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Newport Harbor. The ceremony featured

Rhode Island's First Lady, Susan Carcieri as sponsor, christening the Harbor Queen, followed by the USCG Color Guard and

Roger's High School Orchestra playing the National Anthem.

The Harbor Queen will be Newport's first high-end luncheon/dinner cruise ves- sel with an all season operating capacity.

The 80 x 30 ft. vessel is designed for up to 149-seated passengers, with climate con- trolled heating and air-conditioning in the deluxe interior surrounded by large glass vista-view, yacht-style windows on the first and second deck. Second deck fea- tures an observation/seating area and open-air deck.

The steel constructed vessel is powered by two 400 hp D2842LE Man engines with Twin Disc 518 Marine Gears and two 96 kW Northern Lights M6108 QA2 1,200 rpm for silent operation. Complete

Lo-Rez isolation mounts are installed with Navy hull board and lead for struc- tural vibration dampening.

The vessel is also equipped with remote engine control and steering and dual radar.

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Larry Rigdon, president and chief exec- utive officer of Rigdon Marine announced the delivery of the M/V St. Louis, the eighth of 10 GPA 640 platform support vessels (PSV) being built at Bender Ship- yard in Mobile, Ala. Hanan Harkness, wife of James Harkness, CFO Officer of

Rigdon Marine, christened the vessel before it was dispatched for contract work in the Gulf of Mexico. "As we near com- pletion of the delivery of the ten GPA 640

PSVs, we are extremely pleased that the offshore industry has embraced our fleet," said Larry Rigdon. "The immediate deployment of the M/V St. Louis rein- forces the numerous advantages of the

GPA 640 class of vessels. Our offshore mariners are skillfully utilizing the tech- nology and capabilities of the GPA 640 to provide safe, reliable and professional ser- vice to our customers." Rigdon Marine also delivered of the M/V Toulouse, the ninth GPA 640 platform support vessels.

Mrs. Flossie Dawson, wife of Captain

Kenneth Dawson, Marine Superintendent of Rigdon Marine christened the vessel before it was dispatched. 8• MarineNews • July, 2005

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Frank Terrell, Vice President, Marketing, Bender Shipyards, presents Mrs. Flossie Dawson with the tra- ditional bottle of champagne to christen M/V Toulouse Captain Kenneth Dawson, Marine Superintendent,

Rigdon Marine, (upper left) and Richard Currence, Jr., Vice President, Operations, Rigdon Marine (back- ground) look on.

James and Hanan Harkness

Rigdon PSV Fleet Continues to Grow

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