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Southern Industries (continued, from page 25)

The 222-foot by 66-foot twin-deck casino boat Empress, being con- structed for the Des Plaines River

Entertainment Corporation, Joliet, 111., is scheduled for a May 1992 delivery. Two of the Atlantic-built boats, the 201-foot sisters Emerald

Lady and Diamond Lady, are oper- ating out of Iowa, while the third, the Par-A-Dice, operates out of Illi- nois.

The Alabama yard of Atlantic Ma- rine, well-situated in the repair market, added a huge 40,000-ton drydock, formerly owned by Todd, which greatly enhanced its repair capacity and almost positioned the firm for potential tanker construc- tion contracts.

Jennings, La., builder Leevac

Shipyards, Inc., has been extremely active in the passenger and casino boat market. During 1991, Leevac delivered the 280-foot excursion boat

Belle of St. Louis for Gateway

Riverboat Cruises and the 200-foot gaming vessel Casino Rock Island for D.J. Juner.

The firm's prospects for 1992 look good, according to Charles E.

Burrell of Leevac. Leevac already has an order for a 288-foot excur- sion/gaming vessel for Gateway

Clipper Fleet, as well as a 60-foot shooting seismic barge for HGS and an after deck conversion project of

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Freeport Shipbuilding delivered three boats during 1991, one mega- yacht and two passenger vessels, as well as performed work under sev- eral government repair contracts.

The Freeport, Fla., yard is currently building a 127-foot megayacht and converting an excursion boat to a glass-bottom boat for a Panama City,

Fla., operator.

Yards Benefit From

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Repair Contracts

Southern shipbuilders, like many yards around the U.S., are the ben- eficiaries of Navy, MarAd and U.S.

Government vessel construction and repair contracts.

Pascagoula, Mississippi-based

Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of

Litton Industries, currently has con- tracts to build 17 U.S. Navy vessels and three Israeli Navy corvettes.

Ingalls workload includes five U.S.

Navy Ticonderoga Class (CG-47) cruisers, eight Arleigh Burke Class (DDG-51) destroyers, four Wasp

Class (LHD-1) amphibious assault ships, and three SA'AR-5 Class Is- raeli Navy corvettes, as well as a

DD-963 overhaul.

The naval sector has been Ingalls most active sector and, despite po- tential reductions in future U.S. defense budgets, Ingalls Shipbuild- ing believes it "is building the right types of ships in the right markets."

Avondale Industries' Shipyards

Division, located in Avondale, La., has been extremely busy with Navy

T-AO Class oiler, LSD Class landing ship dock, and T-AGS ocean surveil- lance ship construction programs.

Additionally, the Louisiana builder is finishing the jumboizing of the

AO-177 and AO-186 oilers.

Other work at the yard includes repair projects on the Genevieve

Lykes and the floating college SS

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During 1991, Avondale delivered the LSD-47, two T-AO-187 Class oil- ers and three jumboized oilers to the

Navy, as well as performing repairs on the USS Stump (DD-978) and several commercial vessels.

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