8-K

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                Date of Report (Date of Earliest event reported)

                                October 16, 1997


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                           TransTechnology Corporation

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware                       1-7872                          95-4062211
(State or other                (Commission File                (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of                Number)                         identification
incorporation)                                                 Number)


                 140 Allen Road                      07938
                 Liberty Corner, NJ                  (Zip Code)
                 (Address of principal
                 executive offices)


                                 (908) 903-1600
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)









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Item 5.  Other Events


        William J. Recker was elected a director of the Registrant by the Board
of Directors of the Registrant at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Board
of Directors held on October 16, 1997. Information regarding Mr. Recker is set
forth in the October 16, 1997 press release of the Registrant attached hereto as
Exhibit A.


Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

        Exhibit A - Press Release of the Registrant dated October 16, 1997.



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                                   SIGNATURES


        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Date:  October 17, 1997



                                           TRANSTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION


                                           /s/ Joseph F. Spanier
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                                           Vice President, Chief Financial
                                           Officer and Treasurer

EX-99.A

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                                    EXHIBIT A

TRANSTECHNOLOGY ELECTS WILLIAM J. RECKER TO BOARD AND DECLARES
DIVIDEND OF SIX AND ONE-HALF CENTS

Liberty Corner, New Jersey, October 16, 1997 - TransTechnology Corporation
(NYSE:TT) announced that William J. Recker, 56, Managing Director, President &
CEO of Gretag AG, located in Regensdorf, Switzerland, was elected by the Board
to fill a newly created seat. Gretag AG, formerly a division of Ciba-Geigy, is
an independent manufacturer of a broad line of photofinishing equipment.

Mr. Recker is a graduate of Duquesne University with a B.S. in Chemistry with
graduate studies and research at the University of Pittsburgh Children's
Hospital.

TransTechnology also announced that the Board of Directors has declared a
regular dividend of $.065 per share payable on December 1, 1997 to shareholders
of record on November 14, 1997.

TransTechnology Corporation is a multi-national manufacturer of specialty
fasteners and rescue hoists and cargo hooks. The Company employs more than 1550
people at its eleven facilities in the U.S., England, Germany and Brazil.