Maritime Reporter, February 1989

<BODY> <div> Southern Shipbuilding Completes Conversion Of Hopper Dredge Southern Shipbuilding Corpora- tion recently delivered the hopper dredge Sandy Hook to McCormack Aggregates, South Amboy, N.J., af- ter the vessel underwent conversion at the Slidell, La., yard. The 290-foot Sandy Hook was converted from the hopper barge Harold Smith, which formerly transported petroleum coke be- tween Norfolk, Va., and Philadel- phia, Pa. The extensive conversion of the 60-foot-wide, 21-foot-deep barge in- cluded adding dredging and gener- ating equipment. Installed were two 12-cylinder EMD 12-645 diesel en- gines, each developing 1,500 hp and generating 1,150 kw of electrical power for operating the dredging equipment and on-board lighting. The dredge is pushed by the tugboat Ben Candies. McCormack Aggregates, a joint venture of 98-year-old Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., Oakbrook, 111., and McCormack Sand Co., High- stown, N.J., operates the Sandy Hook in lower New York Bay be- tween the New York and New Jer- sey shores, mining sand and gravel at a rate of about 800,000 cubic yards per year. The sand and gravel is transported 25 miles to McCor- mack Aggregates' plant at South Amboy, N.J. For free literature detailing the shipbuilding services offered by Southern Shipbuilding, Circle 29 on Reader Service Card Knox class frigates and the CV 67 John F. Kennedy class multipur- pose aircraft carriers. In addition to the NavSea orders, Bird-Johnson's Pascagoula opera- tion is working on new construction propeller orders for several U.S. and foreign customers and are pouring controllable pitch propeller (CPP) blades for both intracompany and outside customer CPP system pro- duction. With orders booked into the 1990s, they have the largest work backlog in their history and expect to increase their personnel base by 20 before the end of 1989 to meet the demand. This will reflect a near tripling of staff since Bird- Johnson's 1986 acquisition of the facility. Bird-Johnson Company has been a world leader in the manufacture of CPP systems for over 30 years. Since their 1986 purchase of the former Pascagoula and Seattle, Wash., Coolidge fixed pitch propel- ler manufacturing plants they have become the only fully integrated marine propeller manufacturer in the U.S. Bird-Johnson Company is a whol- ly owned subsidiary of Axel Johnson Inc., a privately held, multi-indus- try corporation headquartered in New York. For more information and free lit- erature on Bird-Johnson, Circle 66 on Reader Service Card Bird-Johnson To Expand Pascagoula Facility Bird-Johnson Company's Pasca- goula, Miss., plant manager Jim El- liott has announced plans to ex- pand their marine propeller manu- facturing plant to meet the de- mands of new orders. The current 43,000-square-foot facility, which houses a modern foundry as well as a complete propeller machining and repair shop, will be enlarged by 15,000 square feet. About 9,000 square feet will accommodate a re- alignment of the molding stations in the foundry area and double po- tential monobloc propeller and con- trollable pitch propeller blade pro- duction. The other 6,000 square feet will be added to the machining area. Construction will begin immediate- ly and is slated for completion in May 1989. The expansion was necessitated by record sales in 1987 and 1988. During 1988 alone, Pascagoula has received 30 of 37 spare marine pro- peller orders placed by The Naval Sea Systems Command (NavSea). Recent NavSea orders have in- cluded spare propellers for the LKA Charleston class amphibious cargo ships, LCC Blue Ridge class amphi- bious command ships, FF 1052 CENTRICO Centrico, Inc., 100 Fairway Court, Northvale, N) 07647 (201)767-3900 Circle 211 on Reader Service Card Westfalia is proud to be part of the ongo- ing construction program of the new and growing U.S. Navy. OnlyWestfalia's On-Demand Purifying System Removes > All the Dirt and Water from your 1010 fuel. Whether your fuel oil is heavier or lighter than water, only Westfalia's two-stage Unitrol/Secutrol system assures maximum purity even under widely varying feed conditions. Here's why. On-demand vs timer-controlled de-sludging. Other oil purification systems are timer-controlled, which means they de-sludge only at pre-set intervals. 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