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be delivered by Ingalls, of 14 under contract. Fabrication work began in May 1992, keel was laid in May 1993, launching took place in June 1994, and the vessel was chris- tened Stethem in July 1994.

The vessel was named to honor the life and service of Petty Officer

Robert Dean Stethem, USN (1961 -1985). Steelworker Second

Class (DV) Stethem, a Seabee and a Navy diver, was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the

Bronze Star for bravery and hero- ism as a victim of the terrorist hijacking of Trans World Airlines

Flight 847 to Beirut, Lebanon, in

June 1985.

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BT Inmarsat Introduces

Services For Cargo/Inland

Waterway Customers

EuroPort '95 in Amsterdam was the site of BT Inmarsat's preview of new satellite services for cargo and inland waterway customers.

Sharing the BT stand at the show was Telenor Satellite Services, the

Norwegian national telecom opera- tor who is involved in strategic business alliance with BT.

BT Inmarsat's goal was to gener- ate awareness of its B-Sat service, the digital successor to the BT

Inmarsat-A analog service. B-Sat

Data is a company service that allows customers to transmit medi- um-speed data at rates up to 9.6 kbit/s, which means lower costs.

BT SatMail is an electronic mail system which allows integration of mobile and land-based office sys- tems worldwide, a service normal- ly provided by C-Sat. Other ser- vices include mobile-to-mobile messaging, and digital voice com- munications for smaller vessels.

Telenor also offers the Elk Credit

Card Telephone, allowing billing by Telenor via any major credit card company, reportedly lowering costs.

For more information on BT Inmarsat

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Draft Indicator Pinpoints

Diver Position

A new draft indicator technology developed by Dive Time Systems,

Inc. of the U.K. eliminates the effects of wave motion and allows calculation of divers' exact posi- tioning. The microprocessor-based system consists of a central control unit, two or four draft sensors, a bridge display, and up to four other displays. The bridge display has a serial output for interfacing to loading computers or tank gauging systems. All the displays around the ship show forward, aft, port, and starboard drafts to one cen- timeter. Additional data displayed includes heel angle, trim, remain- ing draft to the amidships loadline, and remaining tons to load.

Reportedly, the system has proved to be reliable and cost-effec-

November, 1995 tive, allowing increased loads to be carried. Dive Time Systems has fitted more than 200 ships with the technology to date. The systems are approved for use by the U.K.

Marine Safety Agency. FCS, Inc., of Centerbrook, Conn., is the exclu- sive distributor of the product in

North America.

For more information on

Dive Time Systems, Inc.

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Zodiac North America

Appoints Board Members

Zodiac of North America, a sub- sidiary of the Paris-based Zodiac

Group, has appointed three new members to its board of directors.

The recent announcement was made by J.J. Marie, president,

CEO, and chairman of the sub- sidiary's board. The new board members are: Colonel William R.

Foley, U.S. Army (Ret.); George

Worthington, Rear Admiral, U.S.

Navy (Ret.); and Charles H.

Pitman, Lieutenant General, U.S.

Marine Corp. (Ret.).

Zodiac of North America, based in Maryland, manufactures and distributes inflatable boats, rigid- hulled craft, liferafts, and associat- ed safety equipment.

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