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Whale watch boat Voyagerll, from Gulf Craft.

McDermott Shipyard in Amelia,

La., which delivered the first of a new class of SWATH (Small Water- plane Area Twin Hull) ocean sur- veillance ships, the USNS Victori- ous (T-AGOS-19), is constructing the second, third and fourth of the class, with the first two already christened.

Suppliers' Fortunes

Linked Closely To Yards

Following the fortunes of regional shipyards, many Southern marine suppliers were able to win or fill significant orders during the year.

For example, the two remanufac- tured GM EMD 16-645CE6 diesel engines for the highly advanced sup- ply vessel Mr. Vick, built by Trinity

Marine, were supplied by Stewart &

Stevenson, Harvey, La. Supplying a total of 4,000 hp, the EMDs propel the 220-foot vessel to a speed of 14 knots.

The first of four boats for Oil &

Gas Rental Services, Inc., Morgan

City, La., the Mr. Vick also features

Robertson autopilot, joystick con- trols, and dynamic positioning sys- tem from Robertson Marine Sys- tems, Inc., Metarie, La. The Robert- son DP system controls the bow thruster, main engines, and two ar- ticulated Willi Becker high lift rud- ders which can be operated indepen- dently or in unison.

Southern Mississippi Caterpillar dealer Puckett Machinery Company,

Gulfport, Miss., has been awarded a $7.7 million order to furnish en- gines and generators for 12 oil spill recovery vessels. The vessels are to be built by the Trinity Marine Group of Gulfport for the Marine Spill Re- sponse Corporation (MSRC), Nash- ville, Tenn.

The ships will operate in harbors, coastal areas and open oceans to recover up to 1,900 barrels or 79,000 gallons of oil per hour. They will be homeported in Seattle, Washington,

Long Beach, California, Lake Char- les, Louisiana, Port Everglades, Fla., and the New York City metropolitan area for quick deployment to spill areas.

Ben Puckett Jr., engine division manager of Puckett Machinery, said, the award was the largest single order in the history of the company.

Seventy-two Caterpillar engines will be provided for main propulsion, bowthruster and generator set ser- vice aboard the 208-foot vessels.

Bisso Marine Company, Inc., New

Orleans, La., has just completed a four-year contract with Bollinger

Machine Shop and Shipyard,

Lockport, La., by successfully launching forty-nine 110-foot Island

USCG patrol boats using the Der- rick Barge Ajax. The vessels are be- ing used by the Coast Guard for search and rescue and drug inter- diction operations.

Bisso also received another two- year contract from Bollinger to launch thirteen 170-foot U.S. Navy patrol boats now under construc- tion. The launches will be done by

Bisso's 700-ton Derrick Barge Cappy

Bisso at the Lockport facility.

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Atlantic Marine-Jacksonville 134

Atlantic Marine-Mobile 135

Avondale Boat Division 136

Avondale Shipyards Division 137

Balehi Marine 138

Bender Shipbuilding 139

Bisso Marine 140

Bollinger Machine 141

Freeport Shipbuilding 142

Gulf Craft 143

Homeport Marine Services 144

Ingalls Shipbuilding 145

Leevac Shipyards 146

McDermott Shipyard 147

Patti Shipyard 148

Sea-Fab 149

SeaArk Marine 150

Service Marine 151

Steiner Shipyard 152

Textron Marine Systems 153

Trinity Marine Group 154

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