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G. Marine Diesel vice president Manuel Martinez, president Carmelo Gomez, and general manager Joseph Eckhardt.

G. Marine Diesel Leases

Brooklyn Navy Yard Facilities —Free Literature Offered

G. Marine Diesel Corporation,

Brooklyn, N.Y., recently signed a long-term lease with the Brooklyn

Naval Yard Development Corpora- tion to operate graving docks No. 5 and No. 6 at the Brooklyn Navy

Yard facility.

According to G. Marine, the two graving docks are the largest on the

East Coast. Each dock is 1096 feet long by 150 wide and can accommo- date ships up to 145,000 dwt.

At the facility, there are approxi- mately 19 acres of land with support buildings and six gantry cranes with lifting capacities ranging from 25 to 200 tons. G. Marine also has in- stalled two 4,160-volt transformers to supply shore power to the larger naval and commercial vessels. G.

Marine also has a 50-ton mobile crane and mobile equipment at the site.

In the past five months, the com- pany has been upgrading the entire facility. The main pump room that controls graving docks 5 and 6 have been completely upgraded and au- tomated to naval standard and have been Navy certified. The main fire- fighting system has been upgraded to supply 5,400 gmp.

In addition, G. Marine has a fully equipped machine shop in Brooklyn to support its shipyard operation.

Over the past three years, G. Ma- rine has completed major overhauls on three U.S. Navy ammunition ships, the USS Suribachi (AE-21),

USS Nitro (AE-23) and USS Butte (AE-27), at Earle, N.J. G. Marine has also completed a major overhaul on the USS Boulder.

C. Gomez, president, and M.

Martinez, vice president of G. Ma- rine Diesel Corp., have upgraded their facility in order to better serve the U.S. Navy, Military Sealift

Command, U.S. Coast Guard and other Government agencies as well as commercial ship operators.

J.E. Eckhardt has been pro- moted by the company to general manager/chief estimator in charge of operations at its shipyard.

For free literature fully detailing the ship-repair services and facili- ties offered by G. Marine,

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Slaughter Joins

Butterworth Tank

Cleaning Machines national Butterworth customers.

At present, 14 international sales representatives and 20 supply cen- ters comprise the worldwide net- work of Butterworth service and distribution centers for the rental of

Butterworth tank cleaning ma- chines. Additionally, supply centers stock Butterworth brand hose, ma- rine equipment supplies and acces- sories.

A graduate of the U.S. Merchant

Marine Academy, Mr. Slaughter has more than 14 years' experience in international marine product sales and management in positions with Ameron Fiberglass Pipe Divi- sion, Amermarine International,

Amoco Shipping Company and

General Electric Company.

NYK Forms Two

Cruise Subsidiaries

Japanese shipowner Nippon Yus- en Kaisha (NYK) has recently formed two subsidiary companies to handle its future cruise activities.

The two new companies, Baha- mas-based Crystal Ship (Bahamas)

Ltd. and Crystal Cruises Inc., will be responsible for overseeing the oper- ation of a 49,000-ton, 960-passenger ship currently under construction at

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) of Japan.

Upon her completion in 1990, the as-yet-unnamed ship, which will be registered in the Bahamas, will be 787 feet long, with a breadth of 97 feet and draft of 24.6 feet. Her pro- pulsion machinery will be diesel electric, with four sets of MAN

B&W medium-speed diesel engines each developing 11,750 bhp at 400 rpm. She would be the biggest cruise ship ever built in Japan.

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James E. Slaughter Jr.

James E. Slaughter Jr. has joined Butterworth Tank Cleaning

Machines, Inc., Houston, Texas, as sales manager with responsibility for sales in North, Central and

South America.

In keeping with the current mar- keting program in place at Butter- worth, Mr. Slaughter plans to move forward with the company's appointment of qualified marine agents to serve domestic and inter-