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Dravo SteelShip Delivers The 'Bud Weber'

Dravo SteelShip Corporation,

Pine Bluff, Ark., recently deliv- ered a 65-foot by 26-foot by 9.5- foot towboat from their stock boat line to Dravo Mechling and on charter to Compass Marine.

The Bud Weber (shown above) is powered by twin GM 16V92 diesel engines rated at 600 hp each. The engines are equipped with Twin Disc MG527, 5.17:1 re- duction gears. Fernstrum keel coolers provide for main engine jacket water cooling.

Twin GM 4-71 engines with 50-kw generators supply the ship's power, which includes Car- lisle Finch 1,000-watt incandes- cent searchlights, Nabrico 7Vo-hp hydra-electric deck winches,

Quincy air compressors and own- er-furnished electronics which are by Electronic Services of Green- ville, Miss. The generators are controlled with a Con-Select ma- rine panel. Main engines and gen- erator sets were supplied by

Western Diesel of St. Louis, Mo.

The steering system is a Dravo

SteelShip standard designed full follow-up electrical-over-hydrau- lic with an Activation power unit and Wagner controls. The vessel is equipped with two Kahlenberg four-blade, stainless-steel, 60- inch by 54-inch propellers. Tank capacities are: fuel, 13,000 gal- lons ; potable water, 4,000 gal- lons; bilge, 500 gallons.

Currently, Dravo SteelShip

Corporation is building a 65-foot towboat with 1,200 hp and a se- ries of 85-foot towboats with a range from 1,800 hp to 2,100 hp.

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Principals at the keel-laying ceremony of Chesapeake Trader, a 44,000-dwt La

Jolla-class product carrier, include, from the left, John M. Murphy, vice president, corporate relations, NASSCO; Al W. Lutter, vice president, marketing, NASSCO;

John McCoy, American Bureau of Shipping; Capt. C.S. Wetherell, U.S. Coast Guard;

Casey Cooper and Herbert Lyman, American Trading construction representatives;

Steven Lopez, NASSCO welding foreman; Frank J. Murphy, American Trading board chairman; and Richard H. Vortmann, NASSCO executive vice president. The vessel is the first of a series of three product carriers being built at NASSCO which are scheduled to join the American Trading fleet in late 1982 and early 1983.

NASSCO Lays Keel Of 44,000-Dwt

Product Carrier For American Trading

A keel-laying ceremony recent- ly at National Steel and Ship- building Company (NASSCO),

San Diego, Calif., marked the start of construction of the Ches- apeake Trader—the first in a se- ries of 44,000-dwt petroleum product carriers being: built for

American Trading Transporta- tion Company, Inc., of New York.

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Frank J. Murphy, chairman of the board of American Trading, served as keel-layer; Richard H.

Vortmann, executive vice presi- dent, represented NASSCO at the ceremony.

The vessel is the first of a se- ries of three product carriers be- ing built at NASSCO which are scheduled to join the American

Trading fleet in late 1982 and early 1983. American Trading has options to construct three addi- tional vessels of the same design.

The new La Jolla-class vessels will be approximately 658 feet in overall length, with a Pana- max beam of just under 106 feet.

The fully coated vessels will meet current Coast Guard safety and environmental requirements and will have segregated ballast sys- tems with double bottoms, crude oil washing, and an inert gas system.

The vessels will be capable of transporting both crude oil and a full range of petroleum prod- ucts. The 15-knot vessels will be powered by 11,400-bhp Sulzer slow-speed diesel engines, and will be fitted with fully auto- mated engine rooms designed for unattended operation.

American Trading Transporta- tion Company operates a fleet of

U.S.-flag tankers and is a wholly owned subsidiary of American

Trading and Production Corpo- ration, a diversified Baltimore- based concern. NASSCO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mor- rison-Knudsen Company, Inc.

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