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Artist's rendering of how the passenger vessel Glacier Seas will look in service.

Westport Yard Building Fiberglass

Passenger Vessel For TravAlaska

TravAlaska, the West family's cruise and tour firm headquartered in Seattle, will take delivery of a new passenger vessel from Westport

Shipyard this spring. The 90-foot boat Glacier Seas will be the first commercial hull from a new adjusta- ble mold the Westport, Wash., fi- berglass vessel builder installed in 1985.

Following trials in April, TravAl- aska will put the new boat into ser- vice on Prince William Sound. The firm maintains an operating base in

Anchorage, and now has offices in all major Alaskan cities.

The first vessel to be owned by the Seattle travel firm, the Glacier

Seas was designed by naval archi- tect Jack Sarin of Bainbridge Is- land, Wash. TravAlaska president

Charles G. West said the boat will be licensed to carry 130 passengers.

She will be fitted with bars on both enclosed decks and a full galley for preparation of meals. Half of the seating will be integrated into ban- quettes—dinette type benches and tables; the other half will involve individual contoured chairs. A walk- around bridge, open to the top pas- senger cabin, will be equipped with extensive electronic equipment, in- cluding a large color radar.

Propulsion will be provided by twin 930-bhp Deutz B/AM 816 die- sel engines driving Coolidge stain- less steel propellers via Reintjes re- duction gears supplied by Karl Sen- ner, Inc. The vessel will incorporate a steel stem and strengthened lami- nations along the chine for ice pro- tection.

Westport Shipyard builds Airex fiberglass vessels ranging from 55 to 120 feet in one of the most automat- ed fiberglass yards in the U.S. The new mold used by the shipyard involves a standard but stylishly raked bow, and adjustable jigs that can produce modifiable hull lines and transom. The first hull out of the mold was a 108-foot yacht that went to British Columbia for com- pletion.

Westport will also deliver another 90-foot passenger vessel this month

January 15, 1986 15 to Catalina Express Lines in South- ern California. This will be the fourth vessel Westport has built for that ferry and excursion boat opera- tor.

For full information and free lit- erature on Westport Shipyards ser- vices and capabilities,

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From Clemco Describes

Abrasive Blast Equipment

Clemco Industries, San Francisco,

Calif., has made available a 50-page guide to selecting proper, coordi- nated elements for new abrasive blast systems and for upgrading re- placements in existing systems.

The illustrated selection guide first discusses the relationships of the various blast system compo- nents, and included selections on: blast machines; remote controls; operator safety equipment; nozzles; holders, couplings and hoses; and specialized equipment.

Also included is an extensive list of other catalogs, product studies and educational films and tapes available from Clemco. Dozens of black-and-white photographs show the different products offered by the company.

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Simrad, Inc. Opens U.S.

East Coast Branch Office

Simrad, Inc., headquartered in

Seattle, Wash., has announced the establishment of a branch office in the New York metropolitan area, which has been created in order to more efficiently promote Simrad products in the Eastern portion of the U.S. and Canada.

Simrad is a leading manufacturer of a complete line of marine elec- tronics, navigation, instruments and systems for the commercial, off- shore, fishing and naval markets.

The new office, in addition to the existing branch office in Houston, provides Simrad with three loca- tions in the United States. Initial staffing will include Bjorn Carls- en, manager East Coast branch of- fice, and Philip Thompson, man- ager hydrography.

The address of the new Simrad

East Coast branch office is: Simrad,

Inc., Suite 400, 50 Charles Lindberg

Boulevard, Uniondale, NY 11553.

Phone (516) 222-9246. Telex 6973229.

For complete literature on all

Simrad marine products,

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Todd-Seattle Receives $6.5-Million Order

For Vessel Overhaul

Todd Pacific Shipyard, Seattle,

Wash., was awarded a $6,497,592 firm-fixed-price job order under a master ship repair agreement for the overhaul of the USNS Observa- tion Island, a Military Sealift Com- mand, U.S. Flag, missile range in- strumentation ship.

The work will be performed in

Seattle and is expected to be com- pleted early this year.

Fifteen bids were solicited and two offers were received. The Mili- tary Sealift Command, Washington,

D.C., is the contracting activity (N00033-85-H-0033).

IBM Awarded $45.5-Million

Contract Modification

International Business Machines

Incorporated, Manassas, Va., is be- ing awarded a $45,532,820 modifica- tion to definitize a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee letter contract for integration of thin line towed array functions into the AN/

BQQ-5C(V) sonar. Work will be performed in Manassas (95 percent) and Owego, N.Y. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in Decem- ber of 1988. The Naval Sea Systems

Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-84-C- 6256).

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