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Bay Shipbuilding Completes

EMD-Powered Columbia Star

Oglebay Norton Company's gi- ant new Great Lakes vessel, the 1,000-foot Columbia Star, was christened recently at Sturgeon,

Bay, Wise. The vessel's sponsor was Mrs. John J. Dwyer, wife of the president of Oglebay Norton.

The ceremonies officially named the former Hull No. 726 to honor the owner's Columbia Transporta- tion Division and the brig Colum- bia, which carried the first cargo of iron ore through the Soo Canal in 1855. The vessels of the Colum- bia fleet, one of the largest on the

Great Lakes, bear a bright red star on their stacks.

The new supercarrier was built by Bay Shipbuilding Corporation, a subsidiary of The Manitowoc

Company, Inc., at Sturgeon Bay.

Construction began in the fall of 1979, the keel was laid on March 3, 1980, and the hull was floated out of the construction dock on

November 8, 1980.

The main propulsion plant was supplied by the Electro-Motive

Division of General Motors. Four 20-645-E7B diesel engines, devel- oping a total of 14,000 bhp at 900 rpm, will move the vessel at a service speed of 15 mph. The two

KaMeWa controllable-pitch pro- pellers were supplied by Bird-

Johnson. Ship's service electrical power is supplied by Caterpillar- diesel-powered generators.

A self-unloading vessel, the Co- lumbia Star is equipped with a 265-foot conveyor boom that swings over the side to discharge up to 10,000 tons of cargo per hour. The new vessel will carry 61,000 tons of cargo at maximum draft, exceeding the combined trip capacity of the four smallest vessels in the company's present fleet. With a beam of 105 feet, the big ore carrier will maneuver with the assistance of bow and stern thrusters utilizing stainless steel, controllable-pitch propellers the largest builder of small ships in Australia

Our modern flow-line shipyard has all the extras:

On site fabrication shop/machine shop, superb building & launch facilities, 'in house' computer system handling 32 operating channels, computer based N.C. Cutting and we are in close proximity to major suppliers.

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Mrs. John J. Dwyer christens Oglebay Norton's new ore carrier Columbia Star. Look- ing on are Oglebay Norton president John J. Dwyer (center) and Arthur Zuehlke, president of Bay Shipbuilding Corporation.

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Master of the Columbia Star is

Capt. Joseph J. Toreki of Perry,

Ohio, who has sailed with the Co- lumbia fleet since 1948. Chief en- gineer is Norman E. Jensen of

Clearwater, Fla., who joined the company in 1954.

Oglebay Norton has been oper- ating Great Lakes vessels since the establishment of its Colum- bia Steamship Company in 1920.

The first self-unloaders joined the

Columbia fleet in the mid-1930s.

Addition of the Columbia Star brings the Oglebay Norton fleet strength to 17 vessels.

NASSCO Lays Keel Of First In Series

Of Product Carriers For American Tankships

A recent keel-laying ceremony at National Steel and Shipbuild- ing Company (NASSCO) in San

Diego initiated construction of the first in a series of 37,500-dwt diesel-powered product carriers being built by NASSCO for Amer- ican Tankships, Inc., a subsidiary of Ingram Corporation, New Or- leans. Cyrus Webb, president of

American Tankships, struck the initial arc signaling the begin- ning of construction. C. Larry

French, president and chief oper- ating officer, represented NASSCO in the ceremony.

The product carrier is a new

NASSCO design designated the

Ingram Class. It will be 658 feet in length, 90 feet in beam, have a 36-foot draft, and will carry 300,000 barrels of refined petro- leum and petrochemical products from refineries to distribution centers. It will be powered by a

Sulzer type slow-speed diesel.

In December 1979, NASSCO signed a contract with American

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At recent NASSCO keel-laying ceremony (L to R): Russell Ramsey, operations man- ager, American Tankships, Inc.; Trevor Lucey, chief inspector, American Tankships;

Phil Thorpe, American Bureau of Shipping; Capt. C.S. Wetherell, U.S. Coast Guard;

C. Larry French, president and chief operating officer, NASSCO; A. Montes, welding foreman, NASSCO; Cyrus Webb, keel-layer and president, American Tankships; Robert

Carson, vice president, American Tankships; Jeremy White, engineering manager,

American Tankships; and A.W. Lutter, vice president, marketing, NASSCO.

LADY ANN 60.53m Offshore Supply Vessel powered by 4 x 1,600 Daihatsu engines. All instrumentation is mounted in central console in wheelhouse, giving 360° visibility

Designed for off shore oil rig supply work, built of steel welded construction, tested and approved by the American

Bureau of Shipping Regulations for Classification plus A1 (E) and AMS and ACCU. The two main engines are EMD General Motors marine diesels, each developing 2144 KW at 900 rpm.

Fully air conditioned accom. for 23. ^

L.O.A. 59.75m. Displacement: 1850 tonnes.

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