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NAVSEA Awards Marinette $23.3-Million Contract

Option For 7 More YPs

Marinette Marine Corporation of

Marinette, Wise., has been awarded seven additional Yard Patrol (YP) craft by the Naval Sea Systems

Command. This latest award was an option on Marinette's current con- tract of YPs now under construc- tion. This brings to 20 the total number of YP's to be built and delivered by Marinette by early 1988. The value of this latest con- tract option is $23.3 million.

The YP craft will be utilized by the Navy at the Annapolis training

Academy for instruction of midship- men in seamanship, navigation, and marine engineering disciplines. The vessels are wood hull construction with an aluminum superstructure, overall length of 108 feet, a beam of 22 feet 9 inches, and a full load draft of 5 feet 9 inches.

Marinette Marine Corporation, now in its 43rd year of operation, is renowned for its versatility in the design and construction of commer- cial and government ships of all types.

GD Awarded $28.9-Million For

Sub Contract Design

General Dynamics Corporation,

Electric Boat Division, Groton,

Conn., was recently awarded a $28,950,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee con- tract for the development of a con- tract design for SSN-21 class sub- marines. The work will be per- formed in Groton, and is expected to be completed on October 1, 1986.

The contract funds would not have expired at the end of the current fis- cal year. The Naval Sea Systems

Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-85-C- 2127).

BWA Finishes Deepwater

Gulf Of Mexico Floating

Production Study

Brian Watt Associates, Inc. (BWA) of Houston recently pre- sented the final results of its study on the use of semisubmersible ves- sels for oil production in deep waters in the Gulf of Mexico. The study evaluated marginal and full field development in 1,700-foot and 3,000-foot water depths.

BWA performed the work in con- junction with Hughes Offshore, No- ble Denton Associates, C-E Natco, and Coflexip. The work required 12 months to complete at a cost of more than $750,000. BWA an- nounced that the study had shown that semisubmersible-based float- ing production systems provide a very cost-effective solution for pro- duction in deep water.

For further information on the study, contact Rick Davis at (713) 590-9955.

October 15, 1985 5

Tarbutton Elected VP

For American Maritime

Guy Ames Stitt, president of

American Maritime Int'l, Inc. (AMI), has announced the appoint- ment of Dennis C. Tarbutton to the position of vice president-ma- rine support services. Mr. Tarbut- ton will have the responsibility for providing support services to ma- rine equipment manufacturers and other marine support industry members throughout the United

States. AMI is well known as one of the top marine management con- sulting firms solely dedicated to working in the private sector with both private shipyards and the ma- rine support industry.

Mr. Tarbutton brings over 18 years of marine experience to AMI and has held various management positions with Tacoma Boatbuild- ing Company, Todd Pacific Ship- yards Corporation, and Lockheed

Shipbuilding and Construction

Company.

Mr. Tarbutton's BS degree in business administration and exten- sive experience in ship new con- struction, overhaul, conversion and repair will greatly enhance AMI's capabilities within the marine sup- port industry, Mr. Stitt com- mented.

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