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Fluid Energy Launches 64-Foot Passenger Submarine

Fluid Energy Ltd. recently launched the first of a line of Scottish-built, 48-seat leisure subma- rines. Designed and built at the company's yard at Firth of Forth in Scotland, the 64-foot sub- marine will be delivered to Submarine Tours of

St. Thomas, Inc., for operation in the Carib- bean.

Built at a cost of $2.7 million, the Looking

Glass LG50 submarine displaces 95 tons, and has a pressure hull diameter of 8V2 feet.

Although rated for a maximum depth of 250 feet, the submarine will operate at depths of 90 to 150 feet, offering hour-long underwater tours.

Her hull has 11 large portholes along each side, viewing bubbles at her bow and stern, a battery of floodlights and feeding jets to attract fish.

In addition, she carries a miniature remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in her deck housing, which can be deployed to take video or still pic- tures for or of the passengers.

Painted yellow, reminiscent of the Beatles'

Petroleum Communications Inc. (Petrocom) Head Office: 5901 Earhart

Expwy., New Orleans LA 70123; 556 Jefferson St., Suite 100, Lafayette LA 70501; Allied Bank Plaza, Suite 5440, 1000 Lousisian St., Houston TX 77002

Radar Devices Inc., 2955 Merced St., San Leandro, CA 94577

Radio-Holland USA, Inc., 6033 South Loop East, Houston, TX 77033

Raytheon Marine Company, 46 River Rd., Hudson NH 03051

Raytheon Service Company, 5740 East Bayside Rd., Virginia Beach VA 23455

Robertson Shipmate Inc., 3000 Kingman St., Suite 207, Metairie LA 70006

S P Radio A/S, DK 9200 Aalborg DENMARK

SPT Audio, 8928 Kirby Dr., Houston TX 77054

Standard Communications, P.O. Box 92151, Los Angeles CA 90009

Standard Radio & Telefon AB, P.O. Box 501, S-162 15 Vallingby, SWEDEN

Telesystems, 2700 Prosperity Ave., Fairfax, VA 22031 USA

Watercom Communications Systems, 453 E. Park Place, Jefferson IN 47130

OILS—Marine—Additives

B P North America Petroleum, 555 US Route 1, So. Iselin, NJ 08830

Chevron USA, 575 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94105

Texaco, International, 2000 Westchester Avenue, White Plains NY 10650

OIL/WATER SEPARATORS

Alfa Laval Inc., 2115 Linwood Ave., Fort Lee NJ 07024

Centrico, Inc. (Westfalia Separators), 100 Fairway Court, Northvale, NJ 07647

FAST Systems Inc., 1717 Sublette Ave., St Louis MO 63110

Marketec, Inc., 27 Bowers Lane, Chatham NJ 07928

Microphor, Inc., 452 E Hill Rd., P.O. Box 1460, Willits, CA 95490

PAINTS—COATINGS—CORROSION CONTROL

American Mason Safety Tread Company, 153 Essex St., Haverhill MA 01830

Magnus Maritec, division of Drew Chemical, One Drew Plaza, Boonton NJ 07005

Palmer International, P.O. Box 8, Worcester, PA 19490

PIPE-HOSE—Cargo Transfer Clamps, Couplings, Coatings, Supports

Aeroquip, 300 South East Ave., Jackson, Ml 49203

Deutsch Metal Components, 14800 S. Figueroa, Gardena, CA 90248

Stauff Corporation, 21-23 Industrial Park, Waldwick NJ 07463

PLASTICS—Marine Applications

SFGP Inc./Industrial Plastics, 2330 16th St. So., P.O. Box 875, Wisconsin

Rapids, Wl 54494

PORT SERVICES

Port of Iberia, P.O. Box 897, New Iberia LA 70561

PROPULSION EQUIPMENT—Bowthrusters, Diesel Engines, Gears,

Propellers, Shafts, Turbines

Allison Gas Turbine Division, General Motors Corp., P.O. Box 420 Speed code

U6, Indianapolis, IN 46206

Bird Johnson Company, 110 Norfolk St., Walpole, MA 02081

Bergen Diesel A/S, P.O. Box 924, N-5001 Bergen NORWAY

Bergen Diesel Inc., 2701 Delaware Ave., Kenner LA 70062

Boston Metals Co., 313 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21202

