

Coast Guard and Public Health Ser- vice regulations. She will soon join her Moss Point Marine-built sister vessels Argosy Captain, Argosy Ad- miral, and Argosy Commander, and will be followed by another identical boat, the Argosy Pilot.

Earlier this year Moss point deliv- ered the Argosy Mate and Argosy

Chief, two 140-foot vessels that serve as standby rescue and supply boats in the Gulf of Mexico.

Sea Float Buoys

Approved By Norwegian

Maritime Directorate

To obtain approval of the Norwe- gian Maritime Directorate for use of its buoys in the North Sea, Seaward

International, Inc. recently held col- lision trials of one of its Sea Float buoys in Stavanger, Norway.

The buoy tested was an anchor pendant buoy of 20,000 pounds or 9 tons net buoyancy—hawse pipe style with top and bottom bell- mouths. The lower hawse pipe was counter-weighted to provide upright stability even without a pendant wire. The basic buoy construction has a high density rigid foam core bonded to an internal steel core. A layer of resilient foam is then added and covered with a one inch-fila- ment reinforced elastomer skin.

The Norwegian Maritime Direc- torate required collision trials of the

Sea Float buoy with a wooden fish- ing boat at a speed of 8 to 10 knots to insure the safety of vessels that might collide with a loose or drifting buoy.

There was no damage to the buoy or vessel during any of the collision trials and the personnel aboard the vessel reported that the impacts were barely noticeable.

For additional information on

Seaward International's complete line of Sea Float buoys and floats,

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For almost 50 years our stuffing boxes have been afloat in Barges, and Tankers, for pump drive shafts. They are also used as deck stuffing boxes for the vertical shafting of bow thrusters.

The self aligning box shown has a split cast steel housing and solid bronze stuffing box assembly.

Other types of plain stuffing boxes are available.

Shaft sizes accommodated from iy2" up to 6V2". Larger shafts on special order.

Write for catalogue or call for information.

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