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WEST COAST SHIPYARD —A Review—

FOR MORE INFORMATION

If you wish to receive additional information on any of the yards described in the review, circle the appropriate reader service num- bers) listed under each company's name, using the postage-paid card bound into the back of this issue.

BOEING

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Boeing Marine Systems in Seattle announced recently that it has de- cided to concentrate its marketing and sales efforts for its hydrofoils on military markets.

Since it began promoting its pas- senger-carrying Jetfoil some 10 years ago, Boeing has delivered 19 of the high-speed craft. Twelve are in service between Hong Kong and

Macao, two each in the English

Photo Above — USNS Algol (T-AKR-287). first of three fast logistic supportships, atler conversion at NASSCO for the U.S. Navy

Channel, the Canary Islands, and the Sea of Japan, and one operating between Seattle and Vancouver,

B.C.

In service with the U.S. Navy are six PHM high-speed patrol craft.

These are Boeing's largest hydrofoil; they are operating mainly in the

Caribbean area. The Republic of

Indonesia also operates four Boeing

Jetfoils on coastal patrol. Boeing is currently building two more Jetfoils for Indonesia, and is hoping that country will exercise its option for six additional vessels.

BURRARD YARROWS (VERSATILE PACIFIC)

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At Burrard Yarrows Corporation in North Vancouver, B.C, Canada (the company has just been re- named Versatile Pacific Shipyards

Inc. to better reflect its membership in the Versatile Group, which also includes Versatile Vickers in Mon- treal and Versatile Davie Shipyard in Lauzon, Quebec), one of the most interesting recent developments has been the company's success in winning U.S. Navy refit contracts.

The $1.2-million refit of the MSC cable ship USNS Neptune was a breakthrough in the company's his- tory. The order was secured under the terms of a Military Shiprepair

Agreement that allows selected Ca- nadian yards the opportunity to bid on MSC work free from the con- straint of U.S. customs duties nor- mally levied on repair work carried out on U.S. commercial vessels in foreign shipyards.

Six months later, the Neptune contract was followed by a second for an MSC vessel, the auxiliary fleet supply ship USNS Spica. This was a $3.5-million refit that was completed in 10 weeks on schedule.

Versatile Pacific's expertise in the design and construction of icebreak- ing vessels was recognized by the

Canadian Government towards the end of 1984 with the award of a con- tract to develop detailed proposals for the construction of a large and unique icebreaker, the Polar Class 8.

This vessel will have an overall length of about 636!/, feet, a beam of 105K feet, and draft of 40 feet. Pro- pulsion power on three propellers will total 100,575 bhp.

Construction is progressing of two

Type 1100 Navaid icebreaking ves- sels for the Canadian Coast Guard under a contract with a total value of C$108.5 million. These ships have a displacement of 4,662 tons, speed of 15.3 knots, range of 6,500 nautical miles at 13 knots, crew of 52, and propulsion power of 8,445 bhp.

These two vessels will be followed by a third icebreaker, a Type 1200

Arctic Class IV, again for the Coast

Guard. This contract is worth

C$91.3 million. This vessel is de- signed for large ship escort, and will be suitable for operation in the

Great Lakes, Gulf of St. Lawrence, and East Coast of Newfoundland in winter, and Arctic regions in sum- mer.

Recent repair and conversion con- tracts of note included the cruise ships Island Princess and Pacific

Princess, which had mini-conver- sions and drydocking late last year.

These vessles were diverted from

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