Burmeister & Wain Alpha Diesel AS, DK-1400 Copenhagen K, Denmark

Caterpillar In., Engine Division, 100 N E Adams, Peoria IL 61629

Cincinnati Gear Co., 5657 Wooster Pike, Cincinnati, OH 45227

Colt Industries Inc. (Fairbanks Morse Engine Div.), 701 Lawton Avenue, Beloit,

Wl 53511

Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT 06095

Deutz Corp., 7585 Ponce de Leon Circle, Atlanta, GA 30340

Fincantieri, Diesel Engines Division—GMT, Bagnoli della Rosandra 334,

Trieste, ITALY

GE Naval & Drive Turbine Systems Department, 166 Boulder Dr., Fitchburg

MA 01420

General Motors, Electro-Motive Division, LaGrange, IL 60525

Isotta Fraschini Motori SpA (Fincantieri Group), Via Milano n. 7, 21047

Saronno (Va), ITALY

KHD Canada Inc., 180 Rue de Normandie, Boucherville, Quebec J4B 5S7,

Canada

Kohlenberg Bros. Co., P.O. Box 358, Two Rivers, Wl 54241

Krupp MaK, P.O. Box 90 09, D-2300 Kiel 17, WEST GERMANY

Lips Propellers, 3617 Koppens Way, Chesapeake, VA 23323

Marine Gears, Inc., P.O. Box 689, Greenville MS 38707

Markisches Werk, Halve, P.O. Box 1442, D-5884 Halver WEST GERMANY

MAN B&W Diesel, 50 Broadway, New York, NY 10004

MAN B&W Diesel A/S, Ostervej 2, DK-4960 Hoelby, Denmark

MAN B&W Diesel A/S, Alpha Diesel, Niels Juels Vej 15. DK-9900 Frederiks- havn Denmark

MAN B&W Diesel GmbH, Stadtbachstrasse 1, D-8900 Augsburg 1 Germa- ny

Michigan Wheel Corp., 1501 Buchabab Ave., SW, Grand Rapids Ml 49507

MTU of North America, 10450 Corporate Dr, Houston TX 77478

North American Marine Jet P.O Box 1232 Benton, AR 72015

Northwest Marine Services Corp., 6452 So. 144th St., Tukwila WA 98168

Schottel-Werft, Josef Becker GmbH, KG, D-5401 Spay, WEST GERMANY

Sulzer Brothers, Dept. Diesel Engines, CH-8401 Winterthur, Switzerland

Sulzer/Escher Wyss, Ravensburg WEST GERMANY

Tenfjord Inc., 200 Jackson Ave., Hoboken, NJ 07030

Ulstein Maritime Ltd., 96 North Bend Street, Coquitlam BC CANADA V3K 6H1

Ulstein Propellers, N-6065 Ulsteinvik, NORWAY

Ulstein Trading Ltd. A/S, N-6-65, Ulsteinvik, Norway

J.M. Voith GmbH, Marine Division, Postfach 1940, 7920 Heidenheim/Brenz,

WEST GERMANY Voith Schneider America Inc., 121 Susquehanna Ave.,

Great Neck, NY 11021

Wartsila Power Inc., 5132 Taravella Rd., P.O. Box 868, Marrero, LA 70072

This 64-foot submarine is the first of a line being built by Fluid Energy Ltd. for the tourist market. She will be operated in the Caribbean by Submarine Tours of

St. Thomas, Inc. song, "Yellow Submarine," the LG50 is the cul- mination of a dream for Mike Angove, Fluid

Energy's managing director and founder. "I have been fascinated by the idea of the leisure submarine since I was a boy, when I read of the submarine built by the Picard family in the 1950s and operated on Lake Geneva," Mr.

