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Powered by two Electro-Motive diesel engines, the U.S. Enterprise is the first American vessel designed and built to catch pollock and process surimi. She was built by Halter

Marine, Inc.

First U.S.-Built Surimi Catcher/Processor

Delivered By Halter Marine

The U.S. Enterprise, reportedly the first American vessel designed and built to catch pollock and pro- cess surimi, has been delivered by

Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, to the Arctic Alaska fleet, Seattle,

Wash.

The 224-foot, 36-crew member, floating factory will be able to catch up to 250 tons of pollock per day,

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Raytheon . . Circle 152 on Reader Service Card and process 50 tons of surimi, a paste-like substance made from pol- lock used to make imitation crab meat, shrimp, and other seafood products. U.S. surimi consumption increased from 6 million pounds in 1981, to over 100 million pounds in 1986.

Approximately five tons of fish are required to make one ton of surimi. The fish is filleted and skin- ned before mincing and washing as opposed to the Japanese system which scales and splits the fish while leaving the skin on.

The "American" method accord- ing to Francis Milller, chairman of Arctic Alaska, greatly reduces the amount of potable water required to produce surimi. The Japanese method consumes from eight to 12 pounds of water per pound of su- rimi, while the American system uses about five pounds of water for one pound of surimi.

The U.S. Enterprise has more than double the water making ca- pacity required as it is equipped with an Atlas (Danmark) 110,000 gallons per day, three-stage evapo- ration type water maker.

The boat, which was built at

Halter's Moss Point, Miss., ship- yard, was originally intended for use in offshore oil and gas fields. How- ever, when the vessel was still under construction, Mr. Miller saw her potential as a catcher/processor and he and the Halter design team rede- signed it for its new use.

The U.S. Enterprise is 224 feet in length, with a 42-foot beam, and 16- foot depth. She is powered by two

General Motors EMD 16-645C die- sel engines developing a total of 3,900 hp through Reintjes WAV 2660 reverse/reduction gears with a ratio of 5.526:1.

The big diesels drive two Cool- idge, five-blade, 118-inch diameter by 130-inch pitch, stainless steel propellers in Kort nozzles.

The U.S. Enterprise was fitted with a Westfalia model OSA 7 cen- trifugal purifier from Centrico. The unit, which is used to clean up the vessel's diesel fuel, was supplied to

Halter Marine by Marine Engineer- ing of New Orleans in a "Centri-

Pack." The package consists of a skid or platform including the

VESA automatic timing unit as well as other elements.

Electrical power for the Baader 182 and 190 filleters and skinners, other processing machinery, refrig- eration, and ship's hotel service, is provided by three Detroit Diesel 380-kw generators driven by three

Detroit Diesel 12V71T engines.

A fourth 12V71T engine powers a

Schottel S300L bowthruster for in- creased maneuverability.

After processing and packaging, the surimi is placed between refrig- erated plates and quick frozen. The boat's 48,000 cu. ft. refrigerated holds can store up to 1.5 million pounds of surimi.

The mid-water and bottom trawl- er is equipped with two Alaska Ma- rine net cranes and two net reels.

Her large pilothouse includes two control stations with one overlook- ing the aft, business end of the ves- sel. Some of the navigation and communications equipment on

US ENTERPRISE

Equipment List

Main engines (2) . . . . EMD

Generators & engines .Detroit Diesel

Bowthruster engine . . . Detroit Diesel

Reduction gears .... . . . .Reintjes

Bowthruster reduction gears . . . Twin Disc

Propellers . . . Coolidge

Strut, stern tube & rudder bearings . . . . BFGoodrich

Bowthruster . Schottel

Engine controls .... .Hynautics

Steering controls . . . EMI

Muffler . Riley-Beaird

Main switchboard . . . Continental

Engine alarm system SSI

Distribution panels . . . . Continental

General alarm system . . Henschel

VHF radios ICOM

SSB radio . Stephens

SSB radio .... Skanti

Radars ... Furuno

Compass .... Sperry

Loran ... Furuno

Autopilot/gyrocompass .... Sperry

Depth sounders .... .... Furuno

Batteries Delco

Charger . . Lamarche

Net recorder system Ross

Clocks & barometer . . . . . .Chelsea

Air horn . . Kahlenberg

Waste heat boiler . . . Atlas

Bilge & ballast- washdown pump . . Durco

Bilge, ballast, fire &

F/O pump .... Goulds

F/O transfer pump . . Viking

F/O centrifuge .... . . . Centrico

F/O strainers . . . Hayward

Float gauges . . Rochester

O/W separator .... .... Sigma

Pressure set pump . . .... Meyers

Watermaker Atlas

Sewage pump . .Hydromatic

Hand winch . . . Olympic

Manholes .... Halmar

Hatches, watertight doors & port lights .... Centex

Crane Alaska Marine

Chocking system . Philadelphia Resin

Fans . . . . Hartzell

Trawl Winches .... Skagit

Cod end hoist winch . . . . Gearmatic

Net reels .... Alaska

Gilson winches . . Gearmatic

Anchor windlass .... . . Fritz Culver

Ramp roller .... Halter

Expansion joints .... American Boa

Air compressors .... .... Quincy

Air receivers . .Manchester

Search lights . Carlisle-Finch

Filleters & skinners . . . . . Baader

Paint International board includes two Furuno radars, two VHF and two SSB radios, and a

Sperry gyrocompass and autopilot.

The $15-million U.S. Enterprise is the seventh fishing vessel built or converted by Halter Marine's Moss

Point, Miss., shipyard for Francis

Miller interests.

For free literature on the ship- building and ship-repairing facili- ties of Halter Marine and other

Trinity Industries shipyards,

Circle 65 on Reader Service Card

John Alexander, COMSAT,

Moves To New Location

COMSAT Martime Services re- cently announced that John Z. Al- exander, assistant director of mar- keting for COMSAT, has moved to a new location.

The new address is: John Z. Al- exander, COMSAT Maritime Ser- vices, 281 Highway 79, Morganville,

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