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Bulk Carrier 'Pride Of Texas'

Delivered By Levingston Shipbuilding

The bulk carrier Pride of Tex- as (shown above), first of a new class of U.S.-flag merchant ships, was delivered recently by Lev- ingston Shipbuilding Company of

Orange, Texas, to her owners,

Asco-Falcon Shipping Company of Houston.

The new ship, about 612 feet long with a beam of 93 feet and depth of 50 feet, is designed to carry 36,000 tons of grain or other dry bulk cargoes in trade between U.S. and foreign ports.

Her first cargo was a load of heavy grain shipped from a Gulf

Coast port to the People's Repub- lic of China. She is manned by an American crew of 26.

The propulsion plant in the

Pride of Texas comprises two

RV12-4 Transamerica Delaval En- terprise diesel engines, each with a maximum continuous rating of 8,125 bhp at 450 rpm. The ship achieved 17 knots on sea trials, but in service the engines will be operated at 15,600 bhp, producing a full-load speed of 15.7 knots.

The vessel is classed by the Amer- ican Bureau of Shipping and cer- tified by the U.S. Coast Guard for unlimited ocean service.

The Pride of Texas is said to be the first dry bulk carrier to be built in the United States spe- cifically for U.S. foreign trade, and also the first to be built with the assistance of construction dif- ferential subsidy (CDS) provided by the Maritime Administration.

Her design is a modified version of the highly successful future 32 dry bulk carrier developed by

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy In- dustries Company, Ltd. (IHI), a leading Japanese shipbuilder.

Under a separate agreement between Levingston Shipbuilding and the Maritime Administration,

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