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New & Notable

WILLARD 32' KINGSTON

CLASS PATROL RIB

Founded 1957

High performance with twin diesels and water jet drives, foam tube tendering system, trailerable, fits into the C-130 transport. Several under construction.

Listed on the Willard Marine GSA contract. Design by Metalcraft Marine. A

WILLARD MARINE, INC. 1250 N. Grove Street, Anaheim, CA 92806 • 714-666-2150 • Fax 714-632-8136

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Leading U.S. Builder of RIB 's, Solas Rescue Boats. Navy Ship's. Boats, Water

Taxis, Underwater Viewing Vessels, Pilot Boats and Other Small Craft up to 75'.

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Burke Class with full up helo facilities, carrying up to two SH-60B Seahawk helicopters.

The vessel's namesake honors America's 32nd Presi- dent, Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor

Roosevelt. Serving as the ship's sponsor was Nancy

Roosevelt Ireland, while the Honorable Tillie

Fowler, Congresswoman of the 4th District of Florida gave the Principal speech. Platform participants included RADM Wayne E. Meyer, USN; Fred Parker,

DDG 51 class Shipbuilding Program manager; and

Jerry St. Pe of Litton Industries.

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Maritime Reporter & Engineering News

Ayton Cross Arrives To Boost Wijsmuller

Marine's Fleet

Wijsmuller Marine has accepted at its Teeside berth of Ayton Cross, the first of two-azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tractor tugs from the Spanish shipbuilder

Astilleros Zamacona. Following a crew familiarization period, Ayton Cross is expected to be in full service by the middle of November.

The second tug, Ormesby Cross, is due to be deliv- ered by Zamacona before the end of year. Both tugs will be based on the River Tees from where the Wijs- muller tug fleet covers both the Tees and the port of

Hartlepool.

With a bollard pull of 60 tons each, the two new tugs will be the most powerful units in the Voith/ASD Tees fleet and will allow Wijsmuller to transfer one of its existing Tees tractor tugs, Yarm Cross, to its Tyne oper- ation.

Until now, the largest tugs on the Tees have been

Fiery Cross and Phoenix Cross, both of 3,890bhp and 41 tons bollard pull. They have been supported by the 3,400bhp/37 tons bollard pull Cleveland cross and

Roseberry Cross and the 2,640bhp/35 tons bollard pull

Yarm Cross and Coatham Cross.

The transfer of the Yarm Cross to the Tyne is seen as a further upgrading of the Tyne fleet by introducing a twin azimuthing tractor tug. Wijsmuller maintains three tugs on the Tyne, which serve the ports of Tyne,

Sunderland and Blyth.

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USS Roosevelt Is Commissioned At Mayport

The nation's 30th Arleigh Burke class Destroyer,

USS Roosevelt, was commissioned on October 14 at

Mayport Naval Station Florida. Roosevelt is the pre- miere Ingalls-built Flight IIA destroyer, a variant of the

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