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U.S. NAVY (continued) priations bill. It prohibits using funds to procure welded anchor chains and mooring chains four or less inches in diameter outside the

United States or Canada.

Exhibit 3 summarizes the status of FY 1988 funding for Navy weap- ons, equipment and systems as of early November. 4. SHIP MAINTENANCE

The Navy plans to perform 34 overhauls, 113 SRA's and 68 PMA's in FY 1988. This work will be per- formed in both private and naval shipyards. It represents the major source of business to shipyards in this country.

IMA's analysis of the Navy main- tenance work profile indicates 16 active fleet and three NRF ship overhauls will be contracted to com- mercial yards in FY 1988. The re- mainder of overhaul work will either be performed in naval shipyards or made part of the public/private competition.

The House appropriations bill contains language which affects overhaul and maintenance policy.

Navy is directed to limit interport differentials on the West Coast to "only those historical foreseeable costs which can accurately be esti- mated—fuel to transport such ves- sels to the port of repair and to pay for the onboard crew en route. The bill also continues to prohibit over- seas ship maintenance for ships nor- mally homeported in the United

States, except for voyage repairs.

Requested funding for ship main- tenance and modernization along with appropriation action to date is shown in Exhibit 4. The ongoing negotiation to reduce the budget deficit in FY 1988 and future years will likely have significant impact on actual maintenance funding. •

MAJOR NAVY CONTRACTS

The following special section cov- ers the major U.S. Navy contract awards received between the dates of July 31 through September 18 of this year. For coverage of Navy con- tract awards prior to these dates refer to Maritime Reporter, Sep- tember 1987 issue, Naval Technolo- gy and Shipbuilding Supplement.

July 31

ANADAC Incorporated, Arlington, Va., is being awarded a $6,200,907 cost-plus- fixed-fee contract for support services for the Trident submarine acquisition program.

Work will be performed in Arlington and is expected to be completed July 31, 1992.

The Naval Sea Systems Command, Wash- ington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-87-C-6363).

General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona

Division, Pomona, Calif., is being awarded a $154,093,498 fixed-price-incentive con- tract for 59 Phalanx Close-In Weapon Sys-

Tems. Work will be performed in Pomona and is expected to be completed in Septem- ber 1989. This contract combines pur- chases for the U.S. Navy (73 percent), Tai- wan (7 percent), Japan (17 percent) and

Portugal (3 percent) under the Foreign Mili- tary Sales program. The Naval Sea Systems

Command, Washington, D.C., is the con- tracting activity (N00024-87-C-5456).

RCA Corporation, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $63,142,771 cost-plus- fixed-fee contract for engineering technical services for the Aegis shipbuilding program.

Work will be performed in Moorestown and is expected to be completed June 30, 1990.

The Naval Sea Systems Command, Wash- ington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-87-C-5188).

August 3

General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona

Division, Pomona, Calif., is being awarded a $20,824,268 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for production support services for the MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System. Work will be performed in Pomona and is ex- pected to be completed June 30, 1988. This contract combines purchases for the U.S.

Navy (77 percent) and for the United King- dom (11 percent), Greece (.4 percent),

Pakistan (1 percent), Portugal (.5 percent),

Taiwan (1.6 percent), Israel (.3 percent),

Navy Commissions USS Avenger,

Its New Mine Countermeasure Ship,

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Saudi Arabia (.2 percent), Japan (6.5 per- cent) and Australia (1.5 percent) under the

Foreign Military Sales program. The Naval

Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-87-C- 5433).

Sippican Incorporated, Marion, Mass., is being awarded a $4,999,925 fixed-price- incentive modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract for materials and services for Expendable Mo- bile ASW Training Targets. Work will be per- formed in Marion and is expected to be completed in December 1988. The Naval

Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-82-C- 6224).

August 4

McDermott Shipyard, Amelia, La., is be- ing awarded a $21,669,165 firm-fixed-price contract for two Torpedo Test Craft (YTT).

Work will be performed in Amelia and is expected to be completed in July 1990. The

Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington,

D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024- 87-C-2026).

John J. McMullen Associates Incorpo- rated, New York, N.Y., is being awarded a $7,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for production/technical engineering services for CG-47 and DDG-51 class ships. Work will be performed in Bath, Maine (22 percent);

Pascagoula, Miss. (26 percent); and Crystal

City, Va. (52 percent), and is expected to be completed May 2, 1988. The Naval Sea Sys- tems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-87-C-2328).

