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BOATS AND BARGES

Greek Yard Gets 13-Vessel Order

From Hellenic Coast Guard

An order for 13 patrol craft has been placed with Motomarine (Ath- ens) by the Hellenic Coast Guard, and the possibility exists for an- other 32 additional units to be awarded next year.

The GRP hulls are molded to ABS requirements by Colvic Craft (Colchester), and are supplied com- plete with superstructure, engine girders, stern gear and stainless steel fuel tanks. The design is based on

Colvic Craft's standard Sunquest- 53 motor yacht, a hull designed by

John Bennett, but features a modi- fied superstructure.

The hull has a sharply raked stem, transom stern and is sub-di- vided by five bulkheads into several main compartments.

Propulsion of the vessel is by two 10-cylinder MAN D2840-LXE die- sel engines driving twin shafts through MPM single-reduction/re- versing gearboxes, with exhaust trunking let to the stern below the waterline. Access for engineering stores, spares, etc., are through deck hatches on each side at the fore end of the engine room.

Helm and engine controls are pro- vided in the wheelhouse, with ac- cess to the accommodation forward by a stairway, and to the engine room under via a deck hatch. In addition, there is an open bridge backing the superstructure, offset to port, with duplicated helm and engine controls, over which there is a tubular support for the surveil- lance radar. On the fore deck there is a ring mounting for a 12.7mm machine gun, while a pedestal mounting for a 7.62mm machine gun is provided in the aft. The overall length of the vessel is 53 feet, with a 15-foot beam and a 7.5-foot draft.

The vessel has a top speed of 30 knots, and claims a 500 nautical mile range at 25 knots.

NASSCO Awarded $635

Million Contract For

Conversion Of Three

Strategic Sealift Ships

National Steel and Shipbuilding

Company (NASSCO) has received a $635 million contract from the U.S.

Navy to convert three L-Class containerships to Strategic Sealift ships.

The engineering and planning work required to convert the ships will begin immediately.

Production of the three ships is expected to be completed by the end of 1995.

The award is projected to provide continuing employment for approxi- mately 1,200 people during this pe- riod. NASSCO's current work force is nearly 3,700.

The three-ship agreement, a fixed-price incentive contract, raises

NASSCO's current backlog to $1.2 billion.

Included in the company's back- log are four AOE-6-Class Fast Cor bat Support ships for the U.S. Na1 and a variety of repair work.

The three containerships will 1 purchased from the Maersk Lii

Ltd., the U.S. ship owner and oper tor of the Danish A.P. Moller Grou

The ships will be converted to

Ro/Ro configuration to accommoda wheeled vehicles, track vehicles ai helicopters.

The ships are intended to provii prepositioning readiness and trar port and partially satisfy the natioi need for increased sealift readme and capacity.

NASSCO won three of the fi conversion contracts awarded by £

Navy.

The remaining two contracts we awarded to the Newport News shi yard in a Strategic Sealift Conve sion award that totaled $425 m lion. (See story below) $425 Million Navy Pact

Awarded To Newport New

Shipbuilding

Newport News Shipbuildir

Newport News, Va., a unit

Tenneco, has received a contr. from the U.S. Navy valued at $4 million for design and other work two Sealift cargo vessels used transport military equipment.

The company claims its shipbui ing backlog as of late June was $- billion, and work is expected to stj on the new contract immediately

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