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OMNITHRUSTER® Thrust Is Forwards And Sideways And Backwards MCM-l 224' MINE COUNTER-MEASURES SHIP - PETERSEN BUILDERS. INC.. OMNI-THRUSTER JT-70010-AMT. HORIZONTAL, 350 HP.. DC i ELECTRIC DRIVE. • 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-Processor Control System, Model 1200A with gyro input . holds vessel's heading. System also accepts compatible NAV/AIDS fore alt 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 electTic, 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/PVl 100-1000HP MODULE THRUSTER •Covered by U. S. Patents. Foreign Patents Pending 9515 Sorensen Avenue, Dept. 31-164 Santa Fe Springs. California 90670 213/802-1818 Telex 194265 OMNI SFES Cable Address Omnithrust Circle 315 on Reader Service Card ON THE COVER NAVY Navy Work in Private US Yards PAGE 20 Distinct New Warships PAGE 38 4th Update Navy Shipbuilding Program PAGE 44 New Dry Dock Delivered To Southwest Marine PAGE 12 Raytheon Awarded $66.9-Million Increase To Previous Contract Raytheon Company, Equipment Division, Wayland, Mass., is being awarded a $66,933,470 face-value increase to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract for exer- cising an FY-84 production buy for 15 AN/SPS-49(V) radars including installation and checkout spares, eight antennas, onboard repair parts, engineering services, data and support. The Naval Sea Sys- tems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. Island Marine Requests Title XI To Refinance $6.4-Million Supply Boats The Maritime Administration has received an application from Island Marine Operating Com- pany of Lafayette, La., for a Title XI mortgage guarantee to aid in refinancing three 180-foot tug/sup- ply vessels. Built in 1979 by Hal- ter Marine, the diesel-powered boats operate in the Gulf of Mexico. The requested guarantee is for $4.8 million, or 75 percent of the vessels' depreciated actual cost of $6.4 million. MARITIME REPORTER and Engineering News Editorial and Executive Offices 107 East 31st Street, New York, N.Y. 10016 (212) 689-3266 • ITT Telex: 424768 MARINTI PUBLISHERS John E. O'Malley Charles P. O'Malley EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Charles P. O'Malley EDITOR Robert Ware SENIOR EDITOR Thomas H. Phillips ASSOCIATE EDITOR Kathleen Reagan EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Lilian Irvine INTERNATIONAL EDITOR Robin F. Burnett, MRINA, MNI, London, England BUSINESS MANAGER John E. O'Malley ADVERTISING SALES DIRECTOR John C. O'Malley ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Linda Niepokoj PRODUCTION MANAGER Katherine St. Onge ART DIRECTOR Ellen Hemmer CIRCULATION MANAGER M. Sottile SALES OFFICES New York, New York Maritime Reporter & Engineering News 107 East 31st Street, New York, NY 10016 Telephone: (212) 689-3266 Houston, Texas Robert Hawley Gary Lindenberger Mike Sullivan 1 1777 Katy Freeway, Suite 155, Houston, TX 77079 Telephone: (713) 870-0470 Italy Mr. Vittorio F. Negrone Ediconsult Internazionale Piazza Fontane Marose, 3-16123 Genova, Italy Telex: 211197 EDINT 1 Telephone: (010) 543.659-268.334-268.513 Scandinavia Mr. Stephan R G Om Ab Stephan R G Orn Box 184, S-271 00 Ystad, Sweden Telex: 33335 ORN S, Telephone: 0411-184 00 West Germany WolfO. Storck Schiffahrtswerbung Karl-Otto Storck Stahlwiete 7, 2000 Hamburg 50, Federal Republic of Germany Telephone:040/850 0071 MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS (USPS) 016-750 107 EAST 31st STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10016 (212)689-3266 Telex: MARINTI 424768 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News is published the 1st and 15th of each month by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Controlled Circu- lation postage paid at Waterbury, Connecticut 06701. Postmaster send notification (Form 3579) regarding undeliverable magazines to Maritime Reporter/Engineering News, 107 East 31st Street, New York, N.Y. 10016. No. 16 Volume 46 ESTABLISHED 1939 ALL MATERIAL FOR EDITORIAL CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO ROBERT WARE, EDITOR. Member VBPA Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
