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Blount Delivers The New Spirit To Holiday Cruises of Norfolk Operating out of Norfolk's Inner Harbor for dinner excursions, the New Spirit is powered by two General Motors diesel engines. Blount Marine Corporation of Warren, R.I., has delivered the New Spirit to Holiday Cruises, Inc., of Norfolk, Va. The 134-foot by 31-foot by 6-foot dinner boat will operate from the new waterside develop- ment of the Norfolk Inner Harbor. The New Spirit is capable of carrying 600 passengers on dinner cruises on its two com- pletely enclosed and panelled decks and a third open deck. Interiors are finished cabaret style with wall-to-wall carpeting and air-con- ditioning. Holding tanks insure that the ves- sel complies with pollution standards. Admeasuring under 100 gross tons, the ves- sel was built under U.S. Coast Guard super- NEW WATERTIGHT DOORS Steel Dogs 6-Dog right and left hand hinged doors with frames. Constructed of 1/4" steel plate and meet Coast Guard regulations for above deck as well as below deck use. All dogs are bronze bushed. Also available with 8" bronze portlights. SIZE 26"x48" 26"x66" 26"x60" 30"x60" EACH DOOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY NEW 7" RADIUS PANAMA CHOCKS (MEET PANAMA REGULATIONS) 14" X 10" CLEAR OPENING With extended legs for welding to deck. 14" Wide on base — length 28" - height 27Vi". IM- MEDIATE DELIVERY FROM STOCK. 16", 24" POLISHED BRASS 4-DOG MARINE PORTLIGHTS WITH GLASS THE BOSTON METALS COMPANY 313 E. Baltimore St. Baltimore, Md. 21202 Marine Warehouse (301) 752-1077 TWX: 710-234-1637 vision for Lakes, Bays, and Sounds service. Two General Motors 8V-71 diesel engines pro- vide the main propulsion, and ship's power is provided by two generators totalling 110 kw. The New Spirit is the third Bay Queen type vessel contracted this year and the eighth of this class pioneered and built by Blount. HONORED—Clarence L. French (left), president of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, presented a certificate of appreciation to Dean Champlin, chairman of the SNAME Philadelphia Section at the section's recent 33rd annual dinner-dance held at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel. More than 300 persons attended. $5-Million Navy Parts Contract Awarded To Rockwell Rockwell International Corporation, Auto- netics Group, Anaheim, Calif, has been awarded a $5,030,032 unpriced delivery order under a basic ordering agreement to provide various quantities of spare parts including signal data connectors, control panel, test panel, network display, etc., in support of the Electrically Suspended Gyro Navigator (ESGN), AN/WSN-3A (V) 2, to be used on- board ships. The Navy Ships Parts Control Center, Mechanicsburg, Pa., is the contracting activity (N000104-80-G-0004). SNAME Southeast Section Elects Officers And Hears Tracor Barge Salvage Report The Southeast Section of The Society of Na- val Architects and Marine Engineers held its final meeting of the year recently in Fort Lau- derdale, Fla. The meeting featured the results of the election of officers for 1983-84, and a presentation by William K. Lane, chief engi- neer of Tracor Marine. Elected to office were: John W. Shortall III, as chairman; Comdr. William E. Remley, USCG, vice chairman—North; Chet Swen- son, vice chairman—West; Klemme, M. Jones, vice chairman—South; and William L. Lane, secretary-treasurer. Dr. John Sainsbury was elected to a three- year term on the executive committee and Bob Hobbs to a one-year term. Mr. Lane presented an informal report on the salvage of 13 barges that had become im- paled at Dam No. 2 on the Arkansas River in December 1982. The hazardous operation, which removed a potential threat to the entire Arkansas River flood control system, was done by Tracor for the U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers through the office of the U.S. Navy Su- pervisor of Salvage. WE'RE BIG ON MARINE MACHINERY CENTRIFUGAL CARGO PUMPS w/TURBINE DRIVES 2 Each 7 Each 12 Each 2 Each 14,000 GPM @ 495' Head Worthington Model 16 LNCS-35, 24" x 16" Requires 2000 HP @ 1100 RPM 8,360 GPM @ 370' Head Worthington Model 12 LNS-21, 18" x 12" Requires 1300 HP @ 1635 RPM 6,200 GPM ffi 280' Head Worthington Model 10 LNS-22, 14" x 10" Requires 700 HP @ 1425 RPM 5,360 GPM @ 280' Head Ingersoll-Rand Model 10 HLV, 14" x 10" Requires 500 HP @ 1750 RPM MARINE TURBINE GENERATOR 620 KW 99.5 PSIG 392° F. CONDENSING CENTRAL CARGO CONTROL SYSTEMS NEW ----- •[!]••• —' •*»-« iiit 80HBBH A. >>f*s«v.-... « „-•.••• ssr-v -st .r- J! -i INCLUDES: GPE 400 series control equipment Rucker Model 1700 Valve Actuators Bettis Model T20 & T30 Valve Actuators Taylor Pressure Transmitters High level alarms Float gage remote level transmission Control consoles, etc. Also Spare Parts SULZER MAIN ENGINE 8-cylinder, RD90 (dismantling for parts) American Beneral^ Levin Corporation V Marine and Industrial Machinery 445 Littlefield Ave., P.O. Box 2445 3P* C-^? South San Francisco, CA 94083 J ) Telephone (415) 761-0993 % TWX 9i°-371"7248 ,<4) ^^^H \ 527 Madison Avenue, Suite 1612 New York, NY 10022 <212> 832-3320 ^Wjrn^y TWX 710-581-2342 July 53, 1983 Write 831 on Reader Service Card 13
