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Product Carrier 'Lucy' Christened

At Hyundai's Ulsan Yard

For Overseas Shipholding Group

The naming ceremony for the 65,000-dwt product carrier Lucy was held recently at Hyundai Heavy

Industries Co., Ltd. Ulsan Shipyard for Overseas Shipholding Group,

Inc. (OSG) of the U.S.

The vessel was christened by sponsor Mrs. J.J. Klement, wife of the manager of marine transport,

Standard Oil of Ohio in the presence of Morris Feder, senior vice presi- dent of OSG, J.I. Lee, executive vice president of HHI and several other representatives from both the owner and the shipyard.

Lucy is the first of two identical vessels ordered by OSG in June 1983, and is the 13th vessel to be built by HHI for Overseas Ship- holding during the past eight years.

Overseas Shipholding Group,

Inc., among the largest bulk ship- ping companies in the world, is engaged exclusively in the ocean transportation of liquid and dry bulk cargoes, both within the U.S. and worldwide. OSG's operating fleet now totals 69 vessels with the addition of Lucy, amounting to an aggregate tonnage of 6.2-million dwt.

Lucy is powered by a Hyundai-

B&W 5L70MCE diesel engine with an mcr of 11,280 bhp at 91 rpm and an ncr of 10,150 bhp at 88 rpm. Her service speed is 13.8 knots. She is 753.7-feet long, 105.6-feet wide and 59.7-feet deep with a scantling draft of 43.6 feet.

Among the dignitaries at the christening ceremony were: (front row, L. to R.) M.J. Tak. director of HHI; S.E. Hong, vice president of HMD; J.I. Lee, executive vice president, HHI;

Morris Feder, senior vice president, OSG; Mrs. J.J. Klement, sponsor; Joe Klement, man- ager, Marine Transport-SOHIO; Mrs. Morris Feder; K.M. Cheong, president of OSC; Mrs.

Lee; and Y.K. Eum, executive vice president of HHI.

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A recently published, 20-page, full-color brochure presents Mara- thon LeTourneau Offshore Compa- ny's jackup and semisubmersible rig designs and construction capabili- ties. The new brochure also de- scribes the company's engineering expertise, its specialized steelmak- ing and fabrication facilities, as well as repair and modification capabili- ties and experience.

The brochure presents the full line of Marathon LeTourneau jack- up rigs, from the hostile and harsh environment Gorilla and Super 300, to the severe environment 116 Class and the moderate environment, shallow water 82-SD-C and 150-44C

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A separate section presents the company's repair, service, and mod- ification capabilities, which include major projects involving not only jackup rigs but semisubmersibles and specialized vessels used in many facets of offshore activity.

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Aalborg Vaerft Awarded Danish Navy

Contract For Seven Flex 300

Convertible Combatant Vessels

After a year of negotiations, Aal- borg Vaerft in Denmark recently signed a contract for the construc- tion of seven Standard Flex 300 ves- sels for the Royal Danish Navy. The contract provides an option for an additional nine vessels of the same type. The first seven ships will be delivered between 1987 and 1991.

This is a new type of naval design.

The hull and superstructure will be a "sandwich" construction of fiber- glass reinforced polyester. Designed for flexibility, these vessels can be quickly and easily converted to han- dle a wide variety of completely dif- ferent missions by exchanging mod- ular weapons and equipment units.

Any module for a specific purpose can be exchanged with a module for another purpose. For example, a self-contained crane unit can be ex- changed for a gun or missile unit.

Propulsion power for the Standard

Flex 300 will be provided by a com- bination gas turbine/diesel engine (CODAG) installation.

The Danish Naval Material Com- mand (NMC) reports a high level of national interest in the new project.

For Aalborg Vaerft, this new or- der is a continuation of a long- standing cooperation with the

NMC. The yard's latest deliveries to

NMC were three CODOC corvettes of the Niels Juel Class, design that has achieved an international repu- tation for flexibility and efficiency.

Construction of the new Standard

Flex 300 vessels is a typical task for

Aalborg's ship division, which con- centrates on the building of special- ized vessels of high technology. An example is the 46,000-grt luxury cruise liner delivered earlier this year to Carnival Cruise Lines of

Miami. That vessel is now success- fully cruising to the Caribbean.

The Standard Flex 300 has an overall length of about 177 feet, beam of 29.5 feet, depth to main deck of 14.5 feet, and displacement of approximately 300 metric tons.

Circle 119 on Reader Service Card The Danish Navy's Standard Flex 300 design in a mine countermeasure configuration. 38 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

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