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Nichols Brothers Builds

New McNeil Island Ferry

Amid a festive celebration, the new McNeil Island ferry (shown above), built by Nichols Brothers

Boat Builders, Inc. of Whidbey Is- land, Wash., was christened recently at the Nicbols dock on Whidbey

Island. The new ferry was built, only after years of using surplus vessels to ferry passengers and cargo back and forth to the facility on McNeil

Island.

The State of Washington con- tracted Nichols Brothers, who were the low bidders on the design and construction of the boat which measures 68-feet by 25-feet and uses a five-foot draft. The mono- hulled vessel, which is presently in full service at the corrections facili- ty, is equipped with two Detroit

Diesel 8V-71 engines which allow a cruise speed of about 12 knots with

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Rowan Companies, Inc. of Hous- ton, Texas, is offering free literature on the design for the latest Gorilla rig, the Rowan Gorilla IV.

Constructed for Rowan Compa- nies by Marathon LeTourneau Off- shore Company of Vicksburg, Miss., the Gorilla rigs are a new and heav- ier class of rig, requiring twice the amount of fabricated steel used in former largest jackups. At 297 feet long by 292 feet wide, they are near- ly 40 percent larger than the Mara- thon LeTourneau 116 Class jack- ups.

The brochure, which features color photos of the previously built

Rowan Gorilla I, II, and III on the cover, contains drawings of Gorilla

III shown in scale with Gorilla IV.

Equipped with 605 feet of leg, the

Gorilla IV is capable of drilling in 450 feet of water in the Gulf of Mex- ico. This exceeds the capabilities of any existing bottom-supported type jackup rig. Specifications for Gorilla

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