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The President Truman, the first of the C-10 Series containerships delivered to APL, operat- ing in San Francisco Bay. Each of the five C-10 Series ships are fitted with a single 57,000-hp

Sulzer 12-cylinder engine, one of the most powerful diesels ever built.

Two More C-10 Containerships

Delivered To APL By German Yards

American President Lines, Oak- land, Calif., recently took delivery of the second and third of its new C-10

Class containerships from two West

German shipyards for use in its

Pacific Basin service.

The ships, the President Kenne- dy and the President Polk, have an overall length of 902 feet, beam of 129 feet, maximum draft of 41 feet, displacement of 75,862 long tons- and a deadweight of 53,648 long tons. The vessels have been classed by the American Bureau of Ship- ping,'1 E, Container Carrier'MS +

ACCU. The vessels are propelled to speeds of up to 24 knots by some of the most powerful diesel engines ever built. Each C-10 is propelled by a 57,000-hp, 12-cylinder Sulzer die- sel engine.

The fuel-efficient C-10 Class ships, which are each capable of car- rying 4,300 TEU containers, are the first container-carrying vessels to have a "post-Panamax" beam, meaning their width exceeds the limitations of the Panama Canal. As with the development of the wide- bodied aircraft, the increased capac- ity and efficiency requirements for these vessels led to the new design concept. "These are the first ships to be designed specifically for trans-Pa- cific service," said Timothy J.

Rhein, APL president. "By remov- ing the limitation on the ships' beam, we were able to significantly increase their capacity, while optim- izing their speed, fuel efficiency and stability." "This is traditionally a period of high demand for our eastbound ser- vices from Asia to North America," said Mr. Rhein, "and there is con- tinued strong growth in demand for vessel space to carry U.S. exports to

Asia. With their fast service speeds and large capacity, these ships will help us meet customer demand for fast, reliable transits," he said.

The President Kennedy was built by Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft (HDW) of Kiel, while the President

Polk was delivered by Bremer Vul- kan of Bremen. The five-ship C-10 series will be completed when HDW delivers the President Jackson and

Bremer Vulkan delivers the Presi- dent Adams. Both of the ships were recently christened in separate cere- monies. All five ships are scheduled to be in service by November of this year.

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Equipment List

Main engine Sulzer

Propeller . . . Ostermann

Generator engines . . . . . Krupp MaK

Aux. generator engine . . . Caterpillar

Generators . . A. von Kaick

Bowthruster . . . . KaMeWa

Central automation . . . . Siemens

Boilers HDW

ARPAs .... Raytheon

GPS loran Trimble

SatNav & integrated navigation system . .... Raytheon

Doppler log & echo sounder . . . .JRC

Gyrocompass & autopilot . . Anschutz

Rudder angle .... . . . Stein-Sohn

Fog signal Elaplan

Radio equipment . . . . . ITT Mackay

Distallation . Alfa Laval Nirex

Waste disposal .... . Format Chemie

Sewage treatment . . . . .Hamworthy

Cathodic protection . .Electrocatalytic

Anchoring . Blohm & Voss

Anchor chain .... .... Ramnas

Mooring winches . . .... Norwich

Lifeboat .... Fassmer

Davits Schat

Life rafts Viking

Monorail . ASEA Hagglund

Steering gear . . . . Brown Brothers of Bremer Vulkan,

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Newport News Shipbuilding re- cently announced the promotion of two long-time employees to the rank of vice president.

Franklin F. Sanders, director of technical services and a 37-year employee of the shipyard, will be promoted to vice president, submar- ine construction. He will report to

William R. Phillips Jr., executive vice president.

A.C. Blandford, director of ma- terials management, will become vice president, human resources and will report to senior vice president

William P. Fricks. Mr. Bland- ford has been with the shipyard since 1963.

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