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FD Buys Moose Boat

Moose Boats won a contract from the

Northport Fire Department, Northport,

N.Y., for a M2-33 outboard response boat. This is a 33.5 ft. all aluminum catamaran powered by twin 250 hp, four-stroke Yamaha outboards. The ves- sel is designed for a top speed of more than 37 knots, cruise at approximately 28 knots and will meet NY State

Ambulance certification standards.

The mission of this vessel is to provide quick response capabilities for marine emergencies in and around Northport's harbor. In the past, the department has responded to boat accidents, tanker explosions, helicopter crashes and med- ical emergencies. In addition to the boat's fire fighting and water rescue applications, it will be outfitted as a water-borne ambulance with advanced life support capabilities. This vessel will support a scuba team's dive/recovery efforts, and will be additionally equipped with high powered emergency scene lighting for nighttime operations.

Summer Naval Surface

Ship Design Program

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has created a Summer Naval

Surface Ship Design program in cooper- ation with the Department of Naval

Architecture and Marine Engineering at the University of Michigan. The pro- gram will run from May 1 to June 16 and will include professors from the

University of Michigan, the Naval Post

Graduate School, Virginia Tech and instructors from NAVSEA's

Engineering Future Concepts and

Surface Ship Design, Ship Costing, and

Combat Systems Groups. "A large part of the Navy's civilian naval architects and engineers will be retiring in the next decade. We will face a shortage of these skilled professionals and we need to ensure that we recruit a new generation of architects and engi- neers with the right skills to design and build warships for the 21st Century

Navy," said James Webster, a Senior

Naval Architect who works in the Future

Concepts and Surface Ship Design

Group at NAVSEA.

The idea for the course began as the

Navy became concerned about the aging of the ship design workforce and the overall health of the naval engineering field. Current education in the field of naval architecture and marine engineer- ing produces excellent candidates for employment in the field of naval engi- neering, but specific training in the unique aspects of naval ship design, including naval systems design, is either lacking or significantly outdated. A new series of courses is being offered at the graduate level on the unique aspect of naval ship design. The Summer Naval

Surface Ship Design program is taught is conjunction with instructors from

NAVSEA, Univ. of Michigan, Virginia

Tech and the Naval Post Graduate

School. The seven courses taught are:

Naval Architecture Overview, Naval

Ship Design, Warfare Systems, Ship

Support Systems, Naval System

Architecture/Systems Engineering,

Multiple Objective Optimization,

ASSET Training, Capstone Naval

Surface Ship Design. "The students in this course will gain real-world experience in working on an actual warship design. They will be taught by professionals who design state of the art surface combatants using the latest U.S. Navy design tools and prac- tices. It is a once in a lifetime opportuni- ty for someone interested in the field," said Webster. The course will be limited to no more than 30 students on first come basis . Candidates for the course can come from a variety of disciplines including: naval architecture, marine engineering, systems engineering, mechanical engineering and civil engi- neering.

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