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The LCAC can carry 60-ton equipment loads plus troops across reefs, or through underwater ob- structions, shallow water, surf, beach-silted channels, etc.

Textron Marine Systems, New

Orleans, La., recently delivered the first LCAC to an East Coast Naval base in Little Creek, Va. Six other

LCACs are deployed to the West

Coast Assault Craft Unit.

MATT S

Marine Builders

The new harbor switchboat Matt

S was delivered by Marine Builders,

Inc., Utica, Ind., to Marine Trans- portation Co., the sister company of

Marine Builders, last year.

Named for the son of Marine

Transportation's president David

A. Evanczyk, the Matt S is 52 feet long, 22 feet wide and 7 feet 6 inches deep. It is the design of Marine

Builders, who specialize in this type vessel, but are also known for the construction of excursion, passenger type-vessels. The vessel's two four- blade, 54-inch diameter Columbian

Bronze propellers are powered by twin Cummins NTA-855-M marine diesels through Twin Disc MG- ver the past 100 years, Split has established a worldwide reputation for building and fitting out all types of vessels as well as constructing a wide range of special purpose off/on shore drilling platforms and other marine eguipment, including diesel engines under the M.A.N. -B&W licence.

Over 260 vessels totalling almost five million dwt. have been delivered. Over 90 per cent to overseas buyers.

Today we are continuing that same tradition of quality and expertise.

Designing even more sophisticated and complex ships. Building every conceivable type of vessel.

If you want to see a big difference from other shipbuilders, contact SPLIT.

We have built millions of tons of ships - and we're still building.

OBR0D0SPLIT * SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY „SPLIT"

Address: Put udarmka 19. P O BOX 107. 58000 SPLIT, Yugoslavia

Telephone (exchange! 521-222 Telex: 26 125, 26 113, 26296, BROGRYU.

Cable: BROSPLIT, Split. President, tel: 522-380, 522-075 Sales Director: 522-668, 514-925.

A membt v of the Association of Shipbuilding Industry "Jadranbrod". Zagreb. Yuc ]osL wu ?

SPLIT. THE SHIPBUILDERS WITH A DIFFERENCE

Circle 106 on Reader Service Card 30 514B reduction gears at a 5.16:1 ratio. A 35-kw Lima generator driv- en by a Cummins 4B3.9 diesel pro- vides the electrics. All the engines were supplied by Cummins Cum- berland, Inc., of Louisville, Ky.

MATT S

Equipment List

Main engines . Cummins

Reduction gears . Twin Disc

Propellers Columbian Bronze

Generators . . . Lima

Generator engines . Cummins

Rudder & stern tube bearings . Thordon

Radar . . Furuno

Hydraulic winch . . . TulsA

Keel coolers Johnson

OSPREY CLASS

PATROL BOAT

Danyard

Last year, Danyard A/S of Den- mark delivered the first of four Os- prey 55 Class fast offshore patrol boats.

The new patrol boat is powered by two MAN B&W Diesel 12V 23/50 diesel engines, which were supplied by Alpha Diesel, Frederikshavn,

Denmark, with 23V020 reduction gears, controllable-pitch propeller equipment and Alphatronic remote control.

On sea trials, the speed of the

Osprey 55 Class craft was 20.2 knots. The engines were installed in the vessel, which is a new version of the Osprey 50 Class patrol boat, at an inclination of 7 to 8 degrees to accommodate the 7-foot, four- bladed CP propeller. This was nec- essary because of the long flat but- tock run of the craft.

The 12V 23/30 was developed by

Alpha Diesel from its V23L engine and the compact in-line L23/30 en- gine. Cooperation between the de- sign engineers at Danyard and Al- pha Diesel led to an optimum usage of engine room space, while retain- ing easy access to the engines and gearboxes.

PT CLASS

PATROL BOAT

Singapore Shipbuilding

Singapore Shipbuilding & Engi- neering, Ltd. (SSE) delivered the