Angove said. "I always believed that a leisure submarine was viable, given the right size ve-

PUMPS — Repairs—Drives

Del Gavio, 207 W. Central Ave., Maywood, NJ 07607. Telex: 132610 DEL-

MARINE

Goltens, 160 Van Brunt St., Brooklyn, NY 11231

Imo-Delaval, Inc., IMO Pump Division, Box 447, Monroe NC 28810

Jim's Pump Repair, 48-55 36th St., Long Island City NY 11101

Megator Corporation, 562 Alpha Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238

Vita Motivator Co., 84 Wall St., Farmingdale, NY 11735

Wilden Pump & Engineering Co., 22060 Van Buren St., P.O. Box 845, Colton,

CA 92324

REFRIGERATION —Refrigerant Valves

Bailey Refrigeration Co., Inc., 74 Sullivan St., Brooklyn, NY 11231

ROPE — Manila—Nylon — Hawsers—Fibers

Allied Signal Inc., Fibers Division, 1411 Broadway, New York, NY 10018

American Manufacturing Co., Cordage Div., P.O. Box 52125, Lafayette LA 70505

SANITATION DEVICES—Pollution Control

Envirovac Inc., 1260 Turret Dr., Rockford, IL 61111

FAST Systems Inc.. 1717 Sublette Ave., St Louis MO 63110

Microphor, Inc., 452 E Hill Rd., P.O. Box 1460, Willits CA 95490

Research Products/Blankenship (Incinolet), 2639 Andjon, Dallas, TX 75220

SCALE MODELS

Sturgeon Bay Model Shop, 187 N Ninth Ave., Sturgeon Bay Wl 54235

SCUTTLES/MANHOLES

L.S. Baier & Assoc., 7527 NE 33rd Dr., Portland OR 97211

Juniper Industries, 72-17 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village, NY 11379

Mock Manufacturing Inc., 777 Rutland Rd., Brooklyn, NY 11203

SHIPBREAKING — Salvage

Zidell Explorations, Inc., 3121 S.W. Moody St., Portland, OR 97201

SHIPBUILDING EQUIPMENT

American Marine, P.O. Box 8126, New Orleans LA 70182

Hilman Inc., 2604 Atlantic Ave., Wall, NJ 07719

M.A.N.—GHH, Sterkrade Werfsrabe 112 D-4100 Duisburg 18, West Germa- ny

MAN—GHH, P.O. Box 1 10240, D-4200 Oberhausen 11, West Germany

NEI Syncrolift, Inc., 8970 S W 87th Ct„ Miami FL 33176

SHIPBUILDING —Repairs, Maintenance, Drydocking

Aluminum Boats Inc., 304 Midway Dr., River Ridge LA 70123

Astilleros Espanoles S.A., Padillo 17, 28006 Madrid, SPAIN

Bay Shipbuilding Corp., 605 N. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay, Wl 54235

Blount Marine, Box 368, Warren Rl 02885

Bollinger Lockport & Larose, P.O. Box 250, Lockport LA 70374

Burmeister & Wain Skipsvaerft A/S, P.O. Box 2122, Refshaleoen, DK-1015

Copenhagen, DENMARK

Curacao Drydock (U.S.A.) Inc., 26 Broadway, Suite 741, New York, NY 10004

Danyards A/S, P.O. Box 719, DK-9900 Frederikshavn DENMARK

Fincantieri SpA Cantieri Navali Italiani, Via Cipro 11, 16129 Genoa ITALY

Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding, One Riverside Ave., P.O. Box 300-W,

Somerset, MA 02726

Hitachi Zosen Corp., 1-1-1 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan

Houston Ship Repair, 1621 Woods Dr., P.O. Box 489, Channelview, TX 77530

Hyundai Corporation, ShipSales Dept., 140-2 Kye dong, Chongro-ku, Soeul,

KOREA

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Ltd., 456 Cheonha-Dong, Ulsan, KOREA

Keppel Shipyard Limited, 325 Telok Blangah Road, P.O. Box 2169, Singapore 0409

Koch Ellis Barge & Ship Service, P.O. Box 9130, Westwego, LA 70094

Paul Lindenau GmbH, & Co., Schiffswerft u. Maschinenfabrik, D-2300 Kiel-

Friedrichsort, West Germany

Lisnave, Apartado 2138, 1103 Lisbon, Codex PORTUGAL

Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Co., 2929 16th Avenue, S.W., Seat- tle, WA 98134

M.A.N. GHH Sterkrade, P.O.B. 110240, D-4200 Oberhausen 11, West Ger many

Marco, Inc., 2300 W Commodore Way, Seattle, WA 98199

Marinette Maine Corporation, Marinette, Wl 54143

Moss Point Marine Inc., P.O. Box 1310, Escatawpa, MS 39552

Munson Manufacturing, 150 Dayton, Edmonds WA 98020

Newport News Shipbuilding, 4101 Washington Ave., Newport News, VA 23607

Nichols Brothers Boat Builders Inc., P.O. Box 580, 5400 S. Cameron Rd.,

Freeland, WA 98249

Portland Ship Repair Yard, 5555 N Channel Ave., Portland, OR 97217

Ryan Marine Inc., P.O. Box 400, Port Bienville Industrial Park, Pearlington MS 39572

Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Samsung Main Bldg. 250, 2Ka, Taepyong-ro, Chung-ku, Seoul, Korea

Service Marine Industries, P.O. Box 3606, Morgan City LA 70381

Southwest Marine, Inc., P.O. Box 13308, San Diego, CA 92113

Versatile Pacific Shipyards, Inc., P. O. Box 86099, North Vancouver BC

Canada

Wartsila Marin Industri AB, P.O. Box 1090, SF 00101 Helskini, FINLAND

Zidell Explorations, Inc., 3121 S.W. Moody Street, Portland, OR 97201

SHIP MANAGEMENT

Texaco Marine Servcies Inc., P. O. Drawer 1028, Port Arthur, TX 77641

SHIPPING—PACKING

Pilotage Consultants, Inc., P.O. Box 2046, New Hyde Pork, NY 11040

SIMULATOR TRAINING

Marine Safety International, Marine Air Terminal, LaGuardia Airport, NY 11371

SILENCERS hide, cost-efficient operations and savvy mar- keting."

Designing submersibles for the offshore oil market since 1983, Fluid Energy already has a second order from Looking Glass Cruises of Ber- muda, and is expected to announce additional contracts in the near future.

For free literature on the submarine designed by Fluid Energy Ltd.,

Circle 71 on Reader Service Card

Waugh To Supply Rockwool TNF

Joiner System For USNS 'Mercy'

The Waugh Co. of Jacksonville, Fla., has won the order to supply the Rockwool TNF Joiner

System for the control enclosure on board the

USNS Mercy (hospital ship) at North West

Marine Iron Works, Portland, Ore.

The Rockwool TNF System was required due to its high sound reduction and quick installa- tion characteristics.

Riley-Beoird, P.O. Box 31115, Shreveport, LA 71130

STUFFING BOXES

Johnson Rubber Co., Duramax Marine Div., 16025 Johnson St., Middlefield,

OH 44062

Kohlenberg Bros. Co., P.O. Box 358, Two Rivers, Wl 54241

SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT

Parkway/Imperial, 241 Raritan St., So. Amboy, NJ 08879

TANK CLEANING

Houston Ship Repair, 1621 Woods Dr., P.O. Box 489, Channelview, TX 77530

Marketec, Inc., 27 Bowers Lane, Chatham NJ 07928

TANK LEVELING INDICATORS

Imo-Delaval, Inc., Gems Sensors Division, One Cowles Rd., Plainville CT 06062

King Engineering Corp., P.O. Box 1228, Ann Arbor Ml 48106

Marine Moisture Control, 60 Inip Dr., Inwood, NY 11696

TORSIONAL VIBRATION SPECIALISTS

T.W. Spaetgens, 156 W. 8th Ave., Vancouver, Canada, V5Y 1N2

TOWING—Barges, Vessel Chartering, Lighterage, Salvage, etc.

Curtis Bay Towing, World Trade Center, Suite 800, Baltimore MD 21202

Jack Faulkner, 1005 W. Harimaw Ct„ Metairie, LA 70001

McAllister Bros., Inc., 17 Battery PI., New York, NY 10004

VALVES AND FITTINGS

Aeroquip, 300 South East Ave., Jackson, Ml 49203

Bailey, Division of CMB Industries, P.O. Box 8070, Fresno, CA 93747

Cajon Co., 9760 Shepard Rd., Macedonia, OH 44056

Chemiquip Products Co., Inc., 3 W. 18th St., New York, NY 10011

Circle Seal Controls, Brunswick Corporation, P.O. Box 3666, Anaheim, CA 92803

Cla-Val Co., P.O. Box 1325, Newport Beach, CA 92663

Crawford Fitting Company, 29500 Solon Road, Solon, OH 44139

Deutsch Metal Components, 14800 S. Figueroa, Gardena, CA 90248

Elliott Manufacturing Co., Inc. (Remote Valve Operating Equipment), P.O. Box 773, Binghamton, NY 13902

Lexair Inc., Airmatic/Beckett, 299 Gold Rush Rd., Lexington KY 40503

Loeffler Machine, US #1 & Robbins Ave., Penndel PA 19047

Newman's Inc., 7500 E Redding Place, Box 1856, Tulsa OK 74101

Nupro Co., 4800 E. 345th St., Willoughby, OH 44094

Pancoast Marine Division, Front & Porter St., Philadelphia, PA 19148

Parker Hydraulic Valve Division, 520 Ternes Avenue, Elyria, OH 44035

Parker Actuator Division, 9948 Rittman Road, P.O. Box 450, Wadsworth, OH 44281-0450

Parker Systems Division, 651 Robbins Drive, Box 3500, Troy, Ml 48007- 3500

Swagelok Company, 5171 Hudson Dr., Hudson, OH 44236

Tate Andale Inc., 1941 Landsdowne Rd., Baltimore, MD 21227

Teleflex Inc., 771 First Ave., King of Prussia, PA 19406

Waukesha Bearings Corp., 405 Commerce St., P.O. Box 798, Waukesha, Wl 53186

Whitey Co., 318 Bishop Road, Highland Heights, OH 44143

VIBRATION ANALYSIS

DLI Engineering Corp., 253 Winslow Way West, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110

Vibranalysis Engineering Corp., 4380 S. Wayside, Suite 100, Houston TX 77087

WASTEWATER TREATMENT

EES Corporation/Omnipure, An Eltech Systems Company, 12850 Bourne- wood Dr., Sugarland TX 77478

WATER PURIFICATION TREATMENTS

Electrocatolytic Inc., 2 Milltown Ct„ Union NJ 07083

WATER PURIFIERS

Alfa Laval Inc., 2115 Linwood Ave., Fort Lee NJ 07024

Atlas-Danmark Desalination Systems A/S, Stamholmen 93, 2650 Hvidovre (Copenhagen), Denmark

Everpure, Inc., 660 N. Blackhawk Dr., Westmont, IL 60559

Riley-Beaird, P.O. Box 31115, Shreveport, LA 71130

WEATHER CHART RECORDERS

Alden Electronics, 40 Washington St., Westborough, MA 01581

WELDING

Miller Electric Mfg. Co., P.O. Box 1079, Appleton, Wl 54912

WIRE ROPE LUBRICATION SYSTEMS

Dynalube, The Kirkpatrick Group, 415 N. Loop 12 at Pioneer Dr., P.O. Box 150907, Irving TX 75014

WINCHES AND FAIRLEADS

Braden Carco Gearmatic, P.O. Box 547, Broken Arrow, OK 74013,

Fritz Culver, Inc., P.O. Box 569, Covington, LA 70434

Gearmatic—see 'Braden Carco Gearmatic' above.

Markey Machinery Co., 79 South Horton St., Seattle, Washington 98134

Nashville Bridge Co., P.O. Box 239 Nashville TN 37202

Smith Berger Marine Inc., 516 S. Chicago St., Seattle, WA 98108

WINDOWS

Kearfott Marine Products, A Singer Co., 550 South Fulton Avenue, Mt. Ver- non, NY 10550

WINDOW WIPERS

Marketec, Inc., 27 Bowers Lane, Chatham NJ 07928

WIRE AND CABLE

Seacoast Electric Supply Corp., 225 Passaic St., Passaic, NJ 07055

Seacoast Electric Supply Corp., 1505 Oliver St., Houston, TX 77007