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Marine Design Awarded $400,000 Navy Contract For Ship Design Support Marine Design Technologies, Inc. of Cherry Hill, N.J., has been awarded a $400,000-plus indefinite Quantity/Requirements Contract (Lot II) to provide the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Re- pair, USN, Groton, Conn., with Al- teration Development Support (ADS). These services will include engineering disciplines for the De- velopment of Ship Selected Record Drawings and Data (SSR), ship- checking and developing Supple- mentary Alteration Drawings (SAD). The Regional Contracting Center, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity. Jonathan Corp. Awarded $9.9-Million Navy Contract -Jonathan Corporation, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $9,913,143 cost-plus-award-fee contract for the phased maintenance program of USS Saginaw (LST-1188). Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed in June 1990. Technology for High Performance Compact Heat Exchangers SPHERE MATRIXJ •SPHERE MATRIX a re id trade mark of Vapor Corporation The heart of the SPHERE MATRIX Technology consists of nesting the tubes in a regular matrix of solid spheres around the outside and utilizes fluted spheres, properly spaced, on the inside. The spheres interrupt the boundary layer growth and thereby enhance the heat transfer performance Fluted sphere inserts or solid sphere bundles can be used separately dependinq on the needs of the application- Call or send for complete information on SPHERE MATRIX or assistance in applying this new technology on your next heal transfer application. SPHERE MATRIX devices are ptotected By U S and lorcgn patents and patent applications Vapor Corporation - Heat Exchange Products 6420 West Howard Street, Chicago, Illinois 60648 Telephone 312/631-9200 Circle 260 on Reader Service Card BENDER BUILDS, CONVERTS, STRETCHES If You Can't Build New, Bender Will Upgrade By Lengthening Or Modifying Your Existing Vessels Lengthening the Doc Tide and Darol Tide by 16 ft. For more information call JOHN R. LOGAN. General Sales Manager, or PETER MASCHKE in Mobile. and on the West Coast call JOE HENDRIX at (206) 282-9631 LENDER SHIPBUILDING & REPAIR CO.. INC. Post Office BOX 42. Mobile AL 36601 Phone, 205/433-3673, Telex 505-457 Circle 106 on Reader Service Card Elliott White Gill Names Lirette Sales Manager Byron A. Lirette has been named sales manager for Elliott White Gill thrusters and will be responsible for all White Gill sales outside of Europe and the United Kingdom. Previously a field engi- neer for Thruster Systems, covering the Gulf Coast, he will make the Elliott office in the New Orleans area the sales headquarters for thrusters. A native of Louisiana, Mr. Li- rette holds a B.S. in petroleum engineering from Nicholls State University. Prior to joining Elliott he was with Union Carbine at Taft, La. In his 11 years with the Elliott Company, he has held positions in technical sales and engineering. Elliott Company, a subsidiary of United Technologies, Inc., is a man- ufacturer of turbomachinery, tools, pumps, and thrusters. Its Tool and Pump Division manufactures thrusters at its Dayton, Ohio, facili- ty. Elliott also manufactures White Gill thrusters at its U.K. facility on the Isle of Wight. Effective the first of this month, sales headquarters for White Gill thrusters will move to the Elliott office in Harahan, La. The address is: Elliott Company, 5901 Jefferson Highway, Harahan, La. 70123, phone (504) 733-2108. For further information on Elliott White Gill thrusters, Circle 25 on Reader Service Card Free Brochure On Modular Bathrooms For Marine Use A free brochure on fiberglass modular marine bathrooms manu- factured by the Frenkin Corpora- tion is now available from James- town Metal Marine Sales, Inc., Boca Raton, Fla., a distributor of the units. According to the publication, the seamless fiberglass construction of the bathrooms allows design versa- tility unmatched by other processes. These units can be molded with close tolerances according to the needs of the vessel being built or refurbished. One door, double door units or other designs are possible in any configuration or color. Knock- down versions may also be supplied for refurbishing existing bathrooms. Hardware packages can include Coast Guard and Navy approved heat lamp, ventilator, sink, toilet, plumbing, medicine cabinet, shower rod or other bathroom accessories. The brochure provides specifica- tions, technical data, black-and- white photographs and drawings on the modular marine bathrooms. The corrosion-resistant units are U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ap- proved. For a copy of the free brochure offered by Jamestown Metal Marine Sales, Inc., or the fiberglass modular marine bathroom units, Circle 26 on Reader Service Card 6 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News