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Rados-Designed Research And

Monitoring Vessel Being Built By

Knight & Carver In San Diego

Rados International Corporation, naval archi- tects and marine engineers of San Pedro, Calif., has been awarded a design contract for furnish- ing the complete design, engineering, and con- struction inspection of a new 84-foot twin-screw, full secondary research and monitoring vessel for the City of Los Angeles.

The vessel, named Lamer (Los Angeles Ma- rine Environmental Research), will be responsi- ble for collecting water quality samples, and var- ious other biological samplings, etc., primarily in the Santa Monica Bay.

Principal characteristics include an overall length of 84 feet, a beam of 22 feet, a 5-foot draft, and a displacement of 56 long tons. The propulsion calls for two diesel engines with 764 bhp each and two auxiliary generators with 40- kw capacity each.

The vessel, a twin-screw, semi-planing hull of fiberglass reinforced construction, will have a total crew and scientific complement of eight persons. It will be equipped with onboard labo- ratories, active and passive stabilization systems and deck equipment which will include "A" frames, oceanographic winches, and sea cranes.

The latest in specialized scientific equipment, electronic and navigation equipment will also be provided. The vessel will be designed and built in accordance with the rules and regulations of the American Bureau of Shipping.

Knight & Carver, yacht and shipbuilders of

San Diego, Calif., were awarded the construction contract for the 84-foot vessel. Specialists in the use of multi-laminates and Airex closed-cell foam core, Knight & Carver anticipates a de- livery date in late 1989.

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Rauma-Repola Deck Machinery

And Aquamaster Propulsion

Join Forces In New Company

Hollming Ltd. and Rauma-Repola Oy, two

Finnish marine companies, have joined forces to make the best use of their trade names. In the future, the production of Aquamaster propul- sion units and Rauma-Repola winches will take place under the same roof.

Aquamaster-Rauma Ltd. is the name of the new company, and it will be owned 50/50 by

Hollming Ltd. and Rauma-Repola Oy. It will acquire the Aquamaster business from Hollming and the deck machinery business from Rauma-

Repola.

Rauma-Repola Deck Machinery Works has designed and manufactured deck equipment since the 1940s, first to satisfy the needs of the company's Shipbuilding and Marine Technolo- gy Division, exporting most of its production. At present, the total number of units manufactured amounts to nearly 6,000.

Aquamaster production began in 1965 with 50-hp units, but already the intention was to develop a unit for professional heavy-duty oper- ation. Now, Hollming's Aquamaster azimuth thruster has 20 percent of the world market for

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Repola winches from Aquamaster-Rauma Ltd.,

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Radar Performance Monitors

Marketed By Richardson

Regulations have been passed in the United

Kingdom, West Germany, Holland, and soon

Japan and the United States, mandating large vessels to be equipped with a radar performance monitor (RPM).

NJRC's NJF5907 (X-Band) and NJF5303 (S-

Band) RPMs, sold and marketed by Richardson

Electronics, Ltd., LaFox, 111., are designed to satisfy such requirements with their unique total performance monitoring system. They con- sist of a local oscillator, pin modulators, pro- grammable pulse signal block and antenna cou- pling to provide stable, precise and thorough monitoring of radar performance.

These RPMs are active units which check the overall performance of radar sets, such as the transmitting output, receiving sensitivity and others, including the scanner, by installing it at the front of the scanner.

These systems cane be installed on existing radar systems or new equipment.

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