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Dignitaries present for the launching of the S/S Cherry Valley included, from the left: John M. Murphy, vice president, sales, National Steel and Shipbuilding Company; the Honorable Lionel Van Deerlin, U.S. Congressman, 37th District, California; the Hon- orable Henry B. Turner, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Administration; John V.

Banks, president, National Steel and Shipbuilding Company; Miss Judith Sarah Ryan, maid of honor; Mrs. Robert J. Blackwell, sponsor; E.E. Bowyer, director, Shell Inter- national Marine, Ltd.; Adolph B. Kurz, president, Margate Shipping Company, and the

Honorable Robert J. Blackwell, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs.

Audience Of 12,000 Attends

National Steel And Shipbuilding

Launching Of Tanker For Adolph Kurz

The 38,300-dwt tanker S/S Cher- ry Valley, second of three sister ships for Margate Shipping Com- pany, was launched at National

Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., on

March 9, 1974.

The launching of the S/S Cherry

Valley was part of the festivities of NiA'SSCO's family open house.

Music began at 9 a.m. Tours, mov- ies, food and refreshments, enter- tainment, prizes, and balloons were highlights of the clay. More than 12,000 participated in the colorful events.

Immediately following the launching, the keel was laid for the

S/S Chelsea by E.E. Bowyer, di- rector, Shell 'International Marine,

Ltd.

Mrs. Robert J. Blackwell was the new ship's sponsor. Her sister,

Miss Judith Sarah Ryan, served as maid of honor. Mrs. Blackwell is the wife of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, who previously on June 30, 1973, officiated at the keel-laying of the

S/S Cherry Valley.

Others participating in the color- ful ceremonies including the Rever- end Dr. Robert H. Mayo, pastor,

First Presbyterian Church, San Di- ego; Adolph B. Kurz, president,

Margate Shipping Company; the

Honorable Lionel Van Deerlin,

Representative, 37th District, Cali- fornia ; the Honorable Henry B.

Turner, Assistant Secretary of

Commerce for Administration;

John V. Banks, president, NASS-

CO, and John M. Murphy, vice president, sales, NASSCO.

On January 4, 1972, President

Richard M. Nixon visited NASSCO and announced the award of a con- tract for the construction of three

Coronado Class Tankers for Mar- gate Shipping Company. Coronado

Class Tankers were named after the Crown City of Coronado, Calif., and the S/S Cherry Valley, sched- uled for delivery on August 9, 1974, is the second of the class. The

S/S Coronado is now in service, and the S/S Chelsea is scheduled for delivery on March 14, 1975.

When completed, the three tankers will be time chartered to Shell In- ternational Petroleum Company,

Ltd.

The new ship designed by

NASSCO as the Coronado Class

Tanker is 38,300-dwt, 688 feet in length, 90 feet in beam, and has a 47-foot molded depth. Propul- sion will be a single-screw steam turbine for a sustained speed of 16 knots. The latest in automation has been designed in the ship's opera- tional controls. A console in the engine room provides remote con- trol of the plant after manual start- up, while a console in the wheel- house controls engine speed and direction.

NASSCO is managed by Kaiser

Industries Corporation and owned equally by Kaiser Industries Cor- poration and Morrison-Knudsen

Company, Inc.

After the launch of the Cherry Valley, the keel was laid for a sister ship, the S/S

Chelsea. Shown, left to right: Adolph B. Kurz, president, Margate Shipping Company;

John V. Banks, president, NASSCO; the Honorable Robert J. Blackwell, Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs; E.E. Bowyer, director, Shell International Ma- rine, Ltd., keel-layer; Mrs. Bowyer, and G.C. Edwards, assistant superintendent, welding, the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company. 6 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News