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LOEWS VNT PLAZA ASHINGTON. E R CRANKSHAFT GRINDING While Installed in Engine L'ENFy w • Ten flexible function rooms, including a glass-enclosed solarium, totaling over 21,000 square feet • Expert, on-site catering • 370 spacious guestrooms and suites with views • Directly above the METRO station with connections to all lines • Most convenient downtown hotel to Reagan National Airport Call 202-484-1000, and ask for the Loews Meeting Advantage www.loewshotels.com Blount/Barker Delivers Buchanan Tug The Future of ARPA is NOW The Automatic Radar Plotting Aids system (ARPA) is quickly becoming standard shipboard equipment. Houston Marine's USCC Approved course quickly and effectively covers all aspects of ARPA operation. Our combination of experienced instructors and real world simulators offers training like no other available. Call Today' 1-800-947-7737 HOUSTON MARINE TRAINING SERVICES 5728 Jefferson Highway New Orleans, Louisiana 70123 Fax: 504-729-4450 • www.houstonmarine.com Circle 235 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com February, 2002 Circle 244 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com IMAGINE A MEETING where the monuments outside the windows inspire milestones within. Where both the service and the technology make for spectacularly enlightening moments. And flexible meeting rooms host international galas for 500 or intimate gatherings for five with equal ease. Can you imagine it? WE DID. A new 85-ft. (25.9-m) tug, Mister T built by Blount/Barker Ship- building was delivered to its port of New York City on December 11. The vessel, which will be used for harbor and ocean towing of bulk material barges, is a 2,400 hp twin screw tug powered by two Cat 3512 engines; 4:1 twin gears and two kW gener- ators will supply ships service power. The tug is keel-cooled and equipped with two four-blade propellers measur- ing 78 in. in diameter, and is also equipped with two pushing winches and a 100,000 lb. Almond Johnson towing machine. The construction of this vessel was based on the classic Blount design of the tugs Pathfinder and Usher built in 1969; the hull and superstructure was modified by Bristol Harbor Group uti- lizing CNC cutting technology for lofting and cutting. Circle 4 on Reader Service Card www.maritimereporterinfo.com Main Particulars Builder Blount Barker Shipbuilding, LLC Naval Architect Bristol Harbor Marine Design Operator Buchanan Marine, New Haven, CT Length 85 ft. 3in. (26 m) Beam 24 ft. (7.3 m) Depth 11 ft. 9 in. (3 Design Draft 9 ft. Air Draft 26 ft. Crew Quarters 4 Double bunks Tank Capacities Fuel Oil 20,000 gal. Freshwater 4,000 gal. Ballast 4,000 gal. CRANKPIN AND MAIN JOURNAL REFURBISHING While crankshaft is in engine ALL TYPES OF 0N-B0ARD MACHINING Cylinder boring, engine top decks, horizontal joints, couplings, journals ^^llh^ IN-PLACE MACHINING COMPANY USA: International: FAX: 800-833-3575 414-562-2000 414-265-1000 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE...day or night, 365 days a year email: help@inplace.com Website: www.inplace.com Circle 236 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com LINE BORING OF MAIN BEARING POCKETS Laser and Optical Alignment • METALSTITCH® Repair of cracked or broken cast iron engine blocks
