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Outstanding Workboats Of 1993 .. A H & mx \ \ — The Al Mutaheda III from Bender. The J.H. Simpson from SeaArk. The Arctic Baruna I & II from Homeport Marine. The Golden Gate from Gladding-Hearn. 30 The year 1993 was one in which some truly outstanding work was done in the field of workboat construction, despite depressed economic times. The workboat selections this year in- clude some firsts: Halter Marine, a division of Trinity, built the Mississippi, the largest diesel towboat ever built in the U.S. for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Gladding-Hearn built its first pilot boat, the Golden Gate, for The San Francisco Bar Pilots; and Marine Inland Fabrica- tors built its most sophisticated workboat, the Robert E. Rowell, for New York City Sanitation. Read on to discover how yards and suppliers teamed to create the most outstanding workboats for 1993. The Safety Leader from Steiner Shipyards. One of 12 OSRVs from Kvichak. The Mississippi from Halter Marine (Trinity). The Houston from SWATH Ocean. The Aleutian Tern from Marco Pollution Control. The Geological Survey 42' vessel from Munson Manufacturing. Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
