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ASNE's Tidewater Section

Sponsoring Small Boats

Symposium In Norfolk

The American Society of Naval

Engineers (ASNE), Tidewater Sec- tion, is sponsoring the ASNE Mod- ern Small Boats & Craft Sympo- sium from May 26 to 27 at the Naval

Amphibious Base, Little Creek, lo- cated near Norfolk, Va.

The Army Transportation Cen- ter and the Naval Surface Warfare

Center Carderock will be jointly participating in the symposium, along with engineers and represen- tatives from various Navy, Coast

Guard, Army and National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) commands, as well as com- mercial boat builders, designers and equipment suppliers.

The VIP speaker at the sympo- sium will be Rear Admiral Picotte,

Commander Amphibious Group

Two.

Technical papers will be pre- sented on the following categories and subjects: resistance; power; pro- pulsion; specific platforms; hullform studies; human factors; communi- cations; operations; performance; dynamics; maintenance; logistics; regulations; materials; fabrication; and safety.

Tours will also be available of several types of small boats and craft, including: LCU 2000; an LCAC; the

USS Cyclone PCI; LCM 8; and a

Russian Trantill I Class missile pa- trol boat.

For additional information about the event, contact: Registration -

Tom Houlihan, (804) 640-7200;

Exhibiting - Bob Council, (804) 397-8000; Advertisement - Donna

Harmond, (804) 855-1922; and Res- ervations - Virginia Beach Resort

Hotel, (804) 491-9000. ______

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CFM compres- sor operates air tools or goug- ing equipment, inflates tires.

Optional battery charger.

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Economical, compact and porta- ble 225 amp diesel-powered multi- process welder with 8,000 watt power plant. AC/DC weld output for Stick and TIG welding

MIG and flux cored welding with optional accessories.

State-of-the-art

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Shipboard Furniture

The Computer Desk from EDP houses your computer and all its components entirely within the desk providing a safe, comfortable viewing angle.

This new line of furniture from EDP per- mits marine personnel to have the same high quality furniture used in offices ashore.

Designed and built to be completly safe for shipboard use, EDP offers a full-line of shipboard products including Computer

Desks, TV/VCR Cabinets, Multi-Media

Storage Cabinets as well as other spe- cialized cabinetry and custom products designed to your specifications.

EDP Shipboard Furniture is approved for use aboard U.S. Navy ships by NAVSSES and is currently being used aboard ships world-wide.

EDP Shipboard Products are distributed through Wright Computer Products Inc., a business committed to bringing you state-of-the-art equipment and reliable service for all your shipboard needs.

For more information and a FREE brochure contact:

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