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3 —MAJOR U.S. NAVAL VESSELS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

OR ON ORDER AT U.S. YARDS — NOVEMBER 1, 1981 (Con.)

Builder

Ingalls Shipbuilding

Lockheed Shipbuilding

Marinette Marine

National Steel & SB

Newport News SB

Peterson Builders

Tacoma Boatbuilding

Todd-San Pedro

Todd-Seattle

Type Navy Nos. No.

Est. Contract

Value, $Mil.

Missile Destroyer . DDG-996 1 350.0

Destroyer . DD-997 1 231.0

Aegis Missile Cruiser . . CG-47 . 1 . 287.8 " " " . CG-48 1 . 298.0 " " " . CG-49, 50 . . 2 667.1

Sub. Tender AS-41 1 209.5

LSD-41 . . 1 . 338.6

T-ATF-172 . . 1 . 8.4

Destroyer Tender . AD-43-44 2 . 347.0

Cable Repair Ship .... . T-ARC-7 . . 1 . 107.0

Attack Carrier . , . CVN-70-71 . . . 2 1,718.6

Attack Submarine .... . SSN-712-15 . . 4 388.0

SSN-716-18 3 380.8

SSN-721-3 3 675.0

Patrol Gunboats ** . F-PGG-2-9 . . . . . 8 . 70.1

ARS-50 1 54.5

Missile Patrol Chaser ** F-PCG-1-4 4 52.5

Med. End. Cutter* .... WMEC-902-4 .3 97.5

Guided Missile Frigate . . FFG-19, 23, 25 . 3 151.0

FFG-27, 30, 33 3 . 147.0

FFG-38, 41, 43 . . 3 . 214.8 . FFG-46 . . 1 . 67.7 . FFG-51, 54 . . . 2 ,

Guided-Missile Frigate , . FFG-22 .1 50.4 . FFG-28, 31, 35 3 . 147.0 . FFG-37, 40 . 2 143.2 . FFG-44, 48 . 2 135.3 . FFG-52 1 . *For U.S. Coast Guard. **For Saudi Arabia.

Bergeron Delivers 160-Foot Tank Barge

Tide Mar 34 To Tidewater Marine

The 160-foot-long tank barge Tide Mar 34 can transport 10,500 barrels of oil and is also fitted to carry deck cargo.

Bergeron Marine, Inc., Port

Bienville, Miss., recently deliv- ered the Tide Mar 34, a 10,500- barrel-capacity tank barge, to

Tidewater Marine Service, Inc. of

New Orleans, La. Tidewater Ma- rine is the marine subsidiary of

Tidewater Inc.

The barge measures 160 feet long, 42 feet wide, 12 feet deep, and is scheduled for service in

Trinidad where it will be used for testing oil lifted from wells in that country, Bergeron officials said.

Special features of the Tide

Mar 34 include nine cargo tanks, a Roper positive displacement cargo pump powered by a Detroit

Diesel engine, two Skagit moor- ing winches, and a closed gaging and venting system. The barge also has a wooden fendering sys- tem along each side for greater hull protection, an operator's house, and an electrical gener- ating system for night lighting.

The Tide Mar 34 was designed with the main cargo pump and engine below deck. This, com- bined with a 1,000-pound per square foot allowable deck load, allows the vessel to be used for the carriage of deck cargo, in ad- dition to fluids. It is classed by the American Bureau of Shipping and certified by the U.S. Coast

Guard for ocean service. Bergeron

Marine, Inc. is a subsidiary of

Bergeron Industries, Inc. of St.

Bernard, La. - mm| " m

T a *$

Twin Detroit Diesel 6-71 GM engines power the crewboat Matmar Drill III.

Kings Craft Delivers Matmar Drill III,

Third Of Four Crewboats From Yard

The 38-foot aluminum crew- boat Matmar Drill III was deliv- ered recently by Kings Craft,

Inc., Florence, Ala., to Matagorda

Marine Drilling Company of Cor- pus Christi, Texas. She is the third of four aluminum vessels built at the yard for the same owner.

All four boats are 38 feet long by 13-foot beam and 6-foot mid- ship depth. The vessels are pow- ered by twin Detroit Diesel 6-71

GM engines with MG-507 Twin

Disc 2:1 ratio hydraulic gears.

Propellers are 28-inch-diameter with 2-inch stainless-steel shafts.

Two independent tanks provide the vessels with over 300 gallons of fuel. The engines are keel cooled with Fernstrum #D848 keel coolers and have dry ex- hausts fitted in the lazarette with through transom pipes.

Controls are by Morse with hy- draulic steering, and the radar is by Raytheon, Mark II 3400 Model.

The boats can make speeds of 25 knots and carry 12 passengers.

Kings Craft has been building aluminum boats for more than a dozen years for the government, commercial, and overseas ac- counts in the 25 to 75-foot range, but is equipped to build them up to 110 feet in length.

AMERICAN GENERAL MARINE SERVICES

ISS inspected supply vessel with new 5 yr. loadline certificate. Vessel currently working platform service in California with Cat D398's low hours/2-671 Generators/

Dual Radar Sperry Gyro/Sperry Mark 1C Autopilot/VHF & SSB/Loran C Sat Nav/

Vessel in perfect seagoing condition. Available for immediate Sale or Charter.

Uninspected sister ship also.

American General Marine Services. Call Toll Free (800) 227-2497 or (415) 383-9500,

TWX 910-384-5003. Write 101 Tiburon Blvd., Mill Valley, CA 94941.

December 1, 1981 Write 385 on Reader Service Card Write 403 on Reader Service Card 69