Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Receives Navy Contracts Worth $5.1 Million

Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point, Md., shipyard recently received two Navy contracts totaling $5.1 million for the drydocking and routine repair of a destroyer tender and a landing ship dock.

David Watson, yard general manager, confirmed Bethlehem's receipt of a $3.4-million contract to drydock and make routine repairs to the 643-foot-long destroyer tender USS Shenandoah (AD-44).

The Shenandoah serves as a floating repair facility to service other ships at sea. The ship will have boiler, auxiliary machinery, shaft and electronics work performed in addition to routine drydocking and hull painting. Some crew compartments will be modified.

The second U.S. Navy contract received by the yard was for $1.7 million for the routine drydocking and repair of the USS Herimatage, a landing ship dock.

Maritime Reporter Magazine, page 9, Oct 1986

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