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Need repairs? Dillingham operates the best-equipped commercial ship repair facility mid-Pacific, complete with a 3,000-ton floating dry-dock and $l-million marine railway. And costs are competitive with the West Coast. Dillingham also serves you at its Albina shipyard in Portland. Call on us either place. (DILLINGHAM) DILLINGHAM CORPORATION Maritime Services and Subsidiaries P. 0. Box 3288 Honolulu, Hawaii 96801 Telex: RCA-723330 DILLINGHAM serves your ship in Honolulu. Coastal Motor Tanker Esso Connecticut Christened ?Has Twin Outboard Propulsion Drives And Five-Man Crew Esso Connecticut maneuvering off Greenwich, Conn, prior to christening ceremonies. Christening of the coastal motor tanker MV Esso Connecticut was held recently at the Showboat Motor Inn in Greenwich, Conn. The sponsor breaking the traditional bottle of champagne was Mrs. L. J. Weigle of Houston, Texas. Mr. Weigle, secretary of Humble Oil & Refining Company the owners of the vessel, escorted his wife. The some 80 guests and Humble executives witnessing the event toured the vessel prior to the reception aboard the sternwheel replica, Mississippi River Showboat, moored just aft of the Esso Connecticut. A unique feature of the vessel is its propul-sion system. It has twin outboard Schottel propulsion drives, each powered by 850-hp Caterpillar diesel engines. They are capable of propelling the Esso Connecticut at a speed of 11 knots when its tanks are fully loaded with 30,000-barrels of cargo meeting American Pe-troleum Institute 60° clean product specifica-tions. Designed by the technical staff of the com-pany's Marine Department, it will operate be-tween Humble Oil's Bayway Refinery in Lin-den, N. J., and various marketing terminals along the East Coast. Principally, the Esso Connecticut will ply the waterways of greater New York harbor to Hackensack, N. J., Ocean-side, N.Y., and New Haven, Conn. The 276-foot-long motor tanker is 55 feet wide and operates at a draft of 13 feet 6 inches. Well-appointed, air-conditioned accommoda-tions are provided for the comfort of her five-man crew, while the wheelhouse contains mod-ern navigation and communications equipment. The twin-screw outboard propulsion drives and their engines are remotely controlled from the pilothouse. The drive units afford the Esso Connecticut excellent maneuverability as they turn to steer the vessel at the direction of the helmsman, eliminating the need for rudders. A comprehensive monitoring system keeps the master informed if an abnormal operation oc-curs in the unattended engine room. A modern sewage-treatment plant, with retention facil-ities, is aboard in keeping with the company's "clean-waters" policy; while a segregated bal-last facility also has been provided. Three independent systems permit the sim-ultaneous loading or unloading of three grades of product. Each system is equipped with a 3,250-barrel-per-hour vertical pump driven by a 230-hp diesel engine. The two hose-handling derricks, hydraulically operated, are designed to efficiently handle three hoses at once. Stern view of new coastal tanker showing the recessed outboard propulsion drive units. Addition of the MV Esso Connecticut brings Humble Oil & Refining Company's inland waterways fleet to 87 vessels. They have a combined capacity of some 1.4-million barrels or nearly 69-million gallons. This fleet, supple-mented by charter equipment, delivers an aver-age 16-million-gallons of crude oil and refined petroleum products daily, representing 12 per-cent of the inland waterborne movement of petroleum products in this country. The motor tanker Esso Connecticut was con-structed by Ingalls Iron Works in Decatur, Ala. It was designed to meet the high stand-ards of the American Bureau of Shipping and is U.S. Coast Guard approved. She logged some 3,200 miles on her maiden voyage from Deca-tur to New York and the christening ceremon-ies in Greenwich, Conn. i«fctf»s sfefi biusisj Capt. W. H. Larsson presents bouquet of American beauty roses to sponsor, Mrs. L. J. Weigle of Houston, Texas at christening of his "mini" tanker, the Esso Connecticut. Participants in the ceremonies conducted by Humble Oil & Refining Company are, left to right: T. J. Fuson, general manager of Humble's Marine Department; Mrs. Perry Davis Wood, Mrs. Weigle's daughter and matron of honor at the ceremony; Mr. Weigle, secretary of the Humble corporation; Mrs. Weigle; Captain Larsson, and Capt. T. M. Olsen, alternate master of the Connecticut. 22 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News