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ON THE COVER
Photo: The battleship, USS Iowa (BB-61)
anchored at sunset. US Navy Photo.
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Naval Technology
& Shipbuilding
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Canadian Shipbuilding
Offshore Exhibition
& Conference
PAGE 12
Marine Coatings &
Corrosion Control
-A Review
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NEXT MONTH
AWO ANNUAL EDITION
Shipyard Opened
By North Carolina DOT;
Features New Synchrolift
Federal, state, and local govern-
ment officials recently gathered at
the new North Carolina Depart-
ment of Transportation Marine
Maintenance Facility in the coastal
community of Manns Harbor to
commemorate the shipyard's offi-
cial opening.
The $13.6-million complex re-
places an old facility that occupied
the same site. The new facility will
provide maintenance and repair of
DOT Ferry Division ferries and sup-
port vessels and, on occasion, will
service other state-owned vessels.
The facility has a 1,000-ton-capac-
ity Synchrolift system, supplied by
NEI Synchrolift, Inc., of Miami,
Fla., which will be able to handle
any of the state's 16 ferries, the larg-
est of which is 221 feet long at about
737 gross tons. The Synchrolift con-
sists of a lifting platform, a transfer
table and three work platens. Two
of the work platens are sufficient for
all but the five largest ferries in the
N.C. state fleet. The third platen
will support any ferry in the fleet.
The complex also has an office
building, parts inventory ware-
house, and support workshops.
For literature fully detailing the
features of the Synchrolifts offered
by NEI Synchrolift,
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