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Self-Propelled Drillship for India

Completed By Hitachi's Osaka Works

The self-propelled, anchor- moored drillship Sagar Vijay, built for the Oil and Natural Gas Com- mission (ONGC) of India, was com- pleted recently at Hitachi Zosen's

Osaka (Sakai) Works. Immediately following delivery, the vessel sailed for India, where it will be placed in drilling service off Bombay.

The Sagar Vijay is the first drill- ship built by Hitachi Zosen. It was designed and constructed under li- cense of Gusto Engineering C.V. of the Netherlands. The vessel has an overall length of 448.8 feet, beam of 80.4 feet, depth of 36.75 feet, and draft of 22 feet. Propulsion is by four 1,000-hp dc motors driving twin screws for a speed of 10 knots.

The drillship is capable of operat- ing in water of up to 984 feet deep, and can drill to a maximum depth of 19,685 feet. Designed to withstand harsh weather and sea conditions, it can operate in waves up to almost 15 feet high and maximum wave height of 61 feet.

Built to American Bureau classifi- cation, the ship contains drilling equipment, diving apparatus, eight- point mooring system to maintain position, and other special facilities.

Total complement is 108 persons.

CDI Marine Awarded $2.8-Million Navy Contract

For Design Services

CDI Marine Company, headquar- tered in Jacksonville, Fla., has been awarded a $2.8-million Navy con- tract to provide design and engi- neering services to the Puget Sound

Naval Shipyard in Bremerton,

Wash. This award is in addition to the technical documentation ser- vices contract already held. Services will be provided through the CDI

Marine office in Bremerton. The

Naval Supply Center-Puget Sound is the contracting activity.

NASSCO Orders MMC Tank

Gauging Systems For

Big Exxon Tankers —Literature Available

National Steel and Shipbuilding

Company of San Diego has ordered from Marine Moisture Control

Company (MMC) of Inwood, N.Y., complete portable tank-gauging sys- tems for Exxon's two 209,000-dwt crude oil carriers under construction at the San Diego shipyard.

The order included: MMC's Tri-

III-Mode, triple-function liquid lev- el, portable tank gauging units that measure ullage, interface, and tem- perature in a single penetration;

MMC's 3-inch Mini-S vapor control valves that are suitable for one-liter sampling; and MMC's sampling tapes.

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The Tri-III-Mode, triple-function tapes read dryness and interface to within %-inch of the tank bottom with extreme accuracy. The horn is silent in the temperature mode. An improved and proven tape-wiping mechanism is included to insure continued easy reading, and tem- peratures are shown on a large LCD readout.

For free technical literature from

MMC,

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A&T Wins $13.6-Million

Navy Contract For

Engineering Work

Analysis & Technology, Inc. (A&T) of North Stonington; Conn., recently received a $13.6-million contract from the headquarters of the Naval Electronics Systems

Command in Arlington, Va. The contract covers a 2^-year period.

Work will be performed both in the firm's offices in Washington, D.C. area, and the New London, Conn., area.

This new contract, which will in- clude engineering, program plan- ning, and field engineering, will be principally concerned with submar- ine electronics systems, and will in- volve growth in the company's staff in both Washington and Connecti- cut.

Hanson Appointed New

NAV-COM Sales Manager

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Dean Hanson

NAV-COM Incorporated of Deer

Park, N.Y., has named Dean Han- son to the position of sales man- ager. He will direct all marketing programs for the company's product line of marine electronics and com- puter systems.

Mr. Hanson has more than 20 years of experience in the marine electronics industry, with a strong background in the design, installa- tion, and technical support of HF communications systems. Prior to joining NAV-COM, he was branch manager of the New York office for

Radio-Holland USA.

NAV-COM Incorporated, a whol- ly owned subsidiary of the Magna- vox Government & Industrial Elec- tronics Company, specializes in in- tegrated navigation, communica- tions, and information systems for the maritime industry. 6 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News