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Unitor Ships Service

Announces Appointments

Unitor Ships Service, Inc. recent- ly announced the following appoint- ments:

Lasse Nergaard has joined the operation as financial manager,

Americas area. He will be responsi- ble for all financial and administra- tive matters in that area.

Kevin Kelley has been pro- moted to territory manager, US/

Canada West Coast. He previously held the position of account sales manager, West Coast.

Both positions are based in Long

Beach, Calif., Unitor's headquarters for the Americas. Both men report to Paal Berg, general manager.

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The recently christened USNS Pecos (T-AO-197) is powered by twin Colt-Pielstick diesel engines.

Avondale Industries Christens

Navy's Newest Fleet Oiler,

USNS Pecos (T-AO-197)

Christening ceremonies were re- cently held at the Shipyards Divi- sion of Avondale Industries, Inc., for the seventh in a series of seven fleet oilers under construction by the

Louisiana builder.

The USNS Pecos (T-AO-197) is 667 feet long, 97 feet wide and has a maximum draft of 36 feet. Her mis- sion along with her sister ships is to transport bulk products from shore depots to combatants and support forces under way. The fleet oilers also carry and deliver fleet freight, cargo, water, mail and personnel.

Underway refueling of other ships in the fleet is accomplished using transfer rigs with transfer hoses sus- pended by a span wire automati- cally maintained in a constant-ten- sion range. T-AOs are also capable of refueling helicopters from a verti- cal replenishment facility aft of the superstructure.

Powered by a pair of Colt-Piel- stick 10-cylinder, medium speed diesel engines, the Pecos is capable of service speeds of 20 knots. She has a capacity of 183,500 barrels of oil in 18 cargo tanks, and is capable of simulataneously receiving, stor- ing and discharging two separate grades of cargo fuel.

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Emergency Rescue Beacon

Introduced By Litton To

Aid Mariners In Distress

Clifton Special Devices division of Litton has developed and is pro- ducing an emergency rescue beacon that can help rescuers locate vessels at sea to within one mile.

Litton's Emergency Position In- dicating Radio Beacon can automat- ically transmit an emergency radio signal to polar-orbiting satellites which relay the data to ground sta- tions for high accuracy calculation of a craft's location.

The rescue beacon is a self-con- tained aid that fastens securely to nautical craft. It comes in two ver- sions. The first is fully automatic, meaning that it will activate and begin transmitting automatically should the vessel sink or capsize.

The automatic deployment mecha- nism releases the beacon before it reaches a depth of four meters.

The second version, which can be deployed manually, is designed for use where automatic activation is not required, such as for use in a lifeboat.

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Koden International, Inc. of Nor- well, Mass., has been named exclu- sive distributor of the rescue beacon for the Litton division.

Clifton Special Devices division, headquartered in Springfield,

Penn., is a unit of Litton's Servo

Components group.

For more information and free lit- erature on the emergency rescue beacon from Litton,

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MHI To Build

Second NYK Cruise Ship

Under $695.2-Million Pact

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) will construct a second cruise ship for Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) under a $695.2-million con- tract.

The 27,000-grt ship, expected to be delivered in November 1991, is the near sister ship of the larger

Crystal Harmony, presently under construction at the yard. The 600- passenger liner is aimed at the inter- national market but with particular emphasis on the U.S. 44 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News