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Lindo Shipyard In Denmark Delivers

Five 285,000-Dwt Supertankers In 1972

This broadside shows the Richard Maersk at the outfitting dock at the Lindo Shipyard.

When the 285,000-dwt Richard

Maersk was recently taken over by her owners, the A.P. Moller Ship- ping Companies in Copenhagen, it marked the fifth supertanker of this size to be delivered in 1972 by the Lindo yard of Odense Steel

Shipyard Ltd.

The Lindo yard has additional orders for seven tankers of 285,- 000-dwt and 11 in the 310,000-dwt class. The Richard Maersk, second of a three-ship series for the A.P.

Moller interests, has the following main characteristics: length over- all, 1,139 feet \y2 inches; breadth, 170 feet; depth, 93 feet 3 inches; draft, 72 feet 11^4 inches; capacity of cargo tanks, 12,490,000 cubic feet; propulsion machinery, 32,450 shp, and speed, 15.25 knots.

The keel for this vessel was laid

July 3, 1972, floating took place

September 29, and delivery was

Alabama Dry Dock

To Build $17-Million

Vessel For Diamond M

The Maritime Administration has approved in principle a request by

Diamond M Drilling Co., Houston,

Texas, for construction loan and mortgage insurance to assist in fi- nancing the building of a semisubmer- sible drilling vessel.

To be constructed by Alabama

Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mo- bile, Ala., at an estimated cost of about $17 million, the vessel is to be used worldwide, except for the win- ter season in the North Sea and the

Gulf of Alaska. made a little more than four months after keel-laying.

The Richard Maersk was named by Miss Felicity McFadzean, daughter of F.S. McFadzean, chair- man of Shell Tankers and Trad- ing Company, in ceremonies at the

Lindo yard.

Among those attending were the

British Ambassador to Denmark, the chairman of Danish Shell, rep- resentatives from Lloyd's and busi- ness associates of the 'Shell organ- ization. The owners were repre- sented by Maersk Mc-Kinney Mol- ler, who is also chairman of the

Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. The yard was represented by Erik

Quistgaard, managing director.

The vessel is chartered by Shell and will go the route North Eu- rope, South of Capetown to the

Persian Gulf.

Patton Named As

First American Director

On Cunard Board

Richard B. Patton, president of

Cunard Line Ltd. in North Amer- ica, who has been named director of commercial operations world- wade for Cunard, is the first Ameri- can to serve as a director on the 132-year-old Cunard board.

Announcement has been made by

The Trafalgar House Group that

Mr. Patton has been appointed to both the board of directors of the

Cunard Steam Ship Co. Ltd., and to the Cunard-Trafalgar Hotels

Ltd.

Aeronca, Inc. Receives $3-Million Subcontract

From Litton Industries

A subcontract for approximately $3 million has been received by

Aeronca, -Inc., Middletown, Ohio, from Litton Industries' Ingalls

Shipbuilding Division for non- structural bulkhead panels and doors on five U.S. Navy gener- al purpose amphibious assault (LHA) ships. This was announced by Roy J. Benecchi, Aeronca Aero- space Group president.

Aeronca production deliveries are scheduled to begin next month and continue into early 1974. The bulk- heads and doors for the LHAs will be made of bonded aluminum hon- eycomb sandwich panels, faced with vinyl covering of various col- ors and patterns.

In the initial phase of the pro- gram, Aeronca honeycomb panels were subjected to comprehensive testing for critical performance and safety requirements. In addition to improved installations procedures, the Aeronca honeycomb panels provide substantial economies in maintenance manhours, and im- proved working and living areas aboard ship. Mr. Benecchi said the

Ingalls concept for the LHAs in- cludes color harmonized bulkheads, doors and furnishings for crew liv- ing quarters. "Aeronca's extensive experience in the design and fabrication of honeycomb sandwich structure has provided an entry into an exciting new application of those materials for shipboard use," Mr. Benecchi stated. "Bonded panels are being considered for use in several oth- er marine programs, and we ex- pect -considerable growth of this product line."

OSG Orders Three

Tankers From Hitachi

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG), New York, N.Y., has an- nounced that it has placed orders with Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engi- neering Co. Ltd. of Japan for the construction of a 262,500-deadweight- ton tanker, and two 80,000-dead- weight-ton tankers, for delivery in 1975. The 262,500-dwt tanker will be 50 percent owned by OSG.

The company also announced that it has purchased a 76,100-dwt bulk carrier built in 1967, and a 74,750- dwt tanker built in 1965. Both ves- sels will enter service under charters upon delivery. These two acquisi- tions and the recent delivery of a new 25,650-dwt geared bulk carrier will raise OSG's operating fleet to 34 bulk carriers and tankers, aggre- gating in excess of 1.5 million dead- weight tons.

By year end 1975, when the last of 15 new ships now on order is scheduled to be delivered, OSG's fleet will total 4 million deadweight tons, including six 50 percent owned and two 60 percent owned vessels. Ap- proximately half of the more than 2.4 million deadweight tons on order has already been chartered for pe- riods of 10 years or more.

Joseph Ingham Named

General Manager

Beth-Baltimore Yards

Joseph D. Ingham

The promotion of Joseph D.

Ingham to general manager of

Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Bal- timore ship repair and conversion yards was announced in Bethle- hem, Pa., by Walter F. Williams, vice president, shipbuilding.

Mr. Ingham, who has been gen- eral manager of Bethlehem's Hobo- ken, N.J., shipyard, succeeds

Walter E. Shade, who retired at the end of November after 31 years of service at the Baltimore yards.

Mr. Ingham previously served as assistant manager of the Baltimore yards from January 1, 1969, until his transfer to Hoboken in 1970.

From mid-1963 .through 1968, he was assistant manager of Bethle- hem's San Pedro, Calif., yard.

A native of New York City, Mr.

Ingham has been with Bethlehem since mid-1941, when he joined the

Hoboken yard as a draftsman. Dur- ing World War II, he served near- ly four years with the United

States Coast Guard and later stud- ied at Columbia University, gradu- ating with a bachelor's degree in general science and a master's de- gree in industrial engineering.

After serving in the Coast Guard, where he attained the rank of lieu- tenant, senior grade, he worked in various capacities at the corpora- tion's former Brooklyn 27th Street and Brooklyn 56th Street ship- yards. In May 1963, he was trans- ferred to the San Pedro yard as assistant to manager and little more than a month later was named assistant manager of that yard.

Mr. Ingham is a member of The

Society of Naval Architects and

Marine Engineers, the American

Society of Naval Engineers, The

Propeller Club and the Sparrows

Point Engineers Club.

MarAd Approves Aid

For Construction Of

Offshore Drilling Rig

The Maritime Administration has approved construction loan and mortgage insurance for the West- ern Co. of North America, Fort

Worth, Texas, to help finance a new semisubmersible offshore drill- ing vessel.

The estimated cost of the vessel is $21,235,000, and no builder has been named as yet. The semisub- mersible will be used in North Sea operations.

Pictured during the naming ceremony are, left to right: Maersk Mc-Kinney

Moller, who represented the owners and is also chairman of Odense Steel

Shipyard Ltd.; Miss Felicity McFadzean, sponsor; Mrs. Maersk Mc-Kinney

Moller, and F.S. McFadzean, chairman of Shell Tankers and Trading Co.

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