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Todd gate overhaul, ship package.

Work began

Bath won the two on the Connole in mid-September. Within two weeks

Navy advised Boston Shipyard it was dissatisfied with the quality and speed of work. Navy then termi- nated the contract. The yard ini- tially refused to allow the ship to be

The firm has announced it will seek an acquisition outside the ma- rine field. It wishes to diversify— not be dependent on the ship repair and Navy construction business. "This is a high priority objective of the company."

Southwest Marine

A new floating drydock has been delivered. The dock, built by Ka- wasaki, is designed as part of a sys- tem for lifting ships up to 10,000 tons and transferring them to two land platforms. See July report, p. 28 for schematic of yard layout.

See also, MARITIME REPORTER issue of August 15, 1984.

Pennship

A newly formed investor group in

Mobile, Alabama is reported to have acquired substantial interest in

Paden Inc., the parent company of

Pennship. The investor group is headed by Tom Weller, long active in developing industrial real estate.

The Pennship yard occupies 180 acres along the Delaware River.

In September Pennship was awarded a $21 million CPFF con- tract for phased maintenance of the frigate Patterson (FF-1061).

Continental Maritime of

San Francisco Inc.

The firm (formerly San Francisco

Welding) has ordered a new floating drydock from GHH Sterkrade. The dock will be 664' long, 142' clear width between wingwalls, and 34' 6" water clearance over keel blocks. Its displacement is 25,000 tons. The new dock will be able to lift CG-47 class cruisers and is planned to be in service 31 May 1985. The dock will be delivered on a heavy lift ship by way of Cape Horn.

In late September Continental

Maritime was awarded a $18.0 mil- lion contract by the Maritime Ad- ministration to convert the Presi- dent Monroe to an auxiliary crane ship (T-ACS).

Boston Shipyard

Corporation

The firm had received a $8.5 mil- lion contract to overhaul the frigate

Connole (FF-1056). This ship over- haul was one of four FF-1052 class frigates originally to be a single package overhaul bid in 1982. Just prior to the bid submission date (10

September 1982) Navy reduced the bid package to two ships and set aside two ships for small business participation. Boston Shipbuilding and General Ship, both small busi- nesses, were each awarded one fri- 22

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