November 2004
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Pacific Northwest

Canadian Atlantic

Northern California

Canadian Atlantic
by Shawn Searle

October 6th, 2004 at the Institute for Ocean Technology, St. John’s, NL, Canada.

Textron Marine & Land designs, produces and supports military and commercial specialty marine craft used in more than 35 countries around the globe. The U.S. Navy, Army, Marine Corps and Coast Guard have relied on Textron for nearly half a century to provide rugged yet innovative marine products to support their most demanding missions. With products ranging from air cushion marine craft to surface effect ships, its technology is leading the way in revolutionary marine design.

Mr. Ken Maloney provided the local section with an overview of TM&LS non-classified marine systems with particular focus on the fabrication techniques employed by TM&LS in its shipyard. The presentation was followed by an open forum discussion and reception.

Northen California
by Tom Mader

Republic of Georgia Coast Guard Technical Assistance Project

The Northern California Section met with the Golden Gate Section of ASNE in October at El Torito Restaurant in San Leandro, CA. The social hour and dinner preceding the program afforded an enjoyable opportunity for members of the professional societies and students from the University of California, Berkeley and California Maritime Academy to share recent experiences, including their participation in activities at the 2004 SNAME Maritime Technology Conference and Exposition in Washington, DC two weeks earlier.

The program presented by LT Christopher Milkie, USCG, Industrial Manager, Integrated Support Command, Alameda, related his personal experiences in a technical assistance project conducted under the auspices of a U.S. Coast Guard border security program. The objective of the project was to assist Republic of Georgia Coast Guard engineers in developing the ship repair and conversion requirements and statements of work for converting Soviet-era Griff Patrol boats to multi-mission capable coast guard vessels.

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