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were to fail; smaller openings in the hull than with conventional thrusters meaning less drag and increased fuel savings." The INMA 240-foot tuna ves- sels will be equipped with JT800, 600-hp Hydro jet Omnithruster systems providing a propulsion option utilizing patented Thrust Directors™, all of which will be contained within the hull, and controlled by Omnitrol™ Model 1000A electronic units. Alvin Goodspeed Named General Sales Manager At GM-Detroit Diesel Alvin B. Goodspeed Alvin B. Goodspeed, general di- rector of export sales, automotive components for the General Mo- tors Marketing Staff, has been named general sales manager of Detroit Diesel Allison Division, General Motors Corporation. He will have executive responsibil- ity for the Division's sales and service operation, worldwide, ac- cording to Donald J. Atwood, DDA general manager and a GM vice president. Mr. Goodspeed joined General Motors with the AC Spark Plug Division in 1952 in Milwaukee, Wis., as a contract coordinator. He subsequently held the posi- tions of contracts manager, di- rector of sales, and director of material at AC's Milwaukee Op- erations. In 1970, Mr. Goodspeed was named general sales manager for the newly formed Delco Electron- ics Division in Kokomo, Ind. He moved to GM Overseas Opera- tions in 1973 as manager of sales coordination for the automotive components staff in Detroit. He has been general director of ex- port sales for automotive compo- nents with the GM Marketing Staff since 1978. Bath Iron Works To Build $25-Million Training Simulator For U.S. Navy Maine Congressman David F. Emery announced recently that a contract for approximately $25 million has been awarded by the U.S. Navy to Bath Iron Works to construct a unique training simulator at the Great Lakes Na- val Training Center to teach fu- ture crewmen of guided-missile frigates. The First District Con- gressman was the principal speak- er at the launching of the guided- February 1, 1981 7 missile frigate Gallery (FFG-26) . BIW will build the sophisti- cated training facility at the Illi- nois base. It will consist of ma- jor propulsion components of the FFG-7-class guided-missile frig- ates, 13 of which are now under contract at the Maine shipyard. The project will be supervised for the Navy by Capt. Charles L. Mull, USN, Supervisor of Ship- building at Bath. "The simulator will be an exact duplication of the shipboard en- gineering environment, said John F. Sullivan Jr., president and chief executive officer at BIW. "Trainees will feel they are aboard an actual frigate as they learn how to get underway on dry land." BIW will build major units of the simulator at the shipyard, barge them to the Illinois naval base, then assemble them in the center's new Marine Gas Turbine Propulsion System Maintenance and Operational Training Facil- Write 257 on Reader Service Card ity. The Navy expects to train about 1,000 students a year in the simulator, which will include main propulsion, auxiliary ma- chinery, command, and control stations. The contract calls for planning to get underway immediately, construction of the units to begin in October of 1982, and the proj- ect to be completed in April of 1983. Some BIW employees will be temporarily transferred to the Great Lakes area for the project. IOT Corporation has sold Interstate and Ocean Transport Company and related tug and barge subsidiaries to Southern Natural Resources, Inc. We initiated this transaction, served as financial adviser to IOT Corporation, and assisted in the negotiations. WARBURG PAR1BAS BECKER INCORPORATED A.G.BECKER INCORPORATED January 1981
