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Trinity Launches First Of Two

U.S. Navy Quarter Barges

APL 61, the first of two nearly identical 360 x 94-ft. (110 x 29-m) quarter barges under construction at Gulf Coast Fabrications Inc., a

Trinity Marine Group shipyard in

Pearlington, Miss., was recently launched at the shipyard.

The barge is reportedly the first

U.S. Navy vessel in many years to be designed and built to commer- cial standards rather than military specifications. The resultant sav- ings to the Navy and to taxpayers is reportedly expected to be approx- imately $22 million, since the Navy

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Circle 255 on Reader Service Card M had budgeted $72 million for the two barges and Trinity's winning bid was approximately $50 mil- lion for both barges.

Each of the new barges will house 600 persons and will have dining and locker facilities for 3,020 people. The barges will be used to house and feed Navy per- sonnel at shipyards doing major repair, overhaul and conversion on Navy vessels. APL 61 is scheduled for delivery in

September 1997, and APL 62 will be delivered in January 1998.

Both barges are being built to well accepted commercial ship- building practices and will be classed to ABS standards. "This contract is a significant milestone in Department of

Defense and U.S. Navy acquisi- tion reform because it demon- strates that non-MILSPEC con- tracting can provide the military and government with high quali- ty, mission capable products at significant savings," said John

Dane III, president of the Trinity

Marine Group.

Mr. Dane added that this non-

MILSPEC contract is approxi- mately 75 percent shorter than a similar standard military con- tract reflecting many changes such as significantly reduced doc- umentation and paper work for everything from engineering and purchasing to inspections. "Those inspections will be done primarily by ABS inspectors who are already in place, freeing up more Navy SUPSHIP (Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and

Repair) personnel for other mis- sions and greater manpower uti- lization," he said.

The Trinity Marine Group,

Gulfport, Miss., is owned by

Trinity Industries Inc., of Dallas,

Texas. The group includes 21 shipyards in Texas, Louisiana,

Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee and Missouri.

For more information on Trinity

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