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Nuclear-Powered Sub 'Houston'

Launched At Newport News Yard

Vice President George Bush (shown above) and his wife Bar- bara were the featured guests at the recent launching of the nu- clear-powered submarine Houston (SSN-713) at Newport News

Shipbuilding. Vice President Bush was the principal speaker, and

Mrs. Bush christened the Hou- ston by breaking the traditional bottle of champagne against the ship's bow. The Bushes are Hou- stonians.

Secretary of the Navy John F.

Lehman Jr. also spoke. Mrs. Mary

Ann Bertles Stewart, wife of Su- preme Court Justice Potter Stew- art, was the matron of honor.

The keel for the Houston was laid on January 29, 1979, and the submarine is scheduled for deliv- ery in mid-1982. The ship is the 82nd nuclear-powered submarine launched by Newport News.

The Houston is the eighth Los

Angeles class submarine built by

Newport News. She has an over- all length of 360 feet, a beam of 33 feet, a submerged displace- ment of 6,900 tons, and accommo- dations for 12 officers and 115 enlisted men. A total of 37 Los

Angeles class ships are currently authorized by Congress; 33 con- tracts have been awarded, and 11 ships have been delivered. $4-Million Contract For

Refrigerated Cargo

Equipment Awarded

Stal-Laval, Inc., Elmsford, N.Y., in conjunction with Stal Refrig- eration of Norrkoping, Sweden, recently announced a contract signing with Flota Mercante

Grancolombiana, S.A., to supply refrigerated cargo equipment aboard four 13,500-dwt multi- purpose, semi-container ships scheduled for construction in

Gdansk, Poland.

Designed by U.S. consultants

J.J. Henry Co., Inc., each ship will have a carrying capacity of 500 twenty-foot containers, along with 167,000 cubic feet of refrig- erated cargo space. Stal Refriger- ation is supplying a system which includes screw compressors (SVK- 51) operating on R22 as the pri- mary refrigerant, with brine as the secondary agent. The plant is designed for cooling of six in- sulated cargo holds, having a net volume of approximately 4,890 cubic meters.

Alco-Powered 'Karen Ann'

To Corpus Christi Marine Services

Main Iron Works Delivers

The M/V Karen Ann (shown above), largest towboat in the fleet of the Corpus Christi Ma- rine Services Company, was chris- tened recently by Karen Ann Mc-

Carthy, daughter of CCMS board chairman Dennis W. McCarthy.

The towboat, which will be one of the largest operating in intra- coastal waterways, was construct- ed by Main Iron Works in Hou- ma, La. Equipped with two Alco engines with a combined output of 2,400 bhp at 1,000 rpm, she will work with three new barges totaling 80,000 barrels in capac- ity and will transport petroleum products on the Gulf Coast Intra- coastal Waterway.

The Karen Ann is 85.5 feet long and 32 feet wide, with a depth of 14 feet. It is three and a half decks high, sleeps eight, and operates with a crew of six.

The towboat is equipped with a

Lufkin reverse reduction gear that offers a 4.5:1 gear ratio, with Airflex clutches; three 10-hp

Quincy air compressors; two 75- kw GM Detroit Diesel 6-71 gen-

Karen Ann McCarthy, daughter of Corpus

Christi Marine Services Company board chairman Dennis W. McCarthy, christens towboat that bears her name. Holding microphone is Arnold Olsen, project en- gineer for the Karen Ann. erator sets; and two Nabrico elec- trohydraulic deck winches.

The Karen Ann, whose home port will be Corpus Christi, is on long-term charter to Saber En- ergy, Inc. Mr. McCarthy, who formed both companies, is also chairman of the board of Saber

Energy. ' u 0ver 700 ships are fitted with MacGregor ramps, doors, elevators and car decks.

Why not design your ship around MacGregor Ro-Ro access equipment? Hundreds of other shipowners do.

MacGREGOR transfer and access equipment

MacGregor Comarain Inc., 135 Dermody Street,Cranford, NJ 07016.Telephone: (201) 272 8440.Telex: 138618 MAGROMAR N CNFD.

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