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New Manual Identifies

Shipboard Equipment

Approved By Coast Guard

A recently released U.S. Govern- ment publication identifies items approved or certified by the U.S.

Coast Guard for use on commercial vessels and recreational boats. Pub- lished by the Department of Trans- portation, "Equipment Lists: Items

Approved, Certified or Accepted under Marine Inspection and Navi- gation Laws," includes a listing of various items of lifesaving, firefight- ing, pollution-abatement, and mis- cellaneous equipment used aboard vessels. For each type of item, the name and address of the manufac- turer and the complete model iden- tification are provided.

The 212-page manual, stock num- ber 050-012-00212-6, is available for $6.00 (domestic) and $7.50 (for- eign). Send prepayment to Depart- ment 36-LB, Superintendent of

Documents, Washington, D.C. 20402. To order with Master Card or VISA, telephone (202) 783-3238.

Free Brochure From Baldt

Details Moor-Free™

Rapid Release System

Baldt Incorporated, Chester, Pa., has announced the availability of a six-page, full-color brochure, Bulle- tin 100, that details the Moor-Free

Rapid Release System. This innova- tive computer-assisted system al- lows offshore rig operators to safely free a vessel from its moorings four times faster than previously possi- ble.

The brochure provides detailed technical information and specifica- tions of all Moor-Free Rapid Re- lease System components. The core of the system consists of Baldt's dis- connect link. This unique link is armed when needed with a detonat- ing bolt assembly containing an acoustic receiver. The link is fitted into the mooring system in a similar fashion to the standard Baldt chain connecting link. The disconnect link is then lowered below the water line and detonated by an acoustic signal.

Once detonation occurs, the moor- ing is released.

The brochure also provides in- formation on coaxial (hardwire) de- tonation for applications such as launching, towing, fleet mooring, and other situations where kinking and pinching of the cable cannot occur. It also details Baldt's world- wide training program, warranty, and inspection services agreement.

For a copy of Baldt's Bulletin 100,

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Waukesha Offers

New Brochure On

VHP Engine Components

Features and benefits of Wauke- sha VHP engine components are described in "How To Pick A Part

For A Waukesha VHP Engine," a new brochure from Waukesha. The eight-page, full-color brochure ex- plains and illustrates the design ad- vantages of Waukesha replacement valves, valve guides, valve seat in- serts, pistons, cylinder sleeves, air, lube oil and fuel oil filters.

For a copy of the brochure from

Waukesha,

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ON THE COVER

VERRE4ULT iMmGdnon mc 25

Take a closer look at Verreault Navigation Inc. You'll find an ideal location at Les Mechins right on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, you will also find competitive costs and deliveries on schedule. It's time to get in touch with the marine professionals: Verreault Navigation Inc.

In this, our 25th year of professional work in boats and ships construction and repair as well as dredging, we proudly celebrate 25 years of industrious and ingenious commitment to our duty: first class work.

Les Mechins, Quebec, GO] 1T0 Tel.: 418-729-3733 / Tlx: 051-86392

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NEW GHH-Constructed

Drydock, Mission Bay,

For Continental Maritime

In mid-March, Mighty Servant 3 began a 14,400-mile voyage from

Bremen, West Germany to San

Francisco, Calif. This heavy-lift ship, operated by Wijsmuller Trans- port B.V., Ijmuiden, Netherlands, transported the 25,000-ton-lift-ca- pacity floating drydock Mission Bay to Continental Maritime of San

Francisco, Inc.'s shipyard. The dry- dock was constructed at M.A.N.-

GHH Sterkrade's dockyard in Blex- en, West Germany. Delivery of the drydock will culminate a project that started in June 1983 with pre- liminary design discussions between

Continental Maritime and M.A.N.-

GHH. Design details were finalized in April 1984.

The drydock hull was designed and constructed in accordance with the regulations and under the su- pervision of the American Bureau of

Shipping (ABS). After completion of commissioning trials at Continen- tal Maritime's shipyard in San

Francisco, it will be classed +A1 floating drydock by ABS. In addi- tion, it is designed and constructed to meet the U.S. Navy's drydock safety certification criteria pub- lished in Military Standard 1625 (B).

Plates for construction were or- dered up to 3.75 meters in width and up to 15 meters in length (this limited the average waste for the entire dock to approximately 2.5 percent). These large-size plates were welded from one side with cop- per rail backing into panels by using automatic welding machines. The frames were welded by using semi- automatic welding machines and a special jig. Similar special-type jigs were used for welding of T girders which serve as web frames or bear- ers. The dock sections were con- structed in a separate prefabrication shed before transfer to the assembly yard. (continued on page 9) 8 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News