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GULF ISLAND TANKER DESIGN FROM INGALLS: This is a computer-generated concept of Ingalls' new Gulf Island Tanker. Designed in-house, Ingalls said this new class of 42,000-dwt product carriers will economically carry petroleum products, meeting all U.S. and international environmental and safety standards. Ingalls also said the Gulf Island design is environmentally sensitive — with a double hull and state of the art navigational and safety features — and economical to operate over the long term, with standardized machinery components.

Palau Aggressor If Details

Owner Alaska Dive Boat

Builder Nichols Brothers Boat Builders

Designer International Catamarans

Length 106 ft. (32.3 m)

Beam 29 ft. (8.9 m)

Main engines Caterpillar

Gears ZF

Waterjets Hamilton

Generators Northern Lights

Air conditioning Hydronic reefs are often close to the surface, said Matt Nichols.

The "Z" hulls used on the Palau

Aggressor II represent a new devel- opment from Incat designed to re- duce wake, enhance fuel efficiency and improve the vessel's ride in the open sea.

For more information on Nichols

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Palau Aggressor II

Heads For South Pacific

The Palau Aggressor II, a waterjet-driven catamaran built by

Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, left the yard's Whidbey Island, Wash, facility in November.

The vessel's first stop was Ha- waii, where operator Live/Dive Pa- cific completed her outfitting, and it then proceeded to the Micronesian island of Palau.

Nichols built theKona Aggressor

II for Alaska Dive Boat Inc.in 1992.

The Palau Aggressor II is a

Subchapter T boat under U.S. Coast

Guard (USCG) regulations, and was designed by International Catama-

THG CAPABILITY YOU

NEED TOMORROW. rans Pty. Ltd. (Incat).

The 106-ft. (32.3-m) Palau Ag- gressor II is powered by a pair of 1,050-hp Caterpillar 3412 diesel engines driving Hamilton waterjets through ZF 2.03:1 reduction gears.

With this setup, the boat will make 25 knots with a full load of 16 passengers, 1,400 lbs. of luggage, 4,120 gallons of fuel, 2,000 gallons of water, 2,000 lbs. of dive gear, 2,500 lbs. of stores and the crew.

The waterjet drives were selected to keep the draft shallow (4.6 ft./1.4 m at full load) since the boat would be operating in an area where coral

THE RELIABILITY YOU

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Experience gained from over 20 years of high performance marine gear design and production has been used to develop the MA-107, one of Cinti's MA Series of standard gas turbine powered gearboxes.

The MA-107 was designed with higher power capability to accommodate antici- pated increases in turbine power ratings in the years ahead. This makes MA-107 capable of handling higher power in the future, without expensive gearbox replacements and ship modifications.

Rated Power: 4600 HP/3430 Kw

Reduction Ratio: 6.21:1 thru 24.1:1

Output Speed: 2500 / 640 RPM

Turbines: TF40 and 501

Dry Weight: 3637 Lbs./1648 Kg

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