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Trilling Medical's 'Water-Jet':

Unique Product For Emergency

Burn Care And Fire Protection

Water-Jel® from Trilling Medical Technolo- gies, Inc., Ridgefield Park, N.J., is described as a unique multi-use product for emergency burn care and fire protection, designed to help save lives and maximize the relief of pain and suffer- ing caused by burns.

According to a spokesman for the company, "With this product, you just open the patented

Water-Jel packet or container and apply the gel- soaked special carrier to the burn area. No spe- cial training is required."

According to the company, Water-Jel imme- diately lowers and stabilizes skin temperature, easing the pain and calming the patient. Be- cause the product is bacteriostatic, the covered wound is protected from further contamination.

Also, the product is water soluble, making it easy to remove burnt clothing without further damage to the wound.

Water-Jel comes in a variety of sizes that can

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Halter Marine Christens Fourth

Of Six Ocean Surveillance Ships

In $85-Million Navy Contract

The U.S. Navy ship Capable was recently christened and launched at Halter Marine, Inc.,

Moss Point, Miss. She is the fourth of six identi- cal ocean surveillance ships under construction at Halter for the Navy, with a total contract value of approximately $85 million.

The ship was christened by Mrs. Patricia T.

Lott, wife of Representative Trent Lott. The principal was Rear Adm. Richard F. Pitten- ger, USN, Oceanographer of the Navy.

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Marine Group, the five shipbuilding companies which include Hater Marine, credited Represen- tative Lott for helping to win Congressional approval and funding for the vessels and for helping Halter win the construction contracts for the six ships.

When commissioned the Capable will become the 16th of 18 planned monohull T-AGOS class ships to join the U.S. Navy's ocean surveillance program.

Operated by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and staffed by civilian technicians, the

Capable will tow electronic devices to monitor the movement of submarines.

The all-steel Capable is 224 feet long, with a 43-foot beam, and 15-foot 1-inch draft. Main propulsion and other ship's service is diesel- electric, provided by four Caterpillar/Kato 600- kw generators driving two General Electric mo- tors. Power is transmitted through two shafts and full load displacement is approximately 2,300 long tons. Maximum speed is approxi- mately 11 knots and normal operating speed is about three knots.

She will carry nine officers, 11 crew, and 10 technicians. In addition to the usual living spaces, the Capable also has a recreation room, exercise room, ship's store, and a self-service laundry.

Halter Marine, Inc., is part of the Trinity

Marine Group owned by Trinity Industries of

Dallas, Texas. The Group's corporate offices are being moved from New Orleans to Gulfport,

Miss., in a phased transfer which began in

November.

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TBT-Free Antifouling Range

From International Paint

Gets Enthusiastic Response

International Paint (USA) recently launched its new TBT-free antifouling BRA 500 series, a coating that has been developed specifically to meet the requirements of the U.S. market. This was quickly followed by the introduction of

International TBT-free copolymer antifouling

BQA200 series throughout the rest of the world.

According to the manufacturer, the response to these new antifoulings by shipowners in the

U.S. and Europe was immediate, and highly encouraging.

For example, in the USA, where legislation restricting the use of TBT-containing antifoul- ings is most severe, nearly 100 merchant vessels and over 60 naval ships have been coated with

Interclene BRA 500.

This month marks the implementation of the

USA Senate's "Organotin Antifouling Paint

Control Act" (OAPCA). OAPCA provides that unless an antifouling is registered with the Envi- ronmental Protection Agency by December 15 and meets its regulations as regards the release rate of TBT in the coating, the manufacture, sales and distribution of that antifouling is pro- hibited in the USA.

International Paint's Interclene BRA 500 se- ries offers shipowners excellent antifouling per- formance without the use of TBT and is regis- tered with the EPA.

International Paint has always been a leader in marine coatings development and the recent success of its new TBT-free series is an example of the company's commitment to developing new products to help shipowners maintain the balance between performance costs and the ever-changing environmental pressures.

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