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NASSCO Launches Largest Vessel Ever Built On West Coast

Principals at the NASSCO ceremonies included, left to right, John M. Murphy, vice president, National Steel and

Shipbuilding Company; John V. Banks, president, National Steel and Shipbuilding Company; Leo V. Berger, president,

Aeron Marine Shipping Company; Arnold Lorbeer, president, American Ultramar Limited; the Honorable Bob Wilson,

Representative, 36fh District, California; Ms. Dorothea Calkins, matron of honor, S/S Golden Dolphin; Mrs. Peter

Constas, sponsor, Mr. Constas, executive vice president, Aeron Marine Shipping Company; the Honorable Robert J.

Blackwell, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs; John H. Vogel, president, National Bank of North

America, speaker, and Campbell L. Nelson, chairman and managing director, Ultramar Company Limited.

The S/S iGolden Dolphin, 90,000-dwt San

Clemente-class tanker, was launched at

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), of San Diego, Calif., on January 19, 1974. Ceremonies, open to the general pub- lic, commenced with music by Buck Wayne and the Buckaroos, followed by a band concert by the U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Band.

Mrs. Peter Constas, wife of the vice presi- dent of Aeron Marine Shipping Company, served as the ship's sponsor. Her daughter, Ms.

Dorothea Calkins, assisted as matron of honor.

Others participating in the colorful ceremo- nies included the Honorable Robert J. Black- well, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for

Maritime Affairs; John H. Vogel, president,

National Bank of North America; Arnold Lor- beer, president, American Ultramar Limited;

Capt. Leo V. Berger, president, Aeron Marine

Shipping Company; the Rev. Theodore Phil- lips, pastor, St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox

Church; John V. Banks, president, NASSCO, and John M. Murphy, vice president, sales,

NASSCO.

The S/S Golden Dolphin, the largest ship ever to be built on the West Coast, is the first of three NASSCO-designed tankers for Aeron

Marine Shipping Company. Her keel was laid

May 22, 1973, and delivery is scheduled for

June 24, 1974.

The S/S Golden Dolphin is of the maximum size that can transit the Panama Canal. She is 894 feet in length overall, has a beam of 105 feet 9 inches, a depth of 64 feet 6 inches, and 90,000 deadweight tons. The propulsion is single-screw steam turbine and has a sustained full-load speed of 16.5 knots.

Immediately following the launch of the S/S

Golden Dolphin, the keel was laid for a 37,000- ton displacement replenishment oiler for the

U.S. Navy. Rear Adm. Fillmore B. Gilkeson,

USN, Commandant, Eleventh Naval District, officiated at the keel-laying.

Approximately 6,000 spectators were present to view the colorful ceremonies.

SNAME Los Angeles Section

Holds Joint Technical Meeting

With ASNE And MTS Sections

Shown above during the January meeting of the Los

Angeles Sections of SNAME, ASNE, and MTS, left to right:

John E. Marriner, past chairman, Los Angeles SNAME, treasurer, ASNE and secretary, MTS; Marvin M. Wolff, secretary, ASNE; Robert D. Karl, author; Frank J. Nickels, chairman, Los Angeles Section SNAME; Comdr. Richard

P. Dunbar, USN, chairman, Los Angeles Section ASNE.

On January 10, 1974, a combined technical meeting was held by the Los Angeles Sections of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine

Engineers, the American Society of Naval En- gineers, and the Marine Technology Society.

The meeting was held at the Princess Louise

Ship Restaurant, located in the Port of Los

Angeles. An exceptionally large group attend- ed the technical meeting, which was preceded by a cocktail hour and dinner.

An excellent and timely technical paper was presented by Robert D. Karl, vice president (engineering), IMODCO International, Inc., entitled "Consideration and Requirements in the Design of Single Point Moorings." The paper described the single point mooring as a proved and economical solution to the offshore loading and unloading of deep-draft tankers which cannot readily use many of the world's existing ports. Considerations which enter into the design of the multiple anchor leg type of single point mooring system, along with a brief description of the various components which make up the system, were discussed in general.

Briefly mentioned were features of the single anchor leg (SALM) type SPM, and the use of the single point mooring system to handle ma- terials other than crude oil.

Worldwide Shipbuilding

Attains Highest Figure

Apart from the People's Republic of China,

Rumania, and Russia for which information is not available, there were under construction in the world at the end of 1973, according to Lloyd's

Register of Shipping, 2,250 merchant ships total- ing 28,758,326 gross tons, 1,661,662 tons more than at the end of September, and again the highest figure ever recorded.

The ships which are on order but have not been commenced have also reached record pro- portions, so that the world orderbook, which in- cludes both ships building and those on order, stands at the figure of 128,899,862 gross tons.

This represents an increase over last year of 50 percent.

Of the major shipbuilding countries, all but

Denmark added to their orderbooks. Japan ex- tended the volume of its orders in hand to almost 60 million tons, with a phenomenal increase of 9.7 million tons during the quarter.

The United States total orderbook stands at 4,066,859 gross tons, an increase of nearly one- half million tons over last quarter.

Of the ships under construction throughout the world at the end of 1973, 9,255,479 gross ton's were being built under the supervision of

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Immediately following the launch of the S/S Golden Dolphin, the keel was laid for a 37,000-ton displacement replen- ishment oiler for the U.S. Navy. Rear Adm. Fillmore B. Gilkeson, USN, Commandant, Eleventh Naval District, second from left, officated at the keel-laying. Others present included, from the left, John V. Banks, president, NASSCO;

Leslie Mitchell, welding foreman, NASSCO, and Capt. William W. McKenzie Jr., Commander, Service Group One.

February 15, 1974