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PVC-coated steel sheets backed by a 15-mm layer of mineral wool, with a 40-mm air gap between. This insures the best possible sound insu- lation between cabins. The main navigation equipment in the spacious wheelhouse is con- centrated in a cockpit type desk, making it possible for one man to control the navigation of the ship in a sitting position. The radar system is from Racal-Decca; it comprises one 10-cm ARPA radar that is inter- switched with a 3-cm true motion unit. The ARPA radar antenna is in- stalled on the mast atop the wheel- house, with the 3-cm antenna on the radar mast on the forecastle deck. In addition, there is a third indepen- dent 10-cm radar with a true motion display and an antenna atop the wheelhouse. Other navigation equipment includes a Raytheon DSN-450 dual-axis doppler speed log, a Simrad ED 61 echo sounder with a digital repeater, and an An- schutz Standard 4 gyrocompass. The partially enclosed lifeboats supplied by Fiskars have a total capacity of 536 persons. The 62 dav- it-launchable life rafts supplied by Viking each have a capacity of 25 persons. All lifeboat and life raft davits are equipped with a remote control for the brake. For additional information on Valmet's shipbuilding facilities and capabilities, Circle 49 on Reader Service Card BIRKA PRINCESS Major Suppliers Main engines (4) Wartsila-Vasa Reduction gears (2) Valmet Propellers (2) KaMeWa Machinery control system . . . Valmet Steering gear Tenfjord Bow thruster KaMeWa Stern tubes Centromor Auxiliary diesels Wartsila-Vasa Generators Kymi-Stromberg Anchors .... Hollandse Constructie Chains Ljusne Katting Shaft seals HDW Sewage disposal plant .... Deerberg Vacuum toilets Evac-Wartsila Boilers, mooring winches Rauma-Repola Air conditioning system Nordish Ventilator Reefer plant for AC system .... Stal Refrigeration Air compressors Hamworthy Separators, heat exchangers Alfa-Laval Valves Wouter Witzel Centrifugal pumps Maskinfabriken Iron Oil pumps IMO Lube oil filters Boll & Kirch Couplings Vulkan Elevators Valmet Newport News Receives $12.5-Million Contract For USS Enterprise Work Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $12,521,311 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for ad- vance planning and preparation for the complex overhaul of the USS Enterprise (CVN-65). Work will be performed in Newport News, and is expected to be completed Septem- ber 30, 1986. The Naval Sea Sys- tems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024- 86-C-2078). American Management Now Provides Services For Commercial Ships For more than a decade, Ameri- can Management System, Inc. (AMS), headquartered in Arlington, Va., has provided engineering, tech- nical, logistics, and maintenance support services to the U.S. Navy. The company is now offering the full range of its services to commer- cial as well as military ship opera- tors. This includes machinery dia- gnostics, machinery condition as- sessments, spare parts control, over- haul planning, computer applica- tions, training, surveys, and inspec- tions. Central to its maintenance plan- ning approach is AMS's diesel en- gine analysis service, an electronic engine tuning process for prevent- ing expensive downtime, optimizing fuel efficiency, and decreasing maintenance and operating costs. Commercial and military ship oper- ators can use this service for peak performance tuning and after en- gine overhauls to certify the quality of the work performed, resulting in substantial cost savings and im- proved vessel operations. For additional information on the AMS diesel analysis process, Circle 23 on Reader Service Card FELS Awarded $25-Million Contract To Build Six Seagoing Hopper Barges Far East Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd. (FELS) of Singapore has been awarded a $25-million contract for the construction of six seagoing hopper barges for Magnum Interna- tional Trading (Pte.) Ltd. of India. Each barge will have an overall length of about 210 feet and dead- weight of 1,950 tons. The contract calls for the design, engineering, construction, outfit, and testing of the vessels before delivery to India. Further work will be done on the vessels in India before their final delivery to V/O Sudoimport of the USSR, the ulti- mate owner. Norfolk Shipbuilding Gets $16.2-Million Contract For Iwo Jima' Overhaul Norfolk Shipbuilding and Dry- dock Corporation, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $16,167,222 firm- fixed-price contract for the regular overhaul of the USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2). Work will be performed in Norfolk, and is expected to be com- pleted February 16, 1987. Twenty- one bids were solicited and eight offers were received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-85-H-8195). Two More Firms Approve Use Of Ameroid® OWS —Literature Available Drew Ameroid Marine has re- ceived two new approvals for the use of Ameroid® OWS quick separating degreaser. Ameroid OWS is a prod- uct that has exceptional cleaning properties, breaks quickly, and does not harm the operation of oily water separators or oil alarms required un- der the MARPOL regulation addition, Ameroid OWS quick sep; rating degreaser reduces cleanin time, is cost-effective, and is easy ti use. The two new approvals come from the oily water separator manufac- turers Sigma Systems of Chester Springs, Pa., and Facet of Tulsa, Okla. Besides these two companies, Ameroid OWS quick separating de- greaser is recommended and/or ap- proved by the following manufac- turers of separators and bilge alarms: Biospherics, Inc.; Butter- worth Systems (UK) Ltd.; Hamwor- thy Engineering Ltd.; Italgestra S.P.A.; National Fluid Separators, Inc.; Nelson Division, Nelson Indus- tries; Separation and Recovery Sys- tems, Inc.; Serep; and World Water Systems. Ameroid OWS is normally avail- able in 25 liter pails and 120 liter drums worldwide. For additional information and free literature, Circle 70 on Reader Service Card Control Data Receives $81.2-Million Contract From NAVSEA Control Data Corporation, Min- neapolis, Minn., is being awarded an $81,226,432 firm-fixed-price con- tract for AN/UYH-3(V) magnetic disk memory recorder-reproducer systems. Work will be performed in Minneapolis, and is expected to be completed in January 1990. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-86-C-5201). MarAd Invites Proposals To Provide Vessel For Schoolship Conversion The Maritime Administration has invited proposals from interested parties to provide a vessel suitable for conversion to a U.S.-flag school- ship. It would replace the govern- ment-owned training ship Empire State, which is now operated by the State University of New York Mari- time College of Fort Schuyler. That vessel was delivered in 1952 as a combination passenger-cargo ship. MarAd offers two options in re- gard to the replacement ship's con- dition and place of delivery: (1) A vessel "suitable for conversion" to be delivered to the James River Reserve Fleet at Newport News, Va., or (2) a vessel "in a fully certifi- cated and operational condition" delivered to Fort Schuyler. The specification requires that the ship be suitable for transporting and berthing 800 persons, having its keel laid after December 31, 1960, and be between 450 and 600 feet in overall length. Offers to provide a suitable vessel must be received at MarAd by 10 am (EDT) July 16, 1986. For additional information on this proposal, contact Tim Roark at MarAd, (202) 382-0353. VALMET CORPORATION'S NEW BARGE-CARRYING CRUISE VESSEL DESIGN is shown in this artist's conception. The basic idea of the unique hybrid ship is to maintain regular cargo service in the Caribbean area as well as to carry cruise passengers. According to Valmet marketing director Mikko Niini, with the market for conventional cruise ships soon to be saturated, operators will have to look for new com- petitive solutions such as this combination carrier. June, 1986 77
