N e w Drydock Added At McDermott Yard

The Shipyard Group of J. Ray McDermott & Company, Inc., New Orleans, has added a 5,000-ton drydock to its Morgan City (La.) Division facilities.

The new dock, built in Brazil, has the capacity to lift most large offshore barges or to accommodate four smaller vessels simultaneously.

It is 250 feet long and 134 feet wide, with an inside clearance of 110 feet between wing walls. In addition to this new dock, the company also operates two 1,600-ton drydocks at the Bayou Boeuf yard.

The New Iberia (La.) Division also has acquired an additional drydock, and will now operate one 1,500-ton and one 3,300-ton drydock at this location.

The McDermott shipyards at Morgan City and New Iberia specialize in construction of large tugs, supply vessels, jackup and package rigs, dredges, oceanographic r e s e a r c h vessels, and oceangoing workboats. The yards also construct workover and drilling barges, derrick barges, pipelaying barges, crane barges, and workboats.

In addition, the shipyards provide complete conversion and repair services with fully equipped machine and propeller shops.

These shops are A.B.S.-approved to make under-minimum tailshaft repairs and stainless-steel clad, 24-inch-diameter shafts 65 feet long. They can repair propellers up to 12 feet in diameter.

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