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Outstanding Passenger

Vessels & Ferries (continued)

MISS ELLIS ISLAND

Blount Marine

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Blount Marine Corporation, War- ren, R.I., has delivered the passen- ger vessel Miss Ellis Island to Circle

Line Statue of Liberty Ferry, Inc.

Designed by naval architect Rob- ert A. Simons and certified to carry 775 passengers on excursion trips to

Ellis Island, the Miss Ellis Island, like her sister, the Miss New Jersey, is powered by Cummins main diesel engines. Other propulsion equip- ment includes Bird-Johnson propel- lers and Twin Disc reduction gears.

Auxiliary power will be supplied by Cummins gensets. The Miss Ellis

Island is also fitted with a Schottel bow thruster to provide her with an extra measure of maneuverability.

The Immigration Center on the island has recently been refurbished.

Ellis Island itself has been made part of the National Park System.

The vessel contains several un- usual features due to its dockage and route. One of these features is the watertight bumper pipe with a solidly welded insert plate. The bumper is built for protection from the heavy surge at the Battery pier in lower Manhattan. Also unusual

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MISS ELLIS ISLAND

Equipment List

Main engines Cummins

Generators Cummin

Propellers Bird-Johnson

Gears Twin Disc

Engine Controls Mathers

Bow thruster Schottel

Electronics Furuno-lcom

Wire L.F. Gaubert

Signal system Hose-McCann

Decking Products Research

Shaft oilsealed bearing Golten Group

Deck/manholes L.S. Baird

Ventilation Aerovent

Paint Devoe

Cutlass bearings BFGoodrich

Doors Jamestown Metal

Rescue boat Schat Marine

Main shaft stuffing boxes Duramax

Alarms FW Murphy

Packings AW Chesterton is the oil-lubricated shaft bearing, made by the Golten Group of Nor- way, which lubricates and protects the shafts. The design also features a profile with rounded stern and capped pilothouse in keeping with the look of the famous Circle Line fleet.

The Miss Ellis Island brings the total of Blount-built vessels in the

Circle Line Statue of Liberty Ferry fleet to five.

MONTE CARLO

Nichols Brothers

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Nichols Brothers Boat Builders' latest dinner/excursion boat, the 205-foot, 1,600-passenger Monte

Carlo, was recently delivered, fol- lowing the completion of her outfit- ting work at Nichols Marine Ways,

Inc., in Portland.

The boat will be operated by

Monte Carlo Cruises, according to

Terry McRae, vice president of

Hornblower Yachts, Inc. Monte

Carlo Cruises is a new division of

Hornblower Yachts, Inc., which is headquartered in San Francisco.

According to Mr. McRae, the

Monte Carlo is the largest harbor cruiser of its kind on the West Coast of the U.S. The Monte Carlo offers four decks in addition to the utility hold level; two marble dance floors; a multi-level aft solarium; a main salon with full balcony; multiple bars; several lounges; a "casino" deck; computerized entertainment

MONTE CARLO

Equipment List

Main engines Caterpillar

Reduction gear ZF

Bow thruster Schottel-Werft

Propulsion controls MMC

Propeller Sound Propeller

Generating plants Caterpilla

Electrical wires, breakers, lights Hardware Specialties

Interior design Directions In Design

Painting system Hempel

Radar Furuno

Flux gate compass Furun

Loudhailer Raytheon

Loran Furuno

VHF transceivers Standard

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