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Merchant Seamen Granted feteran Status

Merchant seamen who served in forld War II have been granted eteran status by the Department f Defense. This translates to eligi- ility for VA benefits they have been lis sing out on for the past 50 years, s well as eligibility for honorable tischarges from the armed forces.

A group of surviving seafarers is rying to locate Merchant Marines vho served in active oceangoing ser- ice from Dec. 7, 1941 to Aug. 15, .945. These men are eligible for lervice-related disability compensa- ion, medical care, survivors' ben- ifits, VA-guaranteed home loans, >ensions and burial benefits. Wid- )ws of veteran merchant seamen nay be eligible as well.

For more information, send a

BASE to Combat Merchant Mari- lers World War II, 14 Castle Drive,

Chestnut Ridge, N.Y. 10977.

Bath Iron Works Places $7

Million Contract For Sonar

Domes With MIL Davie "'

Guy Veronneau, president and

CEO of MIL Davie Inc., announced that Bath Iron Works Corporation of Bath, Maine, ordered $7 million worth of sonar domes from MIL

Davie.

The order was placed two days before the expiration date of the option included in a 1992 contract. "With the productivity gains MIL

Davie has made over the last two years, the company has been able to reduce its price by half a million dollars for this order compared to its last one in 1992," said Mr.

Veronneau.

The sonar domes weigh approxi- mately 90 tons and are 60 feet long, 18 feet wide and 16 feet high. The construction of the sonar domes will begin in September. These sonar domes will be mounted on the bow of

Arleigh Burke Class destroyers of the U.S. Navy. The construction of a sonar dome requires 14 months of work.

MIL Davie presently has five so- nar domes in the shipyard; one is completed, and the other four, or- dered in June 1992, are scheduled to be completed by the end of the year.

This new order will bring the to- tal number of sonar domes built in

MIL Davie shops for the U.S. Navy destroyers since 1972 to more than 70.

MIL, reportedly Canada's largest shipyard, is situated in Levis, Que- bec. It is a key subcontractor on

Canada's frigate project and is charged with the modernization of the Tribal Class destroyers. It is a member of The MIL Group, which is active in design engineering, pro- gram management, manufacturing, installation and life-cycle support in shipbuilding, defense, offshore and general industrial fields in Ca- nadian and international market places. For more information on

MIL Davie,

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AESA Shipyard Signs Letter

Of Intent For Two

High-Speed Ferries

Spanish shipowner ISNASA (Islena de Navegacion, SA) and

Astilleros Espanoles (AESA) have signed a letter of intent for the con- struction of two ferries. The vessels will be built at Juliana factory, the

AESA shipyard in Gijon, Northern

Spain. The 3,600-dwt ferries will be 492 feet long, with a breadth of 71 feet and a depth of 57 feet. The vessels will have a capacity for 1,256 passengers and will have a maxi- mum speed of 23 knots. They will run on four engines with 5,202 bhp each. The two ferries are scheduled to be delivered in the first quarter of 1995, to be fully operational before summer of that year. The vessels will cover the line of the Strait of

Gibraltar. The Barreras Shipyard of Astilleros Espanoles recently de- livered another ferry to the Moroc- can company Limadet for the same line. These high-speed ferries will be provided with the most modern equipment for loading and unload- ing of vehicles and for the highest stability as a guarantee for comfort and safety. They will get an out- standing maneuverability by means of the two main propellers and two second pump-jet propellers. The price of each ferry is approximately $27 million. For more information,

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