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Keel-Laying Ceremony Held

At Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Yard

For First of Two Navy Survey Vessels

The first of two Navy oceano- graphic survey vessels, the USNS

Maury (T-AGS-39), was recently dedicated by Rear Adm. John R.

Seesholtz, USN, Oceanographer of the Navy, at keel-laying ceremon- ies at Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows

Point, Md., yard.

According to David Watson,

Sparrows Point general manager, the $130-million, two-ship Navy contract would be employing ap- proximately 1,100 workers when the construction reaches its peak in the next few months. The Maury is scheduled to be delivered to the

Navy in December 1987.

Joining Admiral Seesholtz at the keel-laying ceremony were Rep.

Helen Delich Bentley (R-Md.);

Rear Adm. Harry K. Fiske, Depu- ty Commander, Amphibious Auxil- iary, Mine and Sealift Directorate,

NAVSEA; Rear Adm. Richard F.

Donnelly, Vice Commander, MSC;

Rear Adm. Henry G. Chiles Jr.,

Director, Strategic Submarine Divi- sion, Office of the Chief of Naval

Operations; Capt. Martin Staig- er, Supervisor, Shipbuilding, Con- version and Repair, USN, Ports- mouth, Va.; and Capt. William C.

Bethlehem-Sparrows Point

Receives Navy Contracts

Worth $5.1 Million

Bethlehem Steel Corporation's

Sparrows Point, Md., shipyard re- cently received two Navy contracts totaling $5.1 million for the dry- docking and routine repair of a de- stroyer 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 float- ing repair facility to service other ships at sea. The ship will have boil- er, auxiliary machinery, shaft and electronics work performed in addi- tion 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.

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Representing Bethlehem Steel, in addition to Mr. Watson, were

James H. Leonard, vice presi- dent of the steel-related group, and

David H. Klinges, president of the marine construction division.

The yard began construction of the vessels in February of this year.

The sister ship, named the USNS

Tanner (T-AGS-40), is scheduled for completion in April 1988.

The ships were designed by the

Sparrows Point yard's engineering department and M. Rosenblatt &

Sons, Inc. of New York. Each ship has a 499-foot length overall, 72-foot beam and a 51-foot depth. Once delivered, they will be operated by civilian crews under the direction of the Military Sealift Command, and will be primarily used to conduct ocean surveys and provide scientific data.

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KEEL-LAYING CEREMONY for oceanographic survey ship USNS

Maury (T-AGS-39) was held recently at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's

Sparrows Point shipyard near Baltimore. On hand for the event were (front row, L to R): Mrs. Johnny Sears; Rear Adm. Richard F. Donnelly,

USN; Rep. Helen Delich Bentley (R-MD); Rear Adm. Harry K.

Fiske, USN: Mrs. Marylee Seesholtz; Capt. William C. Pfister,

USN; and Capt. Martin Staiger, USN. In back row are (L to R): Capt.

Johnny Sears, USN; David H. Klinges, president of Bethlehem Steel's marine construction division; Rear Adm. John R. Seesholtz, USN; and

David Watson, general manager of the Sparrows Point yard. The Maury is the first of two survey ships the shipyard will build for the U.S. Navy's

Military Sealift Command.

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