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below the sea. Some scientific equipment aboard includes a re- cording thermosalinograph, water temperature sensor, and water qual- ity monitor.

Also complementing the vessel are wet and dry laboratories, speci- men freezers, a high-pressure air compressor for Scuba tanks, and the capability to land and fuel helicop- ters.

FAST COASTAL

INTERCEPTOR

Tempest Marine

Last year, the U.S. Coast Guard took delivery of the first four of a new series of Fast Coastal Intercep- tors (FCI), 43V2 -foot offshore, high- speed chase boats, from Tempest

Marine, Inc., of North Miami

Beach, Fla.

The FCI craft, which will be used by the Coast Guard to fight illegal immigration and drug smuggling in the Florida coast area, feature a proven T-Torque drive system, which was developed by Tempest

Marine specifically to furnish reli- able surface-piercing drive that would be able to withstand the tre- mendous torque developed by their

Caterpillar diesel engines during high-speed offshore operation. Each

FCI is powered by a pair of turbo- charged and aftercooled Caterpillar 3208TA diesel engines, which pro- duce a combined 750 hp at 2,800 rpm. The FCI can reach a top speed of more than 43 knots.

The specially designed FCI boats provide the Coast Guard with the ability to maintain high speeds in extremely adverse offshore condi- tions. This ability combined with the craft's long range provide a defi- nite advantage in pursuit, rescue and other patrol situations.

FCI

Equipment List

Main engines Caterpillar

Reduction gears . Twin Disc

Bearings BFGoodrich

Propellers . . Record

Shafts . Aquamet

Rudders Phillip Rollar

Steering system . Hynautic

Starters Delco-Remy

Engine controls . . Morse

Alternators . Motorola

Instruments . . . . VDO

Raw water pump .... . . Jabsco

F/W separators . . .Racor

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FINLANDIA

Cantiere Navali Ferrari

The 88 Vi -foot harbor tug Finlan- dia was commissioned last year by her Italian owners Rimorchiatori

Riuniti (RR) SpA, after her delivery by the La Spezia shipyard of Can- tiere Navali Ferrari SpA (CNF). She is the first of a series of six vessels ordered from the yard by RR.

The tugs built by CNF in La Spe- zia are the first in the Mediterra- nean Sea to be equipped with an

Aquamaster rudder propeller sys- tem. The main and auxiliary en- gines were supplied by Motoren-

Werke Mannheim AG (MWM).

MWM supplied 12 type SBV6M628 engines. These six-cylinder diesels are designed for a maximum power of 1,185 kw at 1,000 rpm. For opera- tion in the RR's harbor tugs, the turbocharged and charge air-cooled diesels will provide 1,030 kw. With a total of 2,060 kw delivered by the twin-engine installations, the tugs will provide a static bollard pull of at least 40 tons.

Onboard power supply is pro- vided by two Industrie Meccaniche

Lombarde-built sets, which are equipped with KHD Deutz air- cooled engines of the FL 912 series, and rated for an output power of 48 kva each. IML is an MWM sales company.

ISLAND CLASS

PATROL BOAT

Bollinger Machine

Bollinger Machine Shop & Ship- yard, Inc., Lockport, La., completed a 16-vessel contract last year, when they delivered the final Island Class

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