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HOW SATELLITES CAN INCREASE YOUR

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Circle 232 on Reader Service Card waterborne landing craft since World

War II and is considered a corner- stone in modernizing U.S. Navy/

Marine amphibious warfare capa- bilities.

Asmar Launches New

Design Of Patrol

And Rescue Ship

Asmar Shipbuilding and Docking

Company ofChile, recently launched the first of a new "high technology" design of patrol and rescue vessel, the Asmar 1160, which has the ca- pacity to rescue 32 people.

The 41.5-foot-long by 12.79-foot- breadth vessel, which because of its design and weight distribution au- tomatically rights itself if it cap- sizes, will be delivered to its owners, the General Direction of the Mari- time Territory and Merchant Ma- rine, and operate out of Hanga-Piko

Harbor at Eastern Island.

The vessel's propulsion system is unusual—two Volvo Penta engines of 306 hp and two Hamilton 291 water jets. This system allows ship- wrecked personnel to get in close to the ship without being sucked under by the engines which have no shaft.

Classed by Lloyd's Register of

Shipping, the ship has a crew capac- ity of four. Twelve of the 32 the ship is capable of rescuing would be ac- commodated in the wheelhouse with the rest on deck.

The ship, which is constructed in glass fiber reinforced polyester, has an inflatable bulwark of 60 cms di- ameter for protection. This allows men to get onboard without injury, protects the hull from damage from other vessels and adds to her stabil- ity-

For free literature detailing the facilities and capabilities of Asmar

Shipbuilding and Docking Company,

Circle 12 on Reader Service Card

Ingram Seeks MarAd

Loan To Construct 103 New Barges

A Maritime Administration loan guarantee to aid in financing con- struction of 44 open hopper barges, four rake barges, 40 box barges and 15 double-hull chemical tank barges is being sought by Ingram Barge Co. of Nashville.

If the application under Title XI of the Federal Ship Financing pro- gram is approved, MarAd said the 22-year loan guarantee will cover about $12.5 million of the total esti- mated construction cost of $16.6 million.

The barges, to be used in U.S. domestic commerce, have been or will be built by Maxon Marine Inc.,

Tell City, Ind.; Trinity Marine,

Gulfport, Miss.; and Jeffboat Inc.,

Jeffersonville, Ind.

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News $ 17 Million Navy Contract

Awarded For LCAC

Spares Procurement

A multiyear contract totaling nearly $17 million has been awarded by the U.S. Navy for the procure- ment of spare parts and special test equipment for the Landing Craft,

Air Cushion (LCAC).

The program will be managed in

Panama City, Fla., by a team from

Piquniq Management Corporation (PMC) of Anchorage, Alaska, and

Textron Marine Systems (TMS) of

New Orleans, La., the developer of the LCAC.

Textron Marine Systems has an extensive training maintenance and spare parts facility at Panama City to meet Navy technical and support needs. In addition, TMS has a Com- ponent Assembly and Test Opera- tions facility on line at Panama City that specializes in military specifi- cation fabrication and repair of elec- tronic printed circuit card modules, enclosures, and keyboard assemblies for various contracts. With this new award, warehouse and office facility construction will begin immediately in Panama City.

The LCACs can rapidly carry troops, weapons and equipment from support ships over the horizon to 70 percent of the world's beaches. Only 17 percent of coastlines are currently accessible by conventional landing craft. The LCAC is the first signifi- cant technical improvement in