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Admiral Synnot Compliments

Todd Shipyards At Launching Of

Frigate For Australian Navy

The HMAS Adelaide, the first of three guided missile frigates to be built for the

Australian Government, was recently launched at Todd Pacific Shipyards Corpo- ration Seattle (Wash.) Division. Five others of the same design are being built at Todd-

Seattle for the United States Navy.

The principal speaker for the launch cere- monies was Vice Adm. Anthony M. Synnot,

Chief of Naval Staff, for the Royal Aus- tralian Navy.

Mrs. Elizabeth Anne Synnot, wife of Ad- miral Synnot, christened the ship, accom- panied by her matron-of-honor, Mrs. Jocelyn

Loosli, wife of Commodore R. Geoffrey Loosli,

Australian Naval Attache at the Australian

Embassy. Miss Leesa Garbutt, daughter of

Mr. John M. Garbutt, Deputy FFG Program

Manager, served as flower girl to the launch- ing party.

Admiral Synnot complimented Todd Pa- cific Shipyards Corporation, Seattle Division, for the skilled workmanship and innovative and competent management which has pro- duced the HMAS Adelaide. Admiral Synnot also noted that Todd Pacific Shipyards Cor- poration has been able to launch the HMAS

Adelaide one month ahead of schedule.

Admiral Synnot commented on Australian involvement in the FFG program which began in 1973 when Australia was examin- ing options for new destroyers. The Mem- orandum of Arrangement signed by the

United States Government and the Austra- lian Government in 1974 has subsequently

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DIGIGRAPH 480 led to a unique arrangement whereby Aus- tralian officers have been "totally integrated into the U.S. Navy (FFG) Program Office, to work on the overall acquisition program of FFGs."

Admiral Synnot also stressed the impor- tant features of the FFG-7 class ship—in particular, the minimum manning concept.

This concept was most prominent in the minds of the Australian Defence Depart- ment when they were selecting the most suitable ship to "meet Australia's needs in years ahead, because manpower is expensive as is the lengthy and demanding training required to prepare crews to serve on such ships."

Admiral Synnot went on to note that the advanced technology of the FFG-7 class ship included gas turbine propulsion driving a single large propeller with variable-pitch, centralized machinery control in a remote position, a totally integrated weapons system heretofore unrealized in other ships, and two helicopters which will "be the eyes of the ship to provide the over horizon information needed to find, identify and direct long-range weapons to their targets."

The frigates are multipurpose combatants of 3,600 tons displacement, 445 feet in length, with gas turbine propulsion of 40,000 horse- power transmitted through a single shaft and variable-pitch propeller system. The ships are outfitted with guns, missiles, tor- pedoes, and antisubmarine helicopters, and are capable of 28-knot speeds. The HMAS

Adelaide is designed for a complement of 176 officers and men.

Keel-laying for the HMAS Adelaide oc- curred in late July 1977, with the placement of a 35-ton hull section. In the brief span of 11 months, hull sections were fabricated and joined together to form a structurally com- plete steel hull and aluminum superstructure, ready for launch and outfitting.

Other speakers at the event included

Arthur W. Stout Jr., president, Todd Ship- yards Corporation; Sir David L. Nicolson, member of the board of directors, Todd Ship- yards Corporation and chairman of Roth- mans International, Limited, London, Eng- land; the Honorable T.M. Casey, Member of the Legislative Council of the South Austra- lian Parliament and Minister of Tourism,

Recreation and Sports, who represented and extended special greetings from the City of

Adelaide; Eugene Hintz, International Rep- resentative of the International Association of Sheet Metal Workers; Capt. S.P. Pas- santino, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conver- sion, and Repair, Thirteenth Naval District; and Vice Adm. C.R. Bryan, Commander,

Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington,

D.C.

Morania Asks Title XI

For Asphalt Carrier

Morania Barge No. 410, Inc., 136 East 57th Street, New York, N.Y., an affiliate of

Morania Oil Tanker Corp., has applied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of a bulk oil barge. The appli- cant indicated the barge, which would not be self-propelled, would be used to carry as- phalt from New York to Jacksonville, Fla.,

Savannah, Ga., Wilmington, N.C., or Balti- more, Md.

S.B.A. Shipyards, Inc., Jennings, La., is the proposed builder of the vessel.

The Title XI guarantee would be for ap- proximately $2,500,000, which represents 87% percent of the estimated actual cost of the barge. 8 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News