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American owner in February 1983.

This was followed by another or- der for a similar vessel placed in

June 1983. The keels were laid in

October and December of the same year. It is noteworthy that the Ar- chon was delivered to her owner just one year after the contract was signed, and only six months after her keel was laid.

The Berger Group is headed by

Capt. Leo Berger, president, and his partner, Peter Constas, vice president. The Group is one of the largest privately owned independ- ent owners/operators of U.S.-flag vessels. With the delivery of the two latest Panamax bulkers, the

Berger fleet increased to 22 ves- sels with an aggregate tonnage of almost two million dwt.

The Aurora and Archon have an overall length of 738.18 feet, beam of 105.64 feet, and depth of 59 feet.

Each is powered by a Hyundai/

B&W 4L90GBE diesel engine hav- ing maximum continuous rating of 12,300 bhp at 83 rpm. At the nor- mal continuous output of 11,130 bhp at 74 rpm, service speed is 15 knots.

First of Three Fast

Sealift Ships Delivered

The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift

Command recently took delivery of three Fast Sealift Ships (FSS), part of an eight-ship package com- prising the Navy's Fast Sealift

Ship program designed to increase the mobility and responsiveness of the Armed Forces. These vessels are conversions of the high-speed

SL-7 containerships that Sea-Land

Service sold to the Navy in 1982 for a total of $271 million for the eight ships.

The first ship, USNS Algol, was delivered by National Steel and

Shipbuilding Company on June 22. The second, USNS Capella, (MR/EN 7/1/84 p. 50) was deliv- ered by Pennsylvania Shipbuild- ing July 1. The third ship, USNS

Antares, was delivered by Avon- dale Shipyards on July 12. The fourth ship, USNS Bellatrix is scheduled for delivery at the end of October this year. The final four

SL-7s are now undergoing conver- sion and will be delivered in 1985 and early 1986.

The conversion of the SL-7s to

FSS ships will give them RO/RO capability, side ports to facilitate rapid loading and unloading oper- ations, medium- and heavy-lift cargo-handling equipment for self- sustaining capability that will en- able the ships to handle cargo in- dependent of a port facility, and an emergency helicopter landing area.

The Military Sealift Command has awarded a $1.7-million, one- year firm contract with four one- year options to Sealift Terminals,

Inc. of Jacksonville to provide berthing of the 946-foot-long An- tares and Capella, while the other two FSS ships will be berthed at

Violet Dock Port, Inc. near New

Orleans under a $1.9-million contract.

Sea-Land Service, Inc. has been awarded a $19.7-million, three-year contract for the manning, opera- tion, and maintenance of the first four FSS ships. At the two ber- thing ports, the ships will be maintained in a four-day, ready- for-sea status. Dock and sea trials will be held periodically. In addi- tion, each ship will participate in military exercises as required.

Military Sealift Command's pri- mary responsibility is to provide the necessary sealift to deploy and sustain military forces overseas, as rapidly and for as long as oper- ational requirements dictate. The

Fast Sealift Ships will greatly en- hance that MSC capability. The

Command also operates auxiliary ships that deliver supplies to Navy combatant ships while under way, oceanographic and survey vessels, missile trackers, a navigational support ship, ,a cable layer, tank- ers, and dry cargo ships that de- liver Defense Department cargo worldwide.

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