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Bath Iron And Ingalls Win

Contracts Worth Over $500 Million Each

Navy contracts worth over $500 million each were recently won by

Bath Iron Works and Ingalls Ship- building Inc.

Bath Iron Works was awarded a $513.5 million contract to build two

DDG-51 missile destroyers.

Also, Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc., a unit of Litton Industries Inc., won a $500.9 million contract for two

DDG-51 missile destroyers.

Nuclear Sub Launched

Using NEI Syncrolift

For First Time Ever

The U.K. nuclear hunter killer submarine HMS Triumph was re- cently launched at the Devonshire

Dock complex of Vickers Shipbuild- ing and Engineering Ltd. (VSEL),

Barrow-in-Furness. This was the first time a nuclear submarine had ever been launched using an NEI

Syncrolift.

This event represents another major achievement for NEI Syn- crolift of Miami, Fla., which designs and builds the articulated shiplifts, platforms and transfer systems.

The Barrow Syncrolift was com- missioned in December 1986 as part of the massive modernization of the

Vickers shipbuilding facilities. It is sized to handle the extensive range of submarine designs which VSEL offers, including the very largest, and will be used to launch the HMS

Vanguard, first of the U.K.'s Tri- dent submarines.

NEI Syncrolift is a business unit of NEI Clarke Chapman Ltd., itself part of Northern Engineering In- dustries pic, the major energy con- version, materials handling and project management company based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

NEI is a member of the Rolls-Royce pic Group.

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U.S. Government Awards

Ship Repair Contracts

Several small contracts were re- cently awarded to U.S. shipyards for various ship repair and overhaul work.

Merce Industries, Inc., Toledo,

Mich., was awarded a $304,200 con- tract to repair three ships by the

U.S. Army Engineer District, De- troit, Mich.

Detyens Shipyards, Inc., Mt.

Pleasant, S.C., was awarded a $781,959 contract for the regular overhaul of the non-self-propelled open lighters YC-360, YC-1444 and

YC-1553. The contract was awarded by the Supervisor of Shipbuilding,

Conversion and Repair, Jackson- ville, Fla.

Furthermore, Detyens was also

February, 1991 53 awarded a $297,578 contract for the post shakedown availability and drydocking of the USS Relentless (T-AGOS-18).

Continental Maritime, San Diego,

Calif., received a $155,382 contract from the Supervisor of Shipbuild- ing, Conversion and Repair, San

Diego, Calif., for the regular availa- bility of USS Berkley (DDG-15).

In addition, Continental Mari- time was also awarded a $428,276 contract for work on the USS Ran- ger (CV-61).

Comar Industries, Inc.,

Charleston, S.C., was awarded a $200,659 contract for various repairs on the USS William V. Pratt (DDG- 44). The contract was awarded by the Supervisor of Shipbuilding,

Conversion and Repair, Charleston,

S.C.

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Pacific Dry Dock & Repair Co.,

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