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OMNITHRUSTER® Thrust Is Forwards And Sideways And Backwards MCM-l 210 MINE COUNTER- MEASURES SHIP - PETERSEN BUILDERS. INC.. OMNI- THRUSTER JT-7001-AMT. HORIZONTAL. 350 HP. DC ELECTRIC DRIVE. 360° Maneuvering, Slow-Speed Propulsion, Ice Management! » Thrusts Underway » Thrusts While Pitching • No Reversing Impeller to Change Directions * Minimum Buoyancy Loss » Smaller Hull Penetration » Fuel Savings OMNITHRUSTER DOES IT ALL! Thrusts with nozzles out of water in rough seas: vertical systems only. No protrusions ... no change in hull shape. Small nozzles reduce drag ... save fuel and passage time. Easily retrofitted. Micro-Proccssor Control System, Model 1200A with gyro input . . . holds vessel's heading. System also accepts compatible NAV/AIDS fore-aft and slow speed propulsion and positioning. MODULAR THRUSTER SYSTEM . . OMNITHRUSTER ship control systems* utilize individual module thrusters of up to 3000 HP in any combination to produce desired forward or lateral net thrust. Prime movers for the Modular Thruster System may be electric, hydraulic or diesel powered in conjunction with manual/automatic or integrated control networks. ADVANTAGES FOR LARGE VESSELS ... • Incremental Thrust Capability • Multiple Module Reliability • Easily Retrofitted or Installed in New Construction • Minimum Maintenance OMNITHRUSTER INC. JT/PV1100-1000HP MODULE THRUSTER •Covered by U. S. Patents; Foreign Patents Pending 9515 Sorensen Avenue. Dept. 31-254 Santa Fe Springs, California 90670 213/802-1818 Telex 194265 OMNI SFES Cable Address Omnithrust Circle 315 on Reader Service Card ON THE COVER Ekhabi Delivered By Far East Livingston PAGE 10 RTCM Assembly PAGE 16 Navigation/ Communications Review PAGE 22 Lykes Line Awarded Navy Charter Contracts Totaling $68.9 Million Lykes Bros. Steamship Com- pany of New Orleans has been awarded two Navy contracts of $34,453,059 each for the charter of the U.S.-flag breakbulk freighters Elizabeth Lykes and Louise Lykes that will deliver Department of Defense cargo worldwide. The charter period is four years. The Navy's Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contract- ing activity. Rauma Yard Gets Contract To Build STO-RO Paper Carrier For Finnish Owner Rauma-Repola's Rauma Ship- yard recently received another do- mestic order, the second within two months, to build an 8,000-dwt STO-RO paper carrier for Gustaf Erikson of Mariehamn, Finland, with delivery scheduled for May 1985. This contract fills in the present gaps in the yard's employ- ment to a satisfactory level, and with the other orders expected in the near future the yard will be fi- nally back to normal. Previously, Rauma-Repola's Uusikaupunki Shipyard had built refrigerated cargo vessels for the same Mariehamn-based owner. 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