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beat the design speed of 12 knots.

The auxiliary engines include a

Caterpillar 3304 generator set and a Caterpillar 3408-TA hydraulic pump engine. With a fuel capac- ity of 16,000 gallons, Captain

Love's new boat will have a two to three-week range at sea.

On deck are two Hathaway # 12-AITHS-24-inch drum winch- es, with two Hathaway 8-foot wide by 6-foot flange net reels mounted on a West Coast type gallows gantry. With three fixed booms, the Bountiful II easily converts from scalloping to mid- water trawling, making its 7,000- cubic-foot, divided fish hold a waiting recipient for any type of catch. Also, the forward fish hold features a Thermo King refrig- eration unit for better preserva- tion of the catch on longer trips.

The owner-furnished electronics package includes two Northstar 6000 Loran C with an Epsco plot- ter. Two Furuno radar units give the new vessel a 24-mile and 48- mile view range. Also at the cap- tain's control are two Simrad sounding machines, a Robertson autopilot, VHF, and SSB radios.

Captain Love's boat has com- fortable semiprivate staterooms for a crew of 14, plus captain. It has a complete, commercially equipped galley to withstand years of use, and is modeled after those found on large oceangoing ships.

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The Washburn & Doughty ship- yard recently delivered the 105- foot Bountiful II (shown above) to Capt. Edison Love of Portland,

Maine. The combination scalloper- dragger is the eighth vessel to be delivered by the Bath, Maine, shipyard in the past 21 years.

The new fishing boat has success- fully completed its first two trips, landing 6,000 bushels of scallops in seven days.

The Bountiful II is a deep-draft sea boat designed and built to handle rough North Atlantic seas.

Specifications include an overall length of 105 feet, a beam of 26 feet, and a depth of 14 feet 6 inches. On his first trip out, Cap- tain Love was able to ride out high seas while the rest of the

Portland fleet had to return to port.

The new vessel is a design of

John Gilbert Associates of Bos- ton. The owner picked Washburn & Doughty as the shipbuilder be- cause of the firm's growing rep- utation as a builder of rugged steel fishing boats.

The Bountiful II is powered by a Caterpillar D399 main engine driving a Columbian 72-inch wheel in a fixed Kort nozzle. During both builder's trials and delivery trip, the sleek vessel regularly

Looking on while Mrs. Eleanor McConnor, sponsor, smashes the traditional cham- pagne bottle, are (from left): Mrs. Robert F. Nootbaar, matron of honor; William S.

McConnor, president, "76" Division, and senior vice president, Union Oil Company; and C. Larry French, president, NASSCO.

Christening ceremonies were performed recently for the Blue (£nqineered }-^roJucti an

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National Steel and Shipbuilding

Company (NASSCO) for Union

Oil Company of California. (See

MR EN, December 15, 1980, page 26.)

More than 400 invited guests gathered at the NASSCO San

Diego yard to witness the cere- monies. Sponsor for the ship was

Mrs. Eleanor McConnor, wife of

William S. McConnor, president, "76" Division, Union Oil Compa- ny, and key speaker of the day.

Mrs. Joan Nootbaar served as ma- tron of honor. She is the wife of

Robert F. Nootbaar, senior vice president, Eastern Region, "76"

Division, Union Oil Company.

Others participating in the pro- gram were C. Larry French, pres- ident of NASSCO, and John M.

Murphy, NASSCO vice president of corporate relations.

The name Blue Ridge is in hon- or of the mountain range in the

Appalachians extending from

New England to Georgia. The new ship will carry products from

Union Oil's Beaumont, Texas, re- finery to points on the Gulf and

Atlantic Coasts.

Launched in November 1980, the Blue Ridge will be the first of three sister vess.els to be de- livered. The vessels are a new class designed by NASSCO for 34 Write 104 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News