Page 44: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (May 15, 1985)

Halter Marine Awarded $85-Million Navy Contract

To Build Six T-AGOS Ships

Jack Edwards, president of

Halter Marine, has announced the receipt of a contract from the U.S.

Naval Sea Systems Command for the construction of six ocean sur- veillance ships (T-AGOS). Total contract value, including options, is said to be in excess of $85 million.

The T-AGOS vessels, which have an overall length of 224 feet and a beam of 43 feet, will be operated by the Military Sealift Command and will have accommodations for 21 civilian crew and 12 technicians.

The ships will be built to the re- quirements of the American Bureau of Shipping and the U.S. Coast

Guard, under the inspection of the

Navy's Supervisor of Shipbuilding offices at the building yards.

The contract authorizes Halter to proceed with the engineering for all six vessels and the construction of the first two. The remaining four vessels will be funded in fiscal years 86 and 87.

The vessels awarded to Halter have been designated T-AGOS-13 through 18, and are follow-ons to a 12-ship contract that was awarded to Tacoma Boatbuilding in 1980.

The Halter vessels will have signifi- cant modifications to the earlier ships, including changes in accom- modations, operation centers, tank- age, and structural arrangements.

Murdock Gets $3.7-Million

Navy Order For Coupling

Seal Assemblies

Murdock Engineering Company of Irving, Texas, has been awarded a $3,672,000 order under a basic or- dering agreement for 288 flexible coupling seal assemblies used on submarines. Work will be per- formed in Irving, and is expected to be completed by April 30, 1986.

Contract funds would not have ex- pired at the end of the current fiscal year. The Navy Ships Parts Control

Center, Mechanicsburg, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00104-84-G- 0244).

Bailey Joins Selkirk

Metalbestos As Staff

Engineer For Piping Line

Reed M. Bailey has joined Sel- kirk Metalbestos Commercial/In- dustrial Operations as staff engineer for the Model PS product line. He is working out of the company's Lo- gan, Ohio, headquarters, according to a recent announcement by Dan- iel P. Jordan, vice president of marketing.

Mr. Bailey will be responsible for product stress analysis on specif- ic projects, technical design support to existing engineering and research departments, as well as overseeing the design and specifications of the 46 new Model PS stack and exhaust program. A mechanical engineering graduate from Ohio State Universi- ty, he has had extensive experience in stress analysis and manufactur- ing operations with Rockwell Inter- national and Toledo Scale.

Selkirk Metalbestos manufac- tures Model PS Pressure Piping

Systems, primarily for engine ex- hausts, boiler stacks, and grease ducts, from plants in Logan and

Nampa, Idaho.

Voigt Named General

Service Manager For

Johnson & Towers

Joseph G. Voigt has been ap- pointed general service manager for

Johnson & Towers (J & T) of Mount

Laurel, N.J., diesel power specialists in marine, transportation, off-high- way, and electrical power genera- tion. The announcement was made by Albert Harris, vice president and general manager.

In his new post Mr. Voigt is responsible for all service work on engines and transmissions, as well as production of new power prod- ucts manufactured by J & T, and supervision of all warranty work on products specifically warranted by the company.

With J & T for 15 years, he has been operations manager since Sep- tember 1984. Prior to that he had served as production manager, deal- er development manager, and train- ing instructor; he started with the company as a mechanic. Before join- ing J & T, he had been with Camden

Mack and Goodyear Tire & Rub- ber.

Zito Named Vice President-

Marketing & Development

Of COMSAT Technology

A. William Perigard, president of COMSAT Technology Products (CTP), has announced that

Charles A. Zito has been elected to the newly created position of vice president-marketing and develop- ment. He will assume responsibility for the management of CTP's cor- porate marketing, strategic plan- ning, and product development ac- tivities.

Mr. Zito comes to CTP from

United Business Communications, where he served as vice president and general manager. He earlier was director of network operations for

Satellite Business Systems, and pre- viously held several senior product and program management positions during his 20-year career with IBM.

He holds a BS degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Poly- technic Institute.

Located in Clarksburg, Md., CTP is the manufacturing arm of Com- munications Satellite Corporation, and is the parent organization for

COMSAT TeleSystems, Amplica,

Compact Software, and the Ad- vanced Systems Group.

