Avondale Shipyards
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- Avondale Shipyards Christens USS Tortuga (LSD-46) For Navy Maritime Reporter, Feb 1989 #46
Third In Series Built By Yard Avondale Shipyards Division, Avondale Industries, Inc., Avondale, La., recently christened the Landing Ship Dock vessel USS Tortuga (LSD-46) for the U.S. Navy.
She is the third in a series of LSDs being built for the U.S. Navy by the yard.
The principal speaker at the christening ceremonies was U.S.
Senator J. Bennett Johnston (DLa.).
The ship's sponsor was Mrs.
Rosemary Parker Schoultz, wife of retired Vice Adm. Robert F. Schoultz, U.S. Navy. Other dignitaries at the ceremonies included Albert L. Bossier Jr., chairman and chief operating officer, Avondale Industries, Inc., and the Honorable Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Shipbuilding and Logistics.
The USS Tortuga, like her sister ships, is 610 feet long, has a beam of 84 feet, maximum draft of 19 feet 7 inches, and displaces 15,623 long tons.
Powered by four Colt-Pielstick medium-speed diesel engines for a total of 33,000 shp, the Tortuga is capable of service speeds in excess of 20 knots.
LSDs are multi-functional ships capable of a wide range of amphibious assault operations for the U.S.
Navy and Marine Corps. Their primary mission is to carry, launch and dock up to four Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) vessels. In combination with the LCACs, the LSD ships will allow Marines to make beach landings.
The LCACs which will be carried by the Tortuga and her sister LSDs are also being built by Avondale at its recently acquired Gulport marine facility.
The Tortuga, which is being built by Avondale with the use of modular construction techniques, is expected to be delivered in July 1989.
For free literature detailing the shipbuilding services offered by Avondale Shipyards, Circle 16 on Reader Service Card
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- Avondale Shipyards Holds Keel-Laying Ceremonies For First Of Four Navy Fleet Oilers Maritime Reporter, Dec 15, 1984 #13
ceremonies were held recently for the Henry J. Kaiser (TAO 187), the first of four fleet oilers currently under construction for the U.S. Navy at Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans. The keel-laying occurred almost six weeks ahead of schedule and consisted of six structural units totally outfitted, final painti
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- Crude Oil Tanker Exxon Baytown Christened At Avondale Shipyards Maritime Reporter, Aug 15, 1984 #13
The 57,000-dwt Exxon Baytown was christened in recent ceremonies at Avondale Shipyards, Inc. near New Orleans. The crude oil carrier was built for Exxon Shipping Company of Houston, and will transport cargoes between U.S. West and East Coast ports and will also trade in the Caribbean area. Two
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- Navy Contracts Totaling $477 Million Awarded To Avondale Shipyards Maritime Reporter, Jan 1984 #5
The U.S. Navy recently exercised its option to have Avondale Shipyards, Inc., a subsidiary of Ogden Corporation, construct two additional fleet oilers at a total cost of $231.9 million. The Navy also awarded Avondale a $166- million contract to build a landing ship dock. The Navy has options to
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- Largest U.S.-Built Hopper Dredge Launched At Avondale Shipyards Maritime Reporter, Dec 15, 1981 #22
The largest hopper dredge ever built in the United States — the Stuyvesant — was launched at Avondale S h i p y a r d s recently. The oceangoing dredge is owned by Stuyvesant Dredging Co., a partnership formed by the subsidiaries of Zapata Corp. and Boskalis Westminster Inc. The Stuyvesant will be
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- Auxiliary Oiler For U.S. Navy Christened At Avondale Shipyards Maritime Reporter, Jun 15, 1980 #34
Avondale Shipyards, Inc., a subsidiary of Ogden Corporation, recently christened the USS Merrimack (AO-179), the third in a series of five auxiliary oilers being built for the U.S. Navy. These are the first of their type to be built since 1956; deliveries will begin this year and extend through 1982.
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- Avondale Shipyards Appoint James Temenak Maritime Reporter, Jan 1978 #22
yard and Westwego is available, and Mr. Temenak can be contacted at the following location for information on Avondale's many available designs: Avondale Shipyards, Inc., P.O. Box 50280, New Orleans, La. 70150
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- Avondale Shipyards' New Pipe Fabricating Facility Maritime Reporter, Dec 15, 1978 #34
Demonstrating an electronic model of Avondale Shipyards' innovative new pipe fabricating facility are, left to right, Lee Rice president of Ogden T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , Inc., Richard Brunner, executive vice president of Avondale, and Albert Bossier, president of Avondale. Looking on is
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- Avondale Christens The Oxy Grower Maritime Reporter, Oct 1981 #28
Christening c e r e m o n i e s were held recently at Avondale Shipyards, Inc., for the Oxy Grower, a 57,000-dwt t u g - b a r g e combination vessel built by Avondale Shipyards for a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. The Oxy Grower is the third and final chemical tanker of the integrate
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- Two Farrell Lines Containerships Being Lengthened 144 Feet By Avondale Maritime Reporter, Jan 1977 #28
The Austral Entente, a recently built vessel operated by Farrell Lines, is now being fitted with a new mid-section by Avondale Shipyards, Inc., and when completed will provide increased service by the line on its trade route between the U.S. Gulf, Australia and New Zealand. According to Norman W.
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- Avondale Appoints Douglas L. Oehrlein Maritime Reporter, Mar 1977 #12
Avondale Shipyards has announced the appointment of Douglas L. Oehrlein as marketing manager for the main yard located on the Mississippi River approximately 10 miles above New Orleans, La. Avondale Shipyards is a subsidiary of Ogden Corporation and is one of the largest and most successful shipyards
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- Avondale Launches First Of Four Tankers To Carry Alaskan Oil For Sohio Maritime Reporter, Jul 1977 #26
Avondale Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans, La., a subsidiary of Ogden Corporation, recently launched the first of a series of four segregated ballast tankers for The Standard Oil Company (Ohio). The new ships will sail under charter to SPC Shipping Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SOHIO. The tanker
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 43“The industry is an ecosystem which includes owners, managers, mariners, shipyards, equipment makers, designers, research institutes and class societies: all of them are crucial,” – Eero Lehtovaara, Head of Regulatory & Public Affairs, ABB Marine & Ports All images courtesy ABB Marine and Ports provi
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 42OPINION: The Final Word Seeing the Ship as a System Shipping must engage with the decarbonization realities that lie ahead by changing the way it crafts maritime legislation to re? ect its place in the interconnected, interdependent world economy, said Eero Lehtovaara, ABB Marine & Ports. ABB Marine &
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 31CRANES & OFFSHORE WIND Cadeler’s new NG-20000X class vessels will have 2,600t cranes, and its new NG-20000F class vessel will have a 3,200t crane. Similar new vessels for Havfram will have a crane of approximately 3,200t, as will Van Oord’s KNUD E. HAN- SEN-designed newbuilding currently being built in
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 39There are ? ve major paint catego- lenges in shipyards is managing small building is a multifaceted endeavor ries in new construction shipbuilding: parts, which are prone to surface rust that demands integrative systems before installation. Optimizing the planning, as well as adoption of new 1.
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 38Tech File Optimizing Blast and Paint Processes in New Construction Shipbuilding By Colin Gallagher, Director of Shipyard Optimization, BlastOne International The ef? cacy of surface preparation and coating appli- 1. Raw material entry cation in the new construction shipbuilding industry is 2. Painting
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 34Feature Electric Tugs All images courtesy Eric Haun The eWolf’s power integrates into eWolf features a 6.2 MWh Orca ABB’s DC grid architecture, which battery energy storage system distributes to all the consumers from Corvus Energy. throughout the vessel. 12 to 16 inches. If you’ve got 14 inches and
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 31McAllister Towing Grace McAllister, one of three sisters from Washburn & Doughty. ered WINDEA Courageous, the ? rst of three CTVs for an earlier contract with Windea CTV LLC. Other shipyards known to be build- ing CTVs at the moment include Blount Boats and Sensesco Marine, both in Rhode Island
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 30Feature Shipbuilding Crowley Crowley’s electric tug eWolf, built by Master Boat Builders. Administration (MARAD) put a cost of $97 million on the ulatory ? lings, the vessel “is expected to be delivered and vessel. The same yard has also been contracted to build an operational in 2025.” Filings with
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 29engines from Caterpillar. Another in the series, Isabel McAllister, will be delivered in 2024. Construction of new vessels for the offshore wind markets has fallen short of the boom times forecast only several years ago amid calls for “30 by 30” (30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore power gen- erated by
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 27Feature Shipbuilding Loumania Stewart / U.S. Coast Guard focus), which require very different business systems to be in place. “We’ve been able to do both,” he said, noting that having systems in place for government jobs makes East- ern Shipbuilding “move-in ready for the Navy and other DOD agencies
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 26Feature ECO Edison, the ? rst U.S.- Shipbuilding built wind farm service operations vessel. Ørsted U.S. SHIPBUILDING REPORT By Barry Parker If nothing else, building vessels in the U.S. is a com- handle), handling “…government and commercial work, plicated business. primarily newbuilds, but also
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 17OpEd Shipbuilding can industrial base. building, repairing, repowering and local communities at a time in which Second, the Congress must pri- maintaining ships, not to mention our maritime strength is needed more oritize stable and predictable budgets the massive supply chain that sup- than ever
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 16OpEd Shipbuilding U.S. Commercial Shipbuilding and Repair Industry Ensures American Strength at Sea By Matthew Paxton, President, Shipbuilders Council of America As Senator Roger Wicker force, the U.S. is falling behind. China, Korea and Japan of Mississippi once said, “Growth in commercial ship-
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 6Marine News April 2024 • Volume 35 Number 4 Contributors 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 1 Tom Ewing 5 Barry Parker is a freelance writer specializing in marine, energy and envi- of bdp1 Consulting Ltd provides strategic and tac- ronmental issues. He contributes regularly to this magazine. tical support, including
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 40Images Seaspan Corporation/Foreship With plans to have a full-scale test engine running on am- age it'll be similar to LNG.” Looking at the engine makers and monia in early 2024, the company said it expects to hold its de- their progress, Brindley is diplomatic in saying that there is no livery timeline
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 36HYBRID 2-stroke controllable pitch propeller PTO powertrain Source: MAN Energy Solutions how the system is intended to operate, says Oskar Levander, VP Strategy & Business Development, Kongsberg Maritime. For example, a primary shaft-driven PTO rotates whenever the engine is running; a secondary one
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 31EAL AND STERN TUBE DAMAGES “Our recommendations “A good bearing are simple. Please design is have good control over important.” your oil quality in the primary barrier, the aft – Øystein Åsheim Alnes sealing system,” Head of section for Propulsion and Steering, – Arun Sethumadhavan DNV
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 24R&D marinized version of the V228 product from 8 to 16 cylinders. through improved lifecycle cost, trade-offs, it also allows us That engine is called the V228 for the bore size in millimeters. to do concurrent design and reliability demonstrations. We’re With the advent of emissions regulations for EPA
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 20MARKETS FPSO technology dominates the region’s FPS demand. duction and storage of low and zero emission energy carriers, In all, 18 countries in West and East Africa are expected such as methanol and ammonia. One exciting development to receive new FPSOs, FLNGs and FPUs between 2024 and leverages
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 16THE PATH TO ZERO Methanol’s Superstorage Solution Technical inquiries to SRC Group ramped up after it received Approval in Principle (AIP) for a concept which ‘reinvented methanol fuel storage’ on board ships. Delivering the answers has seen technical talk converting into project discussions
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 41Vessels WINDEA Intrepid & WINDEA Courageous The ? rst two designed, BV-classed CTVs for WINDEA CTV. The third newbuild crew and fourth vessels are under construction at St Johns, and transfer vessels construction of the ? fth vessel is well underway at Breaux (CTV) for WIN- Brothers in Louisiana.
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 40Vessels HOS Warhorse & HOS Wild Horse shipyard construction contracts were wrongfully termi- nated. Gulf Island and Hornbeck settled in October 2023, clearing way for the builds to be completed by another yard. Eastern secured the contract to complete the builds from Zurich American Insurance Company
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 39Vessels Next WSF Vessels Could Be Built Outside of Washington State By Eric Haun The next newbuilds for Washington State Ferries (WSF) is required to award a credit of 13% of the bid price for bid could be built by a shipyard outside of Washington as the proposals for vessels constructed in the state of