General Ship Corporation, East Boston,

Mass., is being awarded a $8,801,078 firm- fixed-price contract for the Regular Over- haul (ROH) of USS Trippe (FF-1075). Work will be performed in Boston and is expected to be completed May 2, 1988. The Naval

Sea System Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-85-H- 8157).

Pennsylvania Shipbuilding, Chester, Pa., is being awarded a $3,420,709 firm-fixed- price contract for Selective Restrictive

Availability for USS Clark (FFG-11). Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pa. The Naval

Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-85-H- 8200). (continued)

The first of the U.S. Navy's new- est class of mine counter-measure ship, USS Avenger (MCM-1) was recently commissioned at the yard of her builder, Peterson Builders,

Inc. (PBI), in Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

Mrs. Sybil Bailey Stockdale, the ship's sponsor, who christened the Avenger June 15,1985, attended the ceremonies as an honored guest.

Her husband, retired U.S. Navy

Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale, was the principal speaker at the commissioning.

Other dignitaries at the commis- sioning ceremony were: Vice Adm.

William F. McCauley, USN,

Commander, Naval Surface Force,

U.S. Atlantic Fleet; Vice Adm.

William H. Rowden, USN, Com- mander, Naval Sea Systems Com- mand; Under Secretary of the Navy,

H. Lawrence Garret III; Wis- consin Congressman Les Aspin,

Chairman of the House Armed Ser- vices Committee; Wisconsin Sena- tor Robert Kasten; Sturgeon Bay

Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Capt.

Thomas J. Kile, USN, and PBI president, Ellsworth L. Peter- son.

The Avenger Class MCMs are the

Navy's largest wooden ships, mea- suring 224 feet long, with a 39-foot beam. The Avenger is powered by four 600-hp Waukesha diesel en- gines with three diesel generators.

The Avenger displaces 1,300 tons and carries a crew of 81 officers and enlisted men.

The introduction of the new

Avenger Class into the Navy's active fleet will enhance its surface mine- hunting, minesweeping and mine neutralization capabilities due to the installation of sophisticated

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The Avenger, the Navy's newest mine coun- termeasure ship, was recently commis- sioned at Peterson Builders, Inc., Sturgeon

Bay, Wise. mine warfare equipment.

For free literature on the ship- building and ship-repairing capabil- ities and facilities,

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AVENGER

Equipment List

Main engines Waukesha

Electric motors . . Hansome Electric

Reduction gears IMO Delaval

CP propellers Bird-Johnson

Shafting Bird-Johnso

Bowthruster Omnithruster

Ship service generators Tech Systems

Generator engines Waukesha

Machinery control system GE

Ship control system Henschel

Switchboards Nelson

Anchor windlass and capstan . . . . New England Trawler

Steering system . . Jered Brown Bros.

Anchor chain Baldt

Minesweep generator . . Siemens-Allis

Minesweep machinery . . . A.C. Hoyle

Sonar system GE

Navigation system Magnavox

Mine neutralization .... Honeywell

Paceco, Inc. Receives

Option Award From Navy

Paceco, Inc. a subsidiary of Frue- hauf Corporation, has received a $9.7-million option award from the

Naval Facilities Engineering Com- mand in Davisville, R.I. With this contract, the Navy is exercising all of its options under a prime contract recently awarded to Paceco in the amount of $20.3 million.

Items to be delivered for the op- tion award include three side-load- able warping tugs; eight causeway sections, powered (CSP); and eight causeway sections, now-powered (CSNP), intermediate.

The manufacturing required will be completed at Paceco's 100-acre complex located on the Harrison

County Industrial Seaway in Gulf- port, Miss. The completed products will then be shipped by barge from the plant.

In addition to being one of the world's leading designers and manu- facturers of container handling equipment, Paceco is one of the

South's leading manufacturers of custom-designed heavy machinery and has recently become recognized as a competitive supplier of defense and space-related hardware.

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Derecktor Yard Wins $2.5-Million Contract

For Frigate Work

Robert E. Derecktor Inc.'s Mid- dletown, R.I., shipyard recently was awarded a $2.5-million U.S. Navy contract for the repair and the over- haul of the frigate USS Connole. 36 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News