No Claims Yet On Cat's

Over-The-Counter Parts

Availability Guarantee

Caterpillar Engine Division's guarantee of over-the-counter parts availability, first announced in Jan- uary 1984, helps demonstrate Cat's commitment to provide the marine industry with one of the better en- gine support efforts. To date, Cater- pillar has not had a single claim.

The guarantee is offered to qual- ifying marine product users in the 48 contiguous states. It covers all new Caterpillar marine propulsion engines, transmissions, auxiliaries, and selected Twin Disc transmis- sions delivered to the user after

February 1, 1984. New parts re- quirements for these products are covered for four years. The part ordered must be necessary to keep the marine system operating.

A very high percentage of needed parts is immediately available over- the-counter from the dealer's stock.

In those cases when a part is not immediately available, the Marine

Parts Availability Guarantee prom- ises to provide the part at the coun- ter where it was ordered in as short a time as possible. It will normally be available in a matter of hours, the same day, or overnight. If, however, the time is longer than 48 hours, the part will be provided to the custom- er at no charge.

For further information on the

Cat parts guarantee,

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Racal Wins $2.8-Million

For Marine Simulators

Racal-SMS Ltd., Surrey, En- land, has announced that recent or- ders for the Marine Radar and Nav- igation Simulator Type 9000 have totaled over $2.8-million. Orders have been received from Canada,

Germany, the Middle East, Korea and China.

The MRNS 9000 is already in use in leading maritime training centers worldwide, including one system or- dered by the International Mari- time Organization (IMO) for Indo- nesia, the College of Maritime Stud- ies at Warsash in Hampshire, U.K. and a mobile simulator for the Min- istry of Transport and Communica- tions of Spain.

The simulator enables exercises to be conducted in collision avoid- ance, navigation in confined waters, shipping lane discipline and high density traffic, blind pilotage and the use of navigational aids. It is type approved under the United

Kingdom Department of Transport

Specification for the Navigation

Control Course and meets IMO rec- ommendations for radar and Auto- matic Radar Plotting Aid training.

The MRNS 9000 is designed on a modular basis allowing for a high degree of flexibility to meet a wide range of specific training require- ments and also for subsequent ex- pansion. Ten types of high level mathematical ship models are pro- vided, the flexibility of the system enabling other vessels to be pro- grammed. A military version of the

MRNS 9000 is available which of- fers naval ship models, fixed and rotary wing aircraft targets, auto- matic plotting tables and anti-sub- marine warfare facilities.

For additional information and literature on the MRNS 9000,

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McTighe Offers Brochure

On High-Flow & Low-Flow

Oil/Water Separators

A four-fold brochure from

McTighe Industries, Bohemia, N.Y. summarizes high-flow and low-flow oil water separators capable of re- moving oils and/or other volatile liq- uids and solids from wastewater, water draw-off systems and an

EPA-approved biocide known as

Karacide.

The separators, utilizing the par- allel and corrugated plate theory together with the new Petro Pak®, remove oil particles down to 20 mi- crons in size and produce an ef- fluent quality of less than 10 ppm of oil to meet the most stringent envi- ronmental regulations.

The water draw-off systems or

Product Saver is the most effective method of removal of contaminated water bottoms from above or below ground oil storage tanks.

Karacide seeks out and destroys microbial contaminants in petro- leum products, oil-water separators, marine ballast tanks, etc. and upon penetrating the oil-water interface/ sludge bottom, 30 to 40 percent of this emulsification will return to pure product resulting in a clean water bottom and a completely ster- ilized vessel.

To obtain a copy of the brochure from McTighe Industries,

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Helac Offers Brochure

On Hydraulic Helical

Rotary Actuators

Helac Corporation of Enumclaw,

Wash., is offering a free 16-page brochure that explains the concept and lists performance data on the company's hydraulic helical rotary actuators. Cutaway illustrations, de- scriptions of major features, appli- cation information, discussion of principles of operation and com- plete specifications are provided.

For marine applications, Helac

Corporation can furnish the body and all exposed surfaces made from stainless steel, and the shafts can be sealed against external pressures.

This application-engineered prod- uct line is available from authorized distributors throughout the coun- try.

For further information and a free copy of the brochure,

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