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SPD Technologies Names

Daniel J. Schuster

Director of Marketing total crew of 69 and can be fully activated within five days of notifi- cation.

The conversion of ex-Mormacal- tair, a general cargo/container ship built in 1965 and jumboized in 1976, to the crane ship SS Green Moun- tain State began in February of 1989. The conversion included the installation of two 60-ton twin- boom cargo cranes with two 1,200- kilowatt diesel generators to provide the electrical power to operate them, a cargo crane control room for operations, major modifications to the cargo holds, the installation of approximately 4,500 long tons of ballast to compensate for the crane weights and the installation of small craft mooring fittings on the ship's hull above the waterline. Green

Mountain State is the fourth crane ship converted for the Navy by

NORSHIPCO.

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Daniel J. Schuster

Daniel J. Schuster has been named director of marketing for

SPD Technologies, a leading devel- oper of electrical protection and control systems for naval applica- tions. In his new position he will be responsible for worldwide market- ing of SPD's line of circuit breakers, switchgear and electronic battery monitoring systems as well as new products now in development.

Mr. Schuster had previously di- rected the company's service center operations and business develop- ment. He joined the company in 1976.

SPD Technologies is one of the largest producers of military circuit breakers and a world leader in ad- vanced electrical protection equip- ment. The company is also heavily involved in providing ship control and interior communication sys- tems designed for U.S. Navy ships.

SPD, which is headquartered in

Philadelphia, has service and repair facilities across the U.S. and serves military markets throughout the world.

NORSHIPCO Completes

Conversion of Crane

Ship (T-ACS 9) For Navy

The Navy's newest crane ship, SS

Green Mountain State (T-ACS 9), was named recently during a cere- mony at Norfolk Shipbuilding and

Drydock Corporation, in Norfolk,

Va.

The ship, named for the state of

Vermont, will be under the opera- tional control of the Navy's Military

Sealift Command.

The principal speaker at the cere- mony was Senator James M. Jef- fords (R-Vt.); his wife Elizabeth was the ship's sponsor. Capt.

Thomas P. McGuire, USN, Com- mander, Military Sealift Command,

Middle Atlantic, represented the

MSC and spoke at the ceremony.

Green Mountain State is 665.7 feet long with a 75 foot beam. With an operating draft of 27 feet, her displacement is 22,900 long tons.

When not in operation, Green

Mountain State will be assigned to the Ready Reserve Force. When called into service, she will carry a

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