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Delivered recently by Delaware Marine & Manufacturing yard was the mini-tanker Dagwood. Tiny Tankers, Inc. of Seattle will operate the vessel in Puget Sound. Mini-Tanker 'Dagwood' Delivered By Delaware Marine Shipyard The 10,000-gallon-capacity mini- tanker Dagwood was delivered re- cently to Tiny Tankers, Inc. of Seattle by Delaware Marine & Manufacturing Company. Deliv- ery was made at the builder's yard in Milford, Del., after which Tiny Tankers' president Dick Timmerman piloted the boat to Galveston, Texas, from where it was delivered overland to its per- manent home port of Seattle. The waterborne part of the journey took about three weeks. The Dagwood has an overall length of 42 feet 6 inches, a beam of 15 feet, and a loaded draft of about 5 feet. She is certificated by the U.S. Coast Guard for carriage of Grade E petroleum products. The welded steel vessel is pow- ered by a Detroit Diesel model 6-71 engine that delivers 174 bhp to a 39-inch-diameter, four-blade $14-Million Navy Contract Awarded To Detyens Yard Detyens Shipyard, Inc., Mt. Pleasant, S.C., has been awarded a $13,988,000 fixed-price contract for extensive modifications and overhaul work on the USNS Truckee, a Navy oiler. The Navy Military Sealift Command is the contracting activity. (N00033-70- C-0019) Brochure Available On Columbia Offshore Technical Services Ltd. Columbia Offshore Technical Services Ltd., a Division of Co- lumbia Surveyors (Marine) Ltd. of Vancouver, Canada, has avail- propeller through a 3:1 reduction gear and 3-inch-diameter stain- less-steel propeller shaft. The car- go pump is a 300-gpm Viking, hy- draulically driven. Tiny Tankers is using the ves- sel in Puget Sound to service ships with fuel and lube oil. Delaware Marine & Manufac- turing also designs and builds tugs, barges, crewboats, and fish- ing vessels. able a new brochure describing the company's diverse marine- oriented services Columbia Off- shore was established in July 1979 to further expand the par- ent company's interests in marine fields. Among the consulting services provided by the firm are construc- tion and design management, hull surveys, and salvage operations. An experienced staff is available for consultation on marine oper- ations feasibility, vessel require- ments, pollution control, vessel routing economics, environmental studies, navigation procedures, and more. For a free copy of the brochure write to Capt. C.M.C. Meiklejohn, Columbia Offshore Technical Serv- ices Ltd., 1600 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Can- ada V6J 1R3. This announcement appears as a matter of record only. $35,000,000 American President Lines, Ltd. a subsidiary of Natomas Company United States Government Guaranteed Ship Financing Bonds We have arranged this financing. WARBURG PARIBAS BECKER A. G. Becker SALOMON BROTHERS May 1980 Cut fuel costs? How? "Use Ferrous Catalysts. One gal- lon to 3000 gallons of fuel can cut fuel costs dramatically. And Ferrous can prove it!" Let us send you the proof. Contact Ferrous Corporation, 910 - 108th N.E., Bellevue, Wash- ington 98004. Phone 206/454-6320 FERROUS HAS , THE PROOF! '©ferrous corporation 14 ZIDELL Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
