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FELS Completes Galaxy I, $100 Million Jackup Rig

Far East Levingston Shipbuild- ing Ltd. (FELS) has completed Gal- axy 1, which it calls one of the world's most capable jackup rigs, to the sat- isfaction of its owner, Santa Fe Drill- ing Operations, Inc.

In recognition of a job well done,

Santa Fe is paying FELS a special bonus of about $1 million.

Galaxy 1 is the third jackup rig delivered by FELS to Santa Fe. Built at a cost of approximately $100 mil- lion, it took slightly more than two years to complete. The rig was de- livered to Santa Fe at FELS' Pio- neer Yard and left Singapore on board a special vessel for Rotterdam, where it will be deployed for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea.

Galaxy 1, which contains the most advanced technologies, can with- stand higher waves and more ad- verse weather in deeper waters than other jackups in service today, pro- viding the capability for employment where other jackups can't function.

FELS is presently building a fourth Santa Fe harsh environment cantilever jackup for delivery in 1992.

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Marinette Marine Delivers

Third MCM To U.S. Navy

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The USN mine countermeasures ship Patriot (MCM- 7) built by Marinette Marine Corporation.

Marinette Marine Corporation,

Marinette, Wis., recently turned over the mine countermeasures ship Pa- triot (MCM-7) to the U.S. Navy. The event is the last significant mile- stone for the MCM-7 and marks the culmination of 10 years of Marinette

Marine Corporation (MMC) involve- ment in mine countermeasures ves- sel design and construction for the

Navy.

The MCM-7 is the third mine countermeasures ship to be built by

MMC. The ship is 224 feet long, approximately 39 feet wide, and dis- places approximately 1,300 tons when fully loaded. The placement of the Patriot and her sister ships into the U.S. Navy fleet provide a quan- tum increase in mine countermea- sure capability.

The MCM-7 will remain at

Marinette Marine for approximately two months to allow the Navy crew to complete the crew training neces- sary to safely operate the ship while transiting to its home port of

Charleston, S.C.

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Marinette Marine,

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U.S. Shipyards Win

Navy Repair Pacts

A number of Navy repair and maintenance contracts were recently awarded to U.S. yards on the East and Gulf Coasts.

In the Northeast, American Ship- yard of Newport, R.I., was awarded a $1.02 million contract for the se- lected restricted availability on the frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58).

In Virginia, Marine Hydraulics

International of Norfolk was awarded a $317,000 contract for ship repairs on the aircraft carrier USS

Kitty Hawk (CV-63).

Other Norfolk repairers,

Dreadnought Marine and The

Jonathan Corporation, were also awarded contracts. Dreadnought

Marine was awarded a $139,052 contract for ship work on the USS

Hunley (AS-33), while Jonathan

Corporation will perform repairs on the cruiser USS Thomas S. Gates under a $1.59 million contract.

In Orange, Texas, Century Ma- rine, Inc. is performing repairs on the crane ship S.S. Green Mountain under a $1.68 million pact.

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