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twenty-foot containers, 53 thirty- five-foot containers, and 53 thirty- five-foot flat racks of supplies, spare parts, etc. She is also arranged for the carriage of eight Sea Sheds, an open-frame supercontainer 35 feet long, 25 feet wide, and 13 feet deep, designed for the transport of out- sized and very heavy loads.

Helicopters can operate from two landing pads on her topmost deck, and can be stored in the space below it. Tanks and wheeled vehicles are loaded through special doors on each side of the ship. Each door is fitted with a 73- by 20-foot folding ramp that has a design load capacity of 65 tons. These doors give access to 185,000 square feet of stowage area distributed over the five decks.

Two Hagglunds heavy-duty, 35- ton cranes are installed amidships to handle loads over the side, and

USNS Denebola

Pennsylvania Shipbuilding

USNS Denebola (T-AKR-289), was delivered recently by the Pennsyl- vania Shipbuilding Company yard in Chester, Pa. She is the sister ship of the USNS Capella that was deliv- ered in 1984 ahead of schedule, and is the second of a two-ship, $100- million contract awarded to Penn

Ship.

One of the Navy's largest and fastest auxiliary vessels, the Dene- bola has an overall length of about 946 feet, beam of 105 ¥2 feet, depth of 66 feet 7 V2 inches, and draft of 36 feet 8 inches. She is powered by a steam turbine plant of 120,000 shp that gives her a service speed of 33 knots. The ship will carry tanks, armored personnel carriers, helicop- ters, and other wheeled equipment for an armored division of the U.S.

Army. In one typical arrangement she will load 122 M-l tanks, 183 helicopters of various sizes, and oth- er assorted wheeled vehicles.

While the Denebola's engine room and living quarters have not been altered significantly, her cargo holds have been completely recon- structed. Where formerly she had four cargo holds fitted with vertical cells for container stowage, she now has five continuous decks connected by fixed ramps.

Two conventional holds aft of her superstructure can carry up to 46

USNS DENEBOLA

Major Suppliers

Main Engines (2) GE

Boilers (2) Foster Wheeler

Boiler Control System . Bailey Controls

Air Compressors Worthington

Reduction Gears (2) GE

Bearings Waukesha

Propellers (2) Lips

Steering Gear Western Gear

Firefighting Walter Kidde

Cathodic Protection .... Englehard

Anchors Baldt

Compasses . . Sperry/Baker/Lyman

Telephones Hose McCann

Radio Telephones—Telex ITT MacKay

SatCom Terminal .... ITT MacKay

Radar Raytheon

Loran Raytheo

Fathometer Raytheon

HF/SSB Transceiver . . . Harris Corp.

Cranes Hagglunds

Hatch covers, cargo doors, side port doors, bridge ramp and hinged platforms .... MacGregor-Navire

Hinged Ramp . . . Navire Cargo Gear

Mooring Winch Western Gear

Anchor Windlass .... Western Gear

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