WEST COAST SHIPYARD
—A Review—
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BOEING
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Boeing Marine Systems in Seattle
announced recently that it has de-
cided to concentrate its marketing
and sales efforts for its hydrofoils on
military markets.
Since it began promoting its pas-
senger-carrying Jetfoil some 10
years ago, Boeing has delivered 19 of
the high-speed craft. Twelve are in
service between Hong Kong and
Macao, two each in the English
Photo Above — USNS Algol (T-AKR-287).
first of three fast logistic supportships, atler
conversion at NASSCO for the U.S. Navy
Channel, the Canary Islands, and
the Sea of Japan, and one operating
between Seattle and Vancouver,
B.C.
In service with the U.S. Navy are
six PHM high-speed patrol craft.
These are Boeing's largest hydrofoil;
they are operating mainly in the
Caribbean area. The Republic of
Indonesia also operates four Boeing
Jetfoils on coastal patrol. Boeing is
currently building two more Jetfoils
for Indonesia, and is hoping that
country will exercise its option for
six additional vessels.
BURRARD YARROWS
(VERSATILE PACIFIC)
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At Burrard Yarrows Corporation
in North Vancouver, B.C, Canada
(the company has just been re-
named Versatile Pacific Shipyards
Inc. to better reflect its membership
in the Versatile Group, which also
includes Versatile Vickers in Mon-
treal and Versatile Davie Shipyard
in Lauzon, Quebec), one of the most
interesting recent developments has
been the company's success in
winning U.S. Navy refit contracts.
The $1.2-million refit of the MSC
cable ship USNS Neptune was a
breakthrough in the company's his-
tory. The order was secured under
the terms of a Military Shiprepair
Agreement that allows selected Ca-
nadian yards the opportunity to bid
on MSC work free from the con-
straint of U.S. customs duties nor-
mally levied on repair work carried
out on U.S. commercial vessels in
foreign shipyards.
Six months later, the Neptune
contract was followed by a second
for an MSC vessel, the auxiliary
fleet supply ship USNS Spica. This
was a $3.5-million refit that was
completed in 10 weeks on schedule.
Versatile Pacific's expertise in the
design and construction of icebreak-
ing vessels was recognized by the
Canadian Government towards the
end of 1984 with the award of a con-
tract to develop detailed proposals
for the construction of a large and
unique icebreaker, the Polar Class 8.
This vessel will have an overall
length of about 636!/, feet, a beam of
105K feet, and draft of 40 feet. Pro-
pulsion power on three propellers
will total 100,575 bhp.
Construction is progressing of two
Type 1100 Navaid icebreaking ves-
sels for the Canadian Coast Guard
under a contract with a total value
of C$108.5 million. These ships have
a displacement of 4,662 tons, speed
of 15.3 knots, range of 6,500 nautical
miles at 13 knots, crew of 52, and
propulsion power of 8,445 bhp.
These two vessels will be followed
by a third icebreaker, a Type 1200
Arctic Class IV, again for the Coast
Guard. This contract is worth
C$91.3 million. This vessel is de-
signed for large ship escort, and will
be suitable for operation in the
Great Lakes, Gulf of St. Lawrence,
and East Coast of Newfoundland in
winter, and Arctic regions in sum-
mer.
Recent repair and conversion con-
tracts of note included the cruise
ships Island Princess and Pacific
Princess, which had mini-conver-
sions and drydocking late last year.
These vessles were diverted from
Los Angeles because of P&O's confi-
dence in Versatile Pacific's ability
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