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The Naval Education and Train- ing Center (NETC), located in New- port, R.I., recently took delivery of a new Class (YP-683) Yard Patrol training vessel. This YP is the first of seven YP-683 Class vessels the

NETC will be receiving during the next three months from Marinette

Navy Awards $23.1-Million Contract

To Bath Iron Works

Bath Iron Works Corporation,

Bath, Maine, was recently awarded a $23.1-million U.S. Navy contract for lead yard services for the DDG- 51 Class follow-on destroyers. Work is expected to be completed in May 1989. (N00024-87-C-2077).

Ingalls Shipbuilding

Receives $7-Million Award

For Cruiser Shakedown

Ingalls Shipbuilding Division,

Litton Industries, Pascagoula,

Miss., recently was awarded a $7- million contract by the U.S. Navy to conduct the post shakedown availa- bility for the USS San Jacinto (CG- 56). The work is expected to be com- pleted in October 1988 (N00024-88-

G-2818).

The YPs are of wood hull construction, with an aluminum superstructure, overall length of 108 feet, beam of 22 feet 9 inches.

Marinette Marine Delivers

First Of Seven Training Vessels

Marine Corporation, Marinette,

Wis.

Marinette Marine, under contract to the U.S. Navy for 20 of the YP- 683 Class Yard Patrol Boats, has delivered 13 of the vessels to the

Annapolis Naval Academy, Anna- polis, Md. The remaining vessels are scheduled for delivery to the NETC in Newport and will augment the existing fleet of YPs presently in use at the center for training students in basic seamanship, shiphandling and naval communications.

The YPs are of wood hull con- struction, with an aluminum super- structure, overall length of 108 feet, beam of 22 feet 9 inches, and full load draft of 5 feet 9 inches.

Marinette Marine Corporation is a firm of engineers and construction specialists providing military and commercial clients with the latest state-of-the-art ship design and construction.

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House Subcommittee Looks

To Open Competition To Build

Fourth Aegis Destroyer

The House Defense Appropria- tions Subcommittee recently added language to the FY 1989 defense appropriations bill which would or- der the Navy to open the competi- tion to build a fourth Aegis guided missile destroyer to all qualified

U.S. shipyards.

This, however, is based on wheth- er or not the Navy will be able to come up with the funding to build a fourth Aegis destroyer. The Senate recently amended the FY 1989 de- fense authorization bill to authorize the Navy to purchase a fourth

DDG-51 Arleigh Burke Class de- stroyer, without appropriating addi- tional funding for the ship. The

Navy was authorized by the Senate to use as much as $730 million of funds appropriated from previous years that remained available in or- der to build the fourth ship. The

Navy had requested to build only three DDG-51s in FY 1989.

Last year, similar circumstances arose when the Senate authorized the Navy to build five CG-47 Ticon- deroga Class guided missile cruisers, and only appropriated funds for four. The Navy, however, was able to come up witb the funding. Like last year, industry analysts expect the Navy to find the funding to build the fourth destroyer.

Opening up the competition for the proposed fourth ship offers a glimmer of hope to Avondale Ship- yards, New Orleans, La., which has been seeking to build the 466-foot ships. At present, only Bath Iron

Works, Bath, Maine, which is the lead yard for the class, and Ingalls

Shipbuilding Division of Litton In- dustries, Pascagoula, Miss., are con- structing the ships. Bath is building the Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) and the John Paul Jones (DDG-53), while Ingalls is building the John

Barry (DDG-52).

Arleigh Burke Class (DDG-51) destroyers are expected to be the backbone of the U.S. Navy, replac- ing both the older Adams Class (DDG-2) and Farragut Class (DDG- 37) guided missile destroyers. With an overall length of 466 feet, beam of 59 feet and full load displacement of 8,300 tons, DDG-51s are powered by four GE LM2500 gas turbine engines to speeds in excess of 30 knots. The ships are fitted with sophisticated weaponary for long range strike, anti-surface, anti-air, and antisubmarine warfare capabili- ties.

In other areas, the House sub- committee only made slight changes in the Navy's shipbuilding plan.

The subcommittee cut $107 million from the administration's request for the Trident submarine building program, lowering funding from $1.23 billion to $1.12 billion to con- struct one Trident. The subcommit- tee also cut $74 million from the administration's request to build a oceanographic research vessel (AGOR).

However, the subcommittee added three more fleet oilers (T-

AOs) to bring the total to five ships.

Funding for this program jumped from $284.9 million to $403.9 mil- lion.

Overall, the shipbuilding budget dropped slightly, from $9.13 billion to $8.77 billion. Circle 164 on Reader Service Card

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