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CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION for

Section chairman was presented at recent 30th Annual Dinner-Dance of the Philadel- phia Section of The Society of Naval Archi- tects and Marine Engineers. The annual af- fair ending the Section's 1979-80 season was attended by some 400 members and guests.

Robert G. Mende (left), secretary and exec- ecutive director of SNAME, presented the certificate to Anthony C. Brown, who ac- cepted it on behalf of Section chairman

K. Gyswyt, who was unable to attend. lumber, rolled steel coils, ore, and general cargoes. Lumber can also be carried on deck.

The No. 5 hold is equipped with a 25-ton

Thompson derrick, and the other four holds are each provided with a 25-ton deck crane for efficient cargo handling. Hatch covers are of watertight box construction, designed to permit easy and quick operation by a single deck-crane-driven wire rope.

The Seagrand Ace has an overall length of 172.50 meters, beam of 23.10 meters, depth of 14.75 meters, and full-load draft of 10.62 meters (566 by 75.8 by 48.4 by 34.8 feet).

Main propulsion is provided by a single

Hitachi/B&W diesel engine, model 8L55GFC.

Maximum continuous output is 10,700 bhp

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DESTROYER DELIVERIES CONTINUE—

The 29th ship in the series of jet-powered, multi-mission Spruance-class destroyers, de- signed and built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Di- vision of Litton Industries, officially entered the U.S. Navy fleet in recent commissioning ceremonies at Pascagoula, Miss. The Fife (DD-991) joins 13 other ships of the DD-963 class operating with the Pacific Fleet, and will be homeported in San Diego. A total of 15 more of the 7,800-ton, 563-foot ships are now operating with the Atlantic Fleet. Comdr.

John Y. Schrader accepted command of the

Fife; Thomas A. Brown, Deputy Assistant

Secretary of the Navy for Strategic Pro- grams, was the principal speaker at the commissioning ceremonies.

Bulk Carrier Delivered By

Naikai Zosen Setoda Yard

The 26,977-dwt bulk carrier Seagrand Ace, constructed at the Setoda Shipyard of Naikai

Zosen, an affiliate of Hitachi Zosen, was de- livered recently to Seagrand Company, Ltd.

The new vessel is a diesel-driven, single- screw, single-decker type bulk carrier, with an aft engine room, forecastle, and poop.

With cargo space divided into five holds, the ship can carry not only bulk cargoes but also

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