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14-Page Leslie Catalog

Features G-Series

Valves, Regulators

The Super G-Series of pressure reducing valves and temperature regulators from Leslie Controls, Inc. is described in a new full-color 14- page catalog now available.

The Super G-Series is a family of valves combining the simplicity of a self-contained regulator with the performance of more sophisticated control systems. Only two moving parts in the valve body assures min- imum maintenance.

The literature features photos and schematic drawings, opera- tional information, performance and material specifications and or- dering information.

For more information and free copies of the 14-page catalog from

Leslie Controls,

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Wartsila Marine Industries has completed the conversion and refur- bishment of the S/S Monterey at its

Turku Repair Yard, and the vessel has been re-delivered to her owners,

Aloha Pacific Cruises, Alexandria,

Va.

The 564-foot-long Monterey will transit via Kristiansand, Norway, where it will be bunkered for the

Atlantic crossing to Bethlehem

Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point yard in Maryland, for installation of new stabilizers.

The Monterey was originally built by Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows

Point in 1952 as the first of five

Mariner-type cargo vessels.

As required by the Jones Act, structural steel work in connection with the conversion has been given to U.S. yards and the outfitting and interior work was done in Finland.

After the conversion, the vessel

KOS Announces

Corporate Changes

Thomas P. Tatham, managing director of Braspertise, Limited (Braspertise) a United Kingdom firm, and Joe W. Key, president of

Key Ocean Services, Inc. (KOS), a

Texas corporation, jointly an- nounced recently that Braspertise will fulfill the present pollution pre- vention rules and regulations.

The work included refurbishing the old passenger cabins, addition of 127 new cabins and 22 crew cabins, and extension of public room and technical systems to serve the in- creased number of passengers. A new conference center, veranda lounge, pool area with jacuzzis, lounge and other amenities have been added, and other public rooms were completely renewed. Also, the latest navigation and communica- tion equipment was installed.

After a cruise around the U.S. coast to Hawaii, the Monterey will start operating in the interisland

Hawaiian cruise market.

For literature containing full in- formation on the facilities and capa- bilities of Wartsila Marine,

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KOS. KOS will own and lease stor- age tankers and floating production, storage and offloading (FFPSO) units and market their proprietary

Uni-Turret Mooring System and

High Pressure Multi-Product Fluid

Swivel.

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GULF MAMMOTH—The world's largest offshore drilling jacket, Bull- winkle, was recently launched and moved through the Port of Gorpus

Christi. When the deck and drilling units are installed, the 50,000-ton

Bullwinkle will stand 1,615 feet above the seafloor—161 feet higher than the Sear's Tower in Chicago, the world's tallest building. She was built by

Gulf Marine Fabricators, Corpus Christi, for Shell Offshore Inc. for use in the Green Canyon section of the Gulf of Mexico. ;

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The 564-foot by 78.7-foot Monterey will operate as a luxury cruise vessel in the interisland

Hawaiian cruise market.

Wartsila Completes Conversion

And Refurbishment Of S/S Monterey

To Luxury-Class Cruise Liner

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