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3 floating drydocks • to 18,000 tons I When your ship comes in for repair to Lockheed, stand aside, or get run over. Our crews move fast. We make a specialty of getting vessels up, out and turned around in short order — and well done. This reduces your repair cost and time lost. Our people know their jobs, like their work, and take pride in doing it. They are ef- ficient, and Lockheed provides the finest in facilities and equipment so they can be. Write or phone Bob Forbell, manager of ship repair. He is in charge from quote to delivery. LOCKHEED SHIPBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 2929 16th AVE. S.W., SEATTLE, WASH. 98134 PHONE 206-623-2072 . CABLE LOCKSHIP NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: James R. Porter 17 Battery Place, New York, N.Y. 10004 • Phone 212-943-8795 Coast Engineering To Design New Class Ferries For Delaware Coast Engineering Company, Norfolk, Va., was recently award- ed a contract by the Delaware Riv- er and Bay Authority, Newcastle, Del., to design a new class of fer- ries to operate between Cape May, N.J., and Lewes, Del. The ferries are to replace the present vessels now in service. The vessels are to be especially designed for shallow draft opera- tion, with a capacity of 100 autos and 800 passengers, and a speed of approximately 15 knots. Measure- ments will be approximately 320- feet long by 68-feet over-deck by 18-feet deep with a load draft of 7 feet. Propulsion will be twin- screw driven by two diesel engines of about 1,500-hp each. The vessels will be built to ABS and Coast Guard requirements for the service intended. Many innova- tions tested on other ferries de- signed by Coast Engineering will be incorporated into these ships to improve performance and operat- ing efficiencies. The design is being done under the personal supervision of Harry W. Keeling Jr., naval architect and president of the firm, and John C. Chivvis Jr.. chief naval architect. Operator Applies For Mortgage Insurance On Offshore Drilling Unit An application for loan and mort- gage insurance to help finance con- struction of a $17-million semisub- mersible offshore deep drilling craft has been filed with the Maritime Ad- ministration. This is the first appli- cation for such a non-self-propelled unit to come to MarAd. Western Company of North America, Fort Worth, Texas, is the applicant. Western said it planned to use the "vessel" throughout the world where gas and oil deposits are being devel- oped in ocean depths in excess of 250 feet. It is planned to have the unit built by Bethlehem Steel Co. in its Beaumont, Texas, yard. British Group Forms Container Repair Firm According to reports from Lon- don, a new company, Orsett Con- tainer Repairs, Ltd., has been formed by the London Graving Dock Group and Lamport & Holt. The new firm will provide a con- tainer repair and refurbishing serv- ice in Felixstowe, Tilbury and South- ampton, using the existing facilities of the group in all three ports. Undecided? We offer you a complete line of deck machinery manufactured by THRIGE-NAKSKOV MACHINE WORKS, LTD. with the drive of your choice. ELECTRIC with solid state or Ward-Leonard control. Featuring ASEA well-proven electric motors and disc brakes. ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC utilizing the HAGGLUND high torque hydraulic motor. STEAM by the NAKSKOV engine. FOR ANY SHIP SIZE —FOR ANY SPEED CONTROL REQUIREMENT — THRIGE-NAKSKOV STAL-LAVAL INC. 400 Executive Boulevard Elmsford, New York 10523 Phone: (914) 592-4710 Undecided? Undecided? MARITIME REPORTER ENGINEERING NEWS 107 EAST 31st STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. 10016 MUrroy Hill 9-3266, 3267, 3268, 3269 ESTABLISHED 1939 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News is published the 1 st and 1 5th of each month by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc., with executive, advertising and editorial offices at 107 East 31st Street, New York, N.Y. 10016; publishing office at 41 First Street, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 Controlled Circulation postage paid at Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 Member BPA Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. No. 21 Volume 33 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
