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Launching of MCM-13, Dextrous at Peterson Builders

Peterson Builders Launches

MCM-13 For U.S. Navy

Peterson Builders, Inc. (PBI) re- cently launched the 224-foot wooden

MCM-13 mine countermeasure ship at its shipyard in Sturgeon Bay,

Wis. Christened the Dextrous, the ship is the 10th MCM launched at

PBI in a series of eleven ships con- tracted with the U.S. Navy.

The mine countermeasure ships can accommodate a crew of 81, and are the Navy's largest wooden- hulled ships. A wide variety of spe- cial skills, equipment and materials are utilized in laminating the ship's major structure from large timbers of Douglass fir, white oak and Alas- kan cedar.

The MCM incorporates modern mine countermeasure technology into a specially designed platform, which includes low magnetic signa- ture diesel engines, a precise elec- tronic navigation system, a minehunting and classification so- nar, and a mine neutralization sys- tem. The ship is 224 feet long, with a beam of 39 feet and a draft of just over 11 feet. The MCM is powered by four diesel engines rated at 600 hp per unit. It is equipped with a 350 hp bow thruster, and electric power is furnished by three 60-hz, 375-kW generators.

Six ships of the MCM-1 Class have been delivered and five re- main in various stages of construc- tion.

Vecom Continues

Developing 'Environmental

Solutions7 For Shipping

Vecom USA recently developed a new range of environmentally friendly products called Veclean.

The range of products under the

Veclean name is reported to be able to perform cleaning functions in the engine room, as well as some deckside functions. The products under the Veclean prefix are:

Veclean Degreaser, Veclean

Clearbreak, Veclean Tank, Veclean

Carbon, Veclean Electro and

Veclean General Purpose.

Vecom also produces Microbe

Treat-L, which is a combination of bacterial treatment and cleanser for sanitation systems.

For more information regarding the Veclean product line or other

Vecom products,

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