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NAVY CONTRACTS 0Continued)

G&M Welding & Fabricating

Service, Galveston, Texas. $3.4 million contract for deactivation and topside repairs to the Ready Re- serve Force (RRF) vessel SS Cape

Lambert. U.S. Maritime Adminis- tration.

GNB Industries Battery Co.,

Lombard, 111. $6.2 million contract for five sets of Mod C and eight sets of Mod E submarine batteries for

SSN 688-class submarines. Naval

Sea Systems Command, Washing- ton (N00019-92-C-0093).

Houston Ship Repair, Inc.,

Channelview, Texas. $3.7 million contract for deactivation and topside repair work on the Ready Reserve

Force (RRF) breakbulk vessel, the

SS Cape Lobos. U.S. Maritime Ad- ministration.

Buck Kreihs Company, Inc.,

New Orleans, La. $3.7 million con- tract for deactivation work and re- pairs on the Ready Reserve Force (RRF) breakbulk vessel SS Cape

Farewell. U.S. Maritime Adminis- tration.

AT&T Federal Systems,

Greensboro, N.C. $64.7 million in- crease in its structural acoustics program contract. The modifica- tion, negotiated with the Office of

Naval Research, increases the total value of the contract to $103.4 mil- lion, for research and development through 1993.

Engineering Visions, Inc. (En- visions), San Diego, Calif. $6.8 mil- lion contract for its engineering ser- vices. Under the contract, all sur- face combat support ships sched- uled for major maintenance periods on the east coast, west coast, Pearl

Harbor, Guam or Japan will be served by Envisions.

Navy Begins 18-Month, $3.75 Million Drydocking

Of Old Ironsides

The 63rd commanding officer of the U.S.S. Constitution, Cmdr. Ri- chard B. Amirault, announced that the Navy has begun an 18- month long, $3.75 million "Drydock- ing and Inspection" (D&I) of the nearly 200-year old frigate.

The U.S.S. Constitution, also known as "Old Ironsides," is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world. She is berthed at Pier 1 in the Boston National Historical

Park in the Charlestown Navy Yard, where the D&I to prepare the frig- ate for the bicentennial of her launching on October 21, 1997 will take place.

In addition to a thorough inspec- tion to determine the vessel's condi- tion, the bottom two-thirds of all three masts, all rigging, 30 percent of her hull copper and several wooden beams and knees on the gun deck will also be repaired. A more comprehensive maintenance and repair based on the inspection will begin after the Bicentennial.

The U.S.S. Constitution will come out of drydock in fall 1993 and all work will be completed by the end of 1993.

HDW Submits Bid To Build

Type 212 Submarine

Howaldtswerke-Deutche Werft (HDW) recently submitted a bid to build the Type 212 submarine. The hull is to be made of non-magnetic steel

The HDW Naval Sales Div. de- signed the Type 212 to prevent de- tection by active and passive sonar, as well as by acoustical means such as by infrared and magnetic anomaly devices. In order to pre- vent detection the hull would be covered with anechoic tiles and decks would be elastically mounted throughout the entire submarine.

The new submarine would have an air-independent propulsion sys- tem from a bank of proton-exchange- membrane fuel cells.

The proposed submarine would be 171.6 feet long, with a pressure hulldiameter of 21.9 feet. The Type 212 design calls for an X-shaped tail like Swedish and Dutch de- signs rather than the cruciform con- figuration typical of German sub- marines.

A Siemens Permasyn permanent magnetic motor would be used aboard the Type 212 and a diesel engine would be installed for sur- face operation and as an emergency back-up for the fuel cell system.

Navy Commissions Guided

Missile Cruiser

The Department of the Navy re- cently commissioned the guided missile cruiser Shiloh (CG-67) at

Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.

Equipped with Tomahawk missiles,

Shiloh is the 21st of 27 Ticonderoga class guided missile cruisers to be commissioned. The Shiloh will be operated by 375 officers and men.

The Shiloh's primary mission is to support carrier battle groups and amphibious forces, but it is also ca- pable of operating independently or as the flagship of a surface action group. The ship is 567 feet long, has a draft of 31 feet, a beam of 55 feet and displaces approximately 9,500 tons.

Subcommittee Convenes

To Review Definition

Of Passenger Vessel

The House Subcommittee on

Coast Guard and Navigation re- cently convened to review draft leg- islation from the Coast Guard which is requesting a consolidation of the definition of passenger, a clarifica- tion of the application of U.S. laws for passenger-carrying vessels and an elimination of a "loophole" con- cerning bareboat charter boats.

The draft proposes the following changes in the current law: 1. Create a single definition for "passenger" regardless of the vessel's classification; 2. Define an uninspected pas- senger vessel as one carrying up to 12 people, to comply with interna- tional regulations, while giving to the Secretary of Transportation the authority to require life rafts or other lifesaving equipment on uninspected passenger vessels as he determines appropriate; 3. Classify chartered vessels and demise charters carrying over 12 passengers as inspected passenger vessels to allow for greater Coast

Guard oversight; and 4. Define "consideration" to de- termine who should be considered a "passenger".

Canadian CG Begins

Inspections Of Older

Foreign-Flag Bulk Carriers

Recent reports indicate that the

Canadian Coast Guard has started to inspect older foreign-flag bulk vessels calling in Canadian ports.

The Coast Guard recently seized six ships: two of which were in violation of their classifications and the other four for lifesaving and firefighting equipment violations.

The ships are apparently chosen according to Canada's own port state control statistics. Reports indicate that the Coast Guard will primarily choose vessels flying the flags of the

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