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For free information on the products and services of the following shipyards mentioned in the Outstanding Oceangoing Ships of 1992 story, circle the corresponding number on the Reader Service Card.

Shipyard Ship(Name/Type) Reader Service Number

Daewoo Shipbuilding Mastera/'Tanker 95

Hanjin Heavy Industries Hanjin Osaka/Container Ship 78

Hitachi Zosen Otello/Car-Truck Carrier 79

Hyundai Heavy Industries Bergeland/Ore Carrier 80

Kvaerner-Masa Shipyards Futura/Tanker 81

NASSCO R.J. Pfeiffer/Container Ship 82

Newport News Shipbuilding George Washington/Aircraft Carrier 83

North American Shipbuilding Nathaniel B. Palmer/Ice Breaking Research Vessel 84

Samsung Heavy Industries Patriot/Tanker 85

Ulstein Western Regent/Seismic Research Vessel 86

OCEANGOING

OF 1992

The Mastera from Daewoo Shipbuilding

R.J. PFEIFFER

NASSCO

Circle 82 on Reader Service Card

The M/V R.J. Pfeiffer was con- structed by National Steel and Ship- building Company (NASSCO) of San

Diego and designed in collaboration with Odense Steelshipyard of Den- mark. The Hawaii II class containership, built for Matson

Navigation, represents the first con- tract for a large, oceangoing com- mercial ship to be awarded to any

U.S. Shipyard since 1984.

The 21,500-dwt R.J. Pfeiffer is designed for unrestricted, worldwide fast container service, and will be used on Matson's Pacific coast-Ha- waii route. The vessel has a draft of 34.5 feet and a speed, at 90 percent

MCR, of 22.5 knots. Propelled by a

MAN B&W 8L80MC, slow speed, single screw main diesel engine, with two B&W type NA-70 turbocharg- ers, the ship is capable of producing 33,680 hp.

MAN B&W licensee Kawasaki built the two stroke, eight-cylinder engine, which stands nearly four stories high and weighs 992 tons.

Ulstein Maritime provided the thrusters. The five-blade, moder- ately skewed, fixed pitch propeller, which measures 7.72 m in diameter, was manufactured by Thyssen

Rheinstahl, which also supplied the ship's shafting.

Wartsila Vasa was chosen to pro- vide the ship's three 2,000-kW, three-phase service diesel genera- tors, as well as the 500 kW backup unit.

The auxiliary boiler and exhaust economizer both come from Senior

Green, the former being a 7,500 lb/ hr, 102 PSIG unit, the latter a 5,800 lb/hr, 102 PSIG unit.

The steering gear, supplied by

Anschutz of America (Frydenbo), is an electro-hydraulic, four cylinder ram type, The 1,600 hp electro- hydraulic bow thruster has a vari- able pitch impeller and was pro- vided by Ulstein Maritime.

Norcontrols provided the engine controls, which allow remote control and monitoring of machinery. Pro- pulsion machinery can also be con- trolled from the bridge.

Navigation equipment, primarily supplied by Sperry Marine, Inc. and

Raytheon, includes: radar/collision avoidance system; gyro compass; echo sounder; doppler speed log; satellite navigation system; Loran

C; and a radio direction finder.

The Bergeland from Hyundai Heavy Industries

The R.J. Pfeiffer from NASSCO

The Otello from Hitachi Zosen The George Washington from Newport News Shipbuilding

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