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Bethlehem Sparrows Point

Delivers 120,000-Dwt Tanker

To Overseas Shipholding

The 120,000-dwt tanker S/S Overseas Ju- neau, being built for a subsidiary of Overseas

Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG), was recently christened at Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows

Point shipyard in Baltimore by Mrs. Robert

J. Blackwell, wife of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs.

Named after the capital of Alaska, the 883- foot4ong vessel features the latest safety, navi- gational, communications and antipollution equipment available. The ship has a cruising range of 15,000 miles, with a nominal sea speed of 16 knots developed from 26,000-hp steam turbines. She is the second vessel of this class to 'be built by Bethlehem Steel and the first for delivery to Overseas Shipholding.

Mrs. Blackwell smashed the traditional bot- tle of champagne on the vessel's bow as it lay alongside an outfitting pier. Her sister, Miss

Judith Ryan, served as maid of honor for the ceremony. The ship, which was floated out of the new 1,200-foot-long building basin at Spar- rows Point, was delivered last month, imme- diately entering service under a long-term charter.

One of the largest vessels ever built in the

United States, the Overseas Juneau will be the 13th U.S.-flag tanker for OSG, which al- ready owns one of the largest bulk fleets of any publicly-held U.S. company, as well as the largest independent U.S. tanker fleet.

OSG's operating fleet will consist of 40 tank- ers and dry bulk carriers aggregating 2.2 mil- lion deadweight tons. This figure will rise to more than 5.5 million tons by 1978, when the 23 additional vessels currently on order have been delivered.

Mrs. Robert J. Blackwell, wife of the Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, grasps a bottle of champagne just prior to christening the 120,- 000-dwt tanker S/S Overseas Juneau at Bethlehem's

Sparrows Point shipyard. With Mrs. Blackwell are, from left to right: Ran Hettena, senior vice president and director of Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.; William

H. Collins, general manager of the yard; Mr. Blackwell, and Walter F. Williams, vice president, shipbuilding,

Bethlehem Steel.

Among the major features of the new ves- sel, which has a liquid cargo capacity of nearly 950,000 barrels, are: For safer maneuvering, there is a Bethlehem centralized pilothouse engine control which maximizes speed of transmission of orders to the engine room.

Wide-range boiler burners and automatic com- bustion control equipment enable the boilers to be operated from standby to full speed without altering the number of burners in use.

Cargo valves are hydraulically operated with remote or local control to suit their location and service. Optimum navigational guidance uses large-screen radar systems with two sepa- rate frequencies for the advantage of maxi- mum storm penetration and clarity of resolu- tion in harbor areas. A satellite navigation system receives and decodes satellite signals and combines them with data from external velocity sensors to provide accurate world- wide all-weather position information. For maximum antipollution protection, there is a 2,400-gallon-a-day capacity on-board sewage treatment system, and an oily-water 'Separat- ing system with a capacity of 7,700 barrels to remove oil from tank washings. The system is designed so that only clean water will pass overboard from the ship.

All officer and crew quarters are air-condi- tioned.

In addition to the 'Overseas Juneau, the yard has under construction, or on order, five 265,000-dwt tankers, two 120,000-dwt tankers and one containership.

Following the christening, William H. Col- lins, general manager of the yard, was the host at a luncheon in honor of the sponsor.

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