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Mammoth Texaco Tanker

Christened At Mitsubishi Yard

The Texaco Italia, shown during her sea trials, has a cargo capacity of 2,000,000 barrels of crude oil on a single voyage, with a service speed of about 15.8 knots.

The Texaco Italia, a 263,600-deadweight- ton mammoth tanker built for the fleet of

Texaco Panama Inc. by Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries, Ltd., was recently christened and delivered at Mitsubishi's shipyard in Naga- saki, Japan.

Sponsor of the Texaco Italia at the nam- ing ceremony was Mrs. Paul B. Hicks Jr., whose husband is Texaco's vice president for worldwide sales.

Texaco Panama, a wholly owned subsid- iary of Texaco Inc., is engaged in marketing in the Republic of Panama, and in world- wide marine transportation.

The Texaco Italia is the second mammoth tanker built for a Texaco fleet in Japan. She has an overall length of 1,106 feet, a molded beam of 176 feet, and a draft of 67 feet. The ship is powered by geared steam turbines developing 34,000 metric shaft horsepower.

She has the capacity to carry about 2,000,000 barrels of crude oil on a single voyage. Serv- ice speed will be about 15.8 knots.

The Texaco Italia joins one of the world's largest tanker fleets. As of August 13, 1974,

Texaco and its subsidiaries owned or oper- ated under term charter 203 tankers total- ing 18.7 million deadweight tons. These included 44 mammoth tankers used exclus- ively in international trade, totaling 10.4 million deadweight tons.

The new Texaco tanker is equipped with an inert gas system to maintain a nonflam- mable and nonexplosive atmosphere in its cargo tanks. She features the latest elec- tronic navigational aids, including a sonar/ doppler system that is designed to assist in docking operations. Texaco has been an in- dustry leader in the installation of this sys- tem and has placed the equipment on all its owned mammoth tankers.

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The Texaco Italia is also fitted with special tanks for the onboard retention of oil resi- dues. This procedure is required on all Texaco tankers in order to maintain the company's policy of prohibiting the voluntary discharge of oil at sea.

A sister ship to the Texaco Italia is slated to be christened in the Mitsubishi shipyard at Nagasaki in April of 1975.

Mrs. Paul B. Hicks Jr., whose husband is Texaco Inc.'s vice president for worldwide sales, christens the 263,600-deadweight-ton Texaco Italia while Mitsu- bishi's N. Hirata, director and general manager of

Nagasaki Shipyard & Engine Works, looks on.

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