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pair of three aircraft carriers homeported in San Diego: USS

Ranger (CV 61); USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63); and USS Constellation (CV 64).

Southwest Marine, San Diego,

Calif., has received a $9.7 million contract for the regularly scheduled overhaul and drydocking of the Mili- tary Sealift Command auxiliary ship

USNS Kilauea.

Avondale Shipyard Division,

New Orleans, La., has been awarded a $3.6 million contract for the phased maintenance fixed-availability of the

USS Truett (FFT 1095). Work on the vessel is scheduled to be com- pleted by the end of the first quