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Principals at Exxon Baytown christening were (L to R): Adm. Harold E. Shear, maritime admin- istrator, U.S. Dpeartment of Transportation; Randall Meyer, president of Exxon Company U.S.A.;

Sir Hector Laing, director of Exxon Corporation; Mrs. Richard Brunner; Richard Brunner, senior vice president of Avondale; Lady Laing of Middlesex, England, sponsor; Frank larossi, president of Exxon Shipping; Mrs. Frank larossi; and Father Robert Dodwell, Episcopal port chaplin.

Flower girl in foreground is Miss Rachael Cognevich.

Crude Oil Tanker Exxon Baytown

Christened At Avondale Shipyards

Others in the christening party were: F.J. larossi, president of

Exxon Shipping, and Mrs. la- rossi; Richard Brunner, senior vice president and senior operat- ing officer of Avondale, and Mrs.

Brunner; William Harmeyer, group vice president of production at Avondale, and Mrs. Har- meyer; Adm. Harold E. Shear, maritime administrator. Miss Ra- chael Cognevich, daughter of an

Avondale safety inspector, served as flower girl, and Father Robert

Dodwell, Episcopal port chaplin and Honorary Anglican Chaplin for the Port of New Orleans, gave the invocation.

The Exxon Baytown has an overall length of 779 feet 6 inches, beam of 105 feet 10 inches, and draft of 38 feet 5 inches. Main pro- pulsion is provided by a 17,000-

The 57,000-dwt Exxon Baytown was christened in recent ceremo- nies at Avondale Shipyards, Inc. near New Orleans. The crude oil carrier was built for Exxon Ship- ping Company of Houston, and will transport cargoes between U.S.

West and East Coast ports and will also trade in the Caribbean area. Two similarly designed 42,000-dwt multi-product petro- leum and chemical carriers, the

Exxon Charleston and Exxon Wil- mington, were delivered to Exxon

Shipping by Avondale during the past year.

Lady Laing of Middlesex, En- gland, wife of Sir Hector Laing, a director of Exxon Corporation, served as the vessel's sponsor.

Randall Meyer, president of

Exxon Company, U.S.A., Houston, delivered the principal address.

The 57,000-dwt Exxon Baytown, built by Avondale for Exxon Shipping, was chistened and de- livered recently. Crude oil carrier, built at cost of about $100 million, is powered by a slow- speed Mitsubishi/Sulzer diesel engine. bhp Mitsubishi/Sulzer RL90 slow- speed diesel engine. The vessel is capable of carrying up to 459,312 barrels of crude oil in her 14 tanks, which are served by four main cargo pumps. Cargo piping is arranged to permit the carriage of two grades of crude oil simul- taneously.

Avondale built the tanker utiliz- ing state-of-the-art techniques for zone outfitting. Large structural modules were extensively outfit- ted with piping, ductwork, electri- cal wireways, and equipment prior to being erected at the building site. In addition, many machinery package units and pipe package units were assembled ashore and then lifted aboard.

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Avondale Shipyards, located on the Mississippi a short distance upriver from New Orleans, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ogden

Corporation of New York.

EXXON BAYTOWN

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