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Freeport Shipbuilding Delivers

Passenger Vessel To Nassau Cruises

Freeport Shipbuilding & Marine

Repair, Inc. of Freeport, Fla., re- cently completed the excursion/din- ner cruise vessel Calypso II for Nas- sau Cruises Ltd., a Bahamas-based company.

The 550-passenger vessel, with an overall length of 105 feet, beam of 29 feet, and depth of 9 feet 6 inches, is the largest craft that the Freeport yard has produced. She is also the fastest in terms of building time— 98 days from the beginning of con- struction to departure from the shipyard.

Calypso II is designed as a multi- purpose vessel, with her primary function transporting passengers from cruise ships to a privately owned island just outside Nassau

Harbor. Dinner cruises are another feature, with seating for more than 200 people on the main and second decks. The owner will also offer pri- vate charters, cocktail parties, and other services.

The new vessel was designed and built exclusively for the comfort and entertainment of her passengers, with dependability and safety the first two considerations. Initial drawings, establishing the outward appearance and arrangements, were done by Jim Murray, president and part owner of Freeport Ship- building. The package was then sent to Maritime Design, a Jacksonville- based naval architecture and marine engineering firm headed by Jim

Konopaseck, to refine the struc- tural aspects as well as the stability

CALYPSO II

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Main engines Detroit Diesel

Reduction gears Twin Disc

Propellers Columbian

Shafting Aquamet (Armco)

Bow thruster Wesmar

PTO to power thruster . . . .Twin Disc

Engine silencers Maxim

Engine mountings . . . Globe Rubber

Generators (2) Lima

Generator engines Perkins

Generator control panel . . . Simplex

Steering controls Kobelt

Rudder angle indicator Wagner

Radar Furuno

Loran Sitex

Depth sounder Datamarine

Internal telephones Aiphon and tonnage requirements of the

American Bureau of Shipping and the Coast Guard.

Main propulsion is provided by three Detroit Diesel 8V71 and Twin

Disc 509 reverse/reduction gears, driving Columbian Bronze Tetra- dyne propellers via Aquamet 17 shafting. The main engines are sup- ported by Globe Rubber resilient mounts to minimize vibration and engine noise. The engine exhaust systems are fitted with Maxim si- lencers.

Electric power is produced by two 35-kw Lima generators, each driven by a Perkins model 4.236 diesel. The generator control panel was sup- plied by Simplex, and is arranged for paralleling the outputs of both generators.

The passengers on the Calypso II have a choice of three decks offering completely different environments.

The third or sun deck is open with the exception of wind cloths laced to the handrails around the perimeter.

The second deck is designed for those who want to escape the tropi- cal sun but still enjoy being in an open-air atmosphere. This deck in- cludes a full-service bar. The main deck features a spacious enclosed area and also exterior seating along the sides of the enclosed bulkheads.

The enclosed area features a full bar identical to the one on the second deck. Food for the dinner cruises may be either catered or prepared on board in the galley that is located below the main deck.

Maneuverability is a critical fac- tor in the vessel's operation due to coming alongside the cruise ships in open waters to load and off-load passengers. Therefore the Calypso

II is fitted with a dual electric-driv- en, hydraulic steering system with three steering and engine control stations, one in the pilothouse and one on each bridge wing. Each sta- tion consists of three Kobelt single- lever, air engine control heads, a

Wagner rudder angle indicator, and a Wagner elecric jog lever at the out- side stations and an orbital helm unit in the pilothouse. Most impor- tantly, the vessel is equipped with a

Wesmar T-50 hydraulic bow thrust- er, operable from each of the three control stations. The 50-hp thruster is powered by a hydraulic pump close-coupled to a Twin Disc power takeoff on the front of the centerline main engine.

A basic, but adequate, electronics package is installed, which includes a Furuno 240 radar, Standard Hori- zon VHF radiotelephone, Datama- rine depth recorder, Sitex EZ7 Lo- ran, and loudhailer. An Aiphone in- ternal telephone system is also in- stalled.

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Nilsson Named Member

Of Volvo Penta's

Board Of Executives

Rolf Nilsson, chief engineer, has been appointed a new member of the Volvo Penta board of execu- tives, which is responsbile for prod- uct development, quality, and prod- uct responsibility.

He succeeds former director

Sven-Olof Svantesson, who has retired but will continue to work on major projects assigned by the board of executives. Mr. Nilsson will remain in charge of product development at the Swedish compa- ny, a position he took on in 1985.

Franklin Promoted

To Vice President

At McDermott Marine

Robert E. Howson, president and chief operating officer of

McDermott Marine Construction, announced that James F. Frank- lin has been promoted to vice presi- dent and general manager, Fabrica- tion and Shipyard Operations based at Bayou Boeuf and Amelia, La.

Mr. Franklin has been general manager of the Fabrication Division since November 1984, and Morgan

City Shipyard operations since

April 1985. His responsibilities in- clude all operations involved in fab- ricating offshore platforms at

McDermott's largest yard and ship- yard operations, which include the construction and repair of large tugs, supply boats, barges, dredges, and a wide variety of oceangoing work vessels.

Mr. Franklin has been involved in the offshore industry since 1963.

He first joined McDermott when

Ingram Contractors, Inc., where he had been employed since 1964, was acquired in 1971. Between 1971 and 1980 he managed McDermott fabri- cation operations in Southeast Asia and Scotland. From 1980 to 1984 he was employed by Raymond Off- shore Constructors Inc. and Ray- mond Fabricators Inc., serving there as vice president-Gulf of Mexico op- erations and senior vice president- chief operating officer. He rejoined

McDermott in 1984.

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