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Houston Ship Repair

Reactivates 40-Year-Old

Hattiesburg Victory

Earlier this year, Houston Ship

Repair, Inc. of Houston was awarded a $1,175,000 fixed-price contract by the Maritime Adminis- tration to reactivate the cargo ship

Hattiesburg Victory. The refur- bished vessel sailed from Houston recently in service with the U.S.

Navy's Military Sealift Command.

The successful activation of the vintage ship was possible because of the excellent condition of the hull, superstructure, and main machin- ery plant. This is attributed to the excellent care and maintenance pro- vided while she lay in the Reserve

Fleet.

The Hattiesburg Victory was built by California Shipbuilding, and upon delivery in 1945 became part of the National Defense Re- serve Fleet at Beaumont, Texas. She saw limited service during Vietnam but since then has been in the Beau- mont Reserve Fleet.

The work performed by Houston

Ship included opening and return- ing to service main propulsion tur- bines and auxiliary turbines, re- bricking both boilers and reworking all mounts and valves, opening and repairing all auxiliary equipment, installing and testing previously stowed cargo gear, installation of new communications and naviga- tion equipment, and exterior paint- ing. $4.9-Million Job Order

Awarded To Boston Yard

For Fleet Oiler Overhaul

Boston Shipyard Corporation,

East Boston, Mass., was recently awarded a $4,997,925 firm-fixed- price job order under a master ship repair agreement for drydocking, overhaul and voyage repair of the

USNS Mississinewa, a Military

Sealift Command fleet oiler. The work will be performed in East Bos- ton. The contract performance peri- od will run to approximately the first week of September. About 30 bids were solicited with eight offers received. The contract funds would not have expired at the end of the current fiscal year. The Military

Sealift Command, Washington,

D.C., is the contracting activity (N00033-85-H-0362).

Cybernet Introduces

Multi-Scan, High-Tech

VHF-FM Radiotelephone

Cybernet Marine Products, Kyo- cera International, Inc., Warren,

N.J., has introduced the CTX-2060, an 89-channel VHF-FM radiotele- phone that can scan all U.S. and international channels simulta- neously, automatically switching to the channel in use. It can also be programmed to scan any of four pre- selected 10-channel groups. In addi- tion, any channel may be selected as priority on the dual watch feature, and the receiver will automatically switch to that channel whenever it is in use. The unit features coverage of all 89 U.S. and international VHF-

FM channels, including 9 weather channels

The new CTX-2060 has a large

LCD digital channel and function readout, with excellent visibility day or night. The waterproof touchpad keyboard acknowledges input with a beep. There is a channel 16 emer- gency key, a 25 Watt-one watt switch and a U.S./International se- lect key. A loudhailer and an inter- com have also been added.

The style-matched case has a unique snap-lock mounting bracket and a reversible front panel for table or overhead mounting. It is fully O- ring sealed and marinized for long service at sea.

For a free brochure and literature on the new CTX-2060 VHF-FM ra- diotelephone offered by Cybernet,

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