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NAVSEA Awards $5-Million Order To MagneTek MagneTek Inc., an electrical equipment manufacturer, has re- ceived orders from the Naval Sea Systems Command for equipment and services exceeding $5 million, the company announced recently. The order calls for MagneTek to supply 10 electronic countermeas- ure systems and associated data to the Navy by May 1992. The compa- ny will also deliver 122 rectifier and inverter-modulepower-connector assembly kits. MagneTek will in- stall the kits on the CG 63-CG 73, AEGIS-class guided missile cruisers and on the DDG 51-DDG 53, AE- GIS-class guided missile de- stroyers. MagneTek Defense Systems, a unit of MagneTek Inc., designs and develops custom and standard pow- er-conversion and conditioning equipment for government and mil- itary applications. For more information on Magne- Tek, Circle 166 on Reader Service Card Schichau Seebeckwerft To Build Containership For German Owner Schichau Seebeckwerft AG, Bre- merhaven, West Germany, recently received an order for the construc- tion of a 1,597-TEU containership from Hamburg-based shipowner H. Schuldt. Scheduled for delivery in second quarter of 1991, the containership will be based on the BV 1600 design. She will have an overall length of about 535-1/2 feet, molded breadth of 90 feet, maximum draft of 35 feet and deadweight (on maximum draft) of about 23,465 metric tons. She will be powered by a Bremer Vulkan-MAN B&W 6L60MC diesel engine, with a maximum continuous rating of 14,000 hp. Henschel Named Exclusive U.S. Licensee For Speed Measuring Units Henschel, Inc., the Newburyport, Mass., subsidiary of SPD Technolo- gies of Philadelphia, recently agreed to become the exclusive U.S. licen- see for a line of marine speed mea- suring products produced by Aero- nautical and General Instruments (AGI) of the United Kingdom. AGI is a leading producer of solid- state speed measuring systems, cur- rently used in 33 navies worldwide. The AGI systems provide accu- rate, repeatable speed log informa- tion with digital, synchro, analog and pulse outputs. One system has two calibration curves per probe. Each curve has 14 operator-selected calibration points along the ship's speed range. "You calibrate the system once and forget it, unless the probe is replaced," said Gunter J. Waehl- August, 1990 ing, Henschel vice president and general manager. Henschel is one of the nation's leading designers and manufactur- ers of ship control and interior com- munications systems for the U.S. Navy and commercial maritime markets. For more information on Hen- schel, Circle 162 on Reader Service Card Admiralty Systems Names O'Neill Program Manager Thomas McKillop, president of Admiralty Systems Inc., Newington, Va., recently appointed Michael O'Neill as program manager for Military Sealift Command support. Mr. O'Neill, a 1982 graduate of the Massachusetts Maritime Acade- my, has extensive experience in log- istics and ship management pro- grams. He previously worked at ASI pro- viding support for the T-AGS 39/40 ship construction program at Beth- lehem Steel's yard at Sparrows Point, Md. For more information on Admi- ralty Systems, Circle 161 on Reader Service Card A CLEAN HARBOUR Thordon Marine Bearings have proven their superior performance in the largest and smallest vessels of the world. Thordon's tough elastomeric properties provide extended wearlife at reduced friction levels. Extended wearlife means less time in dock and reduced lifecycle costs. Thordon does this without the aid of petroleum lubricants. Thordon can be lubri- cated by seawater, or in some applications will run dry. No petroleum lubrication means no seals, no seal problems, and no seepage of stern tube oil or rudder bearing grease into the waterways of the world. Together we can reduce lifecycle costs and environmental impact. Thordon Marine Bearings are classification society approved. ThrirrJnri MARINE BEARINGS 3225 Mainway, Burlington, Ontario Canada, L7M 1A6 TELEX 061-8705 FAX (416) 335-4033 TEL (416) 335-1440 For a cleaner harbour THORDON MARINE BEARINGS Circle 230 on Reader Service Card 45