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NOMAD 1000

EQUIPMENT LIST

Main engines Cummins

Radar/Plotter Raytheon

Compass C. Plath

Autopilot C. Plath

GPS .... Trimble

Surface communication Icom

Subsurface UWT Magnacom

Satellite NECMLink

Cellular telephone Motorola

Passenger ships and ferries are connected with ports, coasts and continents by timetables that are accurate down to the last minute.

Worldwide Service

Under such circumstances the reliability of the propulsion plant takes on particular importance.

MAN B&W four-stroke Diesel engines have been proving their reliability either as straightforward

Diesel propulsion or Diesel-elec- tric propulsion plant on board famous cruise liners and ferries.

With its comprehensive engine programme and the lowest heavy fuel consumption rate ever reached, MAN B&W is able to supply the ideal propulsion concept for every ship.

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MAN B&W Diesel, Stadtbachstr. 1, D-86153 Augsburg, Telephone (-821)32 20

MAN B&W Diesel, Inc., 17 State Street, New York, NY 10004, Telephone (212) 2 69-09 80

Circle 248 on Reader Service Card (Continued from page 8) craft on dives to 1,000 feet and main- tain underwater cruising speeds for up to three days. "We're talking about a sub that goes seven times deeper and four times faster, with 50 times the range of the average tourist submersible," operations manager Patrick Lahey said. "And it's all accomplished with- out sacrificing vital observation or design features."

Passengers will be able to view the undersea world through 13 viewports in the comfort of an air- conditioned cabin.

The NOMAD 1000's $4.5 million price tag puts it in a class with many of the world's larger motor yachts.

Anticipating continued growth in the tourist submarine industry, the company is also offering to build the

NOMAD 1000 in a 24-passenger con- figuration. "We believe there is a small but significant market for luxury sub- marines that can also be used for tourism and commercial and scien- tific research," Mr. Jones said.

Nearly 900 super yachts priced simi- larly to the NOMAD 1000 have been built in the past 10 years.

The submarine will be classified by the American Bureau of Ship- ping (ABS) as a +A1 Manned Sub- mersible. More than 3.5 million passengers have been taken down

L. Bruce Jones (center), president and founder of

U.S. Submarines, Inc.; vice president Ellis Adams (left) and operations manager Patrick Lahey. on ABS classified submarines in the past eight years without a single safety-related incident, according to

U.S. Submarines.

The pressure hull for the NO-

MAD 1000 measures eight feet in diameter and is constructed of one- inch-thick, high-grade steel. The pressure hulls will be constructed linking ports, coasts and continents by passenger ships and ferries in Seattle, Wash., and transported to the company's Anacortes head- quarters for outfitting.

Mr. Lahey predicts the entire building process can be completed in a 12-month period by a 15-person crew.

For more information on U.S.

Submarines,

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The NOMAD 1000 luxury submarine.