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Newport News Shipbuilding Delivers

Converted Tanker Exxon Galveston

MarAd Approves

Noble-National

Title XI 'Guarantee

The Deputy Assistant Secre- tary, U.S. Department of Com- merce, Maritime Administration, has approved in principle the ap- plication by Noble-National Joint

Venture, 1924 South Utica, Suite 600, Tulsa, Okla., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of a shallow-water jackup drilling rig. Noble-Nation- al is a partnership between Noble

Drilling Corporation (same ad- dress) and National Enerdrill

Corporation of Houston, Texas, and Elizabeth, N.J.

The rig will be capable of drill- ing in a minimum water depth of 10 feet and a maximum depth of 45 feet. It will be used in the

Gulf of Mexico and other coastal or inland domestic waterways. The vessel will be 160 feet in overall length.

The drilling rig is being built at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's

Beaumont, Texas, shipyard. De- livery is expected about January 1979. The estimated Title XI guar- antee is $11,256,000, which repre- sents 75 percent of the estimated actual cost of the vessel.

Matton Shipyard Delivers The Michael Turecamo —Latest Addition To The Turecamo Fleet

Powered by two 3,500-hp General Motors Electro-Motive diesels, the twin-screw

Exxon Galveston was converted from a tug-barge unit to a tanker at Newport News

Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.

The tanker Exxon Galveston, the newest addition to the Exxon

Company, U.S.A. ocean fleet, was christened on June 10 at the Port of Galveston, Texas.

Mrs. W.T. Slick Jr., wife of a senior vice president of Exxon

Company, U.S.A., broke the tra- ditional bottle of champagne dur- ing the christening ceremony.

The Exxon Galveston is 552 feet long, 95 feet wide, and has a displacement of 27,240 dead- weight tons at a full-load draft of 29 feet 6 inches, and was for- merly the tug-barge unit Exxon

Sunshine State/Port Everglades, which was constructed in 1970 by

Gulfport Shipbuilding. The con- version to a tanker was completed by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport

News, Va., earlier this year.

The new twin-screw tanker is powered by two 3,500-hp General

Motors Electro-Motive diesel en- gines driving through air clutch reversing reduction gears. Ma- neuvering capabilities are electro- hydraulic by two steering rudders and four flanking rudders. The vessel is automated for pilothouse operation of the propulsion sys- tem. The engineering plant was designed for automation and mon- itoring systems meeting U.S.

Coast Guard and American Bu- reau of Shipping requirements for unattended engine-room op- eration.

The cargo-handling system in- cludes two independent tank gauging systems, overflow alarms and piping systems which auto- matically distribute any overflows into adjacent tanks. The vessel also has a segregated ballast sys- tem which meets the latest U.S.

Coast Guard requirements. Spe- cial mooring and cargo-handling systems enable the ship to tie up to a permanently moored offshore storage vessel and load cargo through a floating cargo hose.

The communications equipment is the latest, consisting of radio telegraph, single-sideband radio- telephone, several VHF radio- telephones, and UHF radio. Navi- gation equipment includes the latest type dual radars, a com- puterized collision-avoidance sys- tem, radio direction finder and

Loran C navigation, and dual Fa- thometer.

The living accommodations pro- vide housing for 24 crew mem- bers, with a central galley serv- ing separate mess areas for the officers and crew. Lounges with television, a stereo tape deck sys- tem, and electronic video cassette players are adjacent to the officer and crew mess areas. All living spaces are air-conditioned.

Addition of the Galveston in- creases the Exxon Company,

U.S.A.'s ocean fleet to 18 vessels.

New Coatings Brochure

Available From Sigma

Sigma Coatings, worldwide manufacturer and distributor of paint and coatings for marine and industrial use, has recently pub- lished a new 12-page four-color brochure describing the compa- ny's extensive line of coatings for every marine application.

Sigma Coatings are manufac- tured in over 20 countries, and the company has established an international network of over 200 stock and supply centers in key areas throughout the world. For your free copy of this new Sigma brochure, "Symbol of Protection," write to Charles A. Gardiner,

Sigma Coatings, Inc., Suite 2802, 19 Rector Street, New York, N.Y. 10006.

Powered by two 12-cylinder EMD 645-E2 diesels producing 2,900 shp, the 105-foot

Michael Turecamo will be employed in offshore towing.

Matton Shipyard Co., Inc. re- cently delivered the tugboat Mi- chael Turecamo to her owners,

Turecamo Coastal & Harbor Tow- ing Corp., New York, N.Y., in a brief ceremony at Cohoes, N.Y.

The Michael is now engaged in coastwise towing from the Port of New York.

The 105-foot vessel is powered by two 12-cylinder EMD 645-E2 diesel engines with Lufkin 2524RS reverse reduction gears (2.73:1.00 ratio) which produce 2,900 shp and a speed of 15 knots.

Electrical power is provided by two 75-kw Delco generators driven by 6N71 Detroit Diesel engines.

A standby 30-kw Delco gener- ator powered by a 2N71 Detroit

Diesel is also provided. A hy- draulic capstan provided by New

England Trawler is capable of a 12,000-pound bollard pull. The hy- draulic steering gear was built by

Teneford.

There are three firefighting sta- tions, two deckboxes and a turret on the pilothouse top. Water is supplied by a Pacific Pump cen- trifugal pump capable of 500 gpm at 125 psig. A foam system by

National Foam is connected to the fire system. A 975-gallon foam storage tank is built into the en- gine room.

A central feature of this boat is a complete automation system designed by Hose-McCann, which alerts the crew to potential prob- lems. The system also allows the two main engines and two main generators to be started and stopped from one of three loca- tions—the pilothouse, the control room, or the engine room.

Navigation and communication features include a Decca Pilot 750 autopilot steering control, a

Decca Loran C navigation system,

Decca 110 and 914 radars, an Elac depthfinder, Motorola / Modar

VHF and SSB radios, a Danforth

Loudhailer, and a Benmar ADF radio direction finder.

For the comfort of the crew, all living quarters including the galley, the pilothouse, and the control room are air-conditioned and heated with individual ther- mostats for each room.

The Michael was designed by

Merritt Demerest and is classed by ABS for + A-l Ocean Towing

Service.

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