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SAV 1 up to 300 barrels of oil per year! ELIMINATE THAT OLD STEAM HORN The Kahlenberg TRITON Piston Horn is a unique sound producing unit because it requires no compressed air and no diaphragms yet utilizes air vibrations in a tuned sound column. The unit consists otan electric motor driving a pis- ton with a cylinder similar in appearance to an air compres- sor. Very economical to operate and install. Write for bulle- tin. 92C. The KB-20 electric horn is available in 110 volt, A C. or 24 volt, D C. for vessels up to 246' in length. KdHLEIIBERG BROS. 10. 1986 Monroe St. I Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 54241 U.S.A. 1 ] | 414-793-4507 j | Circle 179 on Reader Service Card ON THE COVER Cover Photos (clockwise from logo): Kronprins Harald (Wart- sila); Yard Patrol Craft (Marinette Marine); Commodore (Mar- co); Island Class Patrol Boat (Bollinger); Spirit of New York (Blount Marine); Capt JP (Service Marine); (center) USCG Patrol Boat (MonArk Boat). Outstanding Cruise Ships, Passenger & Cruise Boats, of 1987 PAGE 16 Outstanding Workboats & Military Shallow-Draft Vessels of 1987 PAGE 26 Preview-Cruise Shipping PAGE 10 Preview-NAPVO Annual Meeting PAGE 36 NASSCO Delivers Second Navy Hospital Ship The National Steel and Ship- building Company (NASSCO) of San Diego, Calif., recently delivered the second hospital ship, the USNS Comfort (T-AH-20), to the Military Sealift Command. The Comfort, converted from a 90,000-dwt tanker, will be used to provide full medical support to the Defense Department's Rapid De- ployment Joint Task Force. She will be part of the MSC's Strategic Sea- lift Force. The 894-foot ship has a 1,000-bed, 12-operating room medical treat- ment facility. The first hospital ship, the USNS Mercy (T-AH-19), was delivered by NASSCO in December 1986. For free literature containing full information on NASSCO, Circle 62 on Reader Service Card Oil Tanker Ordered By BHP Petroleum A 90,000-dwt crude oil tanker has been ordered by BHP Petroleum, a subsidiary of BHP, Australia's larg- est industrial company. The tanker is scheduled to be built in Japan and put into service by the end of 1988. It will be used primarily to carry export-cargoes of Australian crude, and will be oper- ated by BHP Transport, another BHP subsidiary, and will be char- tered by BHP Petroleum. MARITIME REPORTER and Engineering News Editorial and Executive Offices 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010 (212) 477-6700 • ITT Telex: 424768 MARINTI Telefax: (212) 254-6271 Publishers: Editorial Director: Editor: Senior Editor: Consulting Editor: Advertising Sales Director: Regional Sales Manager: Production Manager: Circulation Manager: JOHN E. O'MALLEY CHARLES P. O'MALLEY CHARLES P. O'MALLEY JOHN SNYDER THOMAS H. PHILLIPS ROBERT WARE JOHN C. O'MALLEY LUCIA ANNUNZIATA LILIAN IRVINE M. SOTTILE Advertising Circulation and Sales Offices 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010 Telephone (212) 477-6700 REPRESENTATIVES U.S. Gulf states MR. JAMES N. McCLINTOCK 2020 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite D Mandeville, LA 70448 Telephone: (504) 626-7990 Telefax: (504) 624-5163 France MR. NORBERT M. HELLIN 6 bis, rue de la Belle Feuille F-92100 Boulogne, France Telephone: 33-1-46-05-63-77 Telefax: 33-1-46-03-33-21 Italy MR. VITTORIO F. NEGRONE Ediconsult Internazionale Piazza Fontane Marose, 3-16123 Genova, Italy Telephone: (010) 543.659-268.334-268.513 Telex: 211197 EDINT I Scandinavia MR. STEPHAN R. G. ORN AB Stephan R. G. Orn Box 184, S-271 00 Ystad, Sweden Telephone 0411-184 00 Telex: 33335 Orn S Telefax: 411 10531 West Germany United Kingdom MR. WOLF O. STORCK Schiffahrtswerbung Karl-Otto Storck Stahlwiete 7, 2000 Hamburg 50, Federal Republic of Germany Telephone 040/850 0071 Telex: 17403448 STORCK Telefax: (040) 850-7758 MR. MICHAEL J. DAMSELL Euromedia, Ltd. Tern House, Upper West St., Reigate, Surrey RH2 9HX, England Telephone: 07372 42558 Telex: 932699 KENPUB G. Korea MR. CHRIS MAENG IPR Int'l PR, INC. Yongsan, P.O. Box 100 Seoul, Korea Telephone: 273-7765 Telex: MOCNDM K23231 Japan MR. TOSHIO EGUSA Publinetwork, Inc. Kaneko Bldg. 4-29-8, Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105 Japan Telephone: (03) 459-9618 Fax: 436-1931 Telex: 2425280 BESNA J Singapore MR. VICTOR CHIA Market Trends Pvt. Ltd. 122 Middle Road, #07-08 Midlink Plaza, Singapore 0718 Telex: HENSAL RS20006 MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS ISSN-0025-3448 118 EAST 25th STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10010 (212) 477-6700 Telex: MARINTI 424768 Telefax: (212) 254-6271 ESTABLISHED 1939 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News is published monthly by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Mailed at Second Class Postage Rates at Waterbury, CT 06701 and additional mail- ing offices. Postmaster send notification (Form 3579) regarding undeliverable magazines to Maritime Reporter Engineering News, 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010. Member VBPA Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. No. 1 Volume 50 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
