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,
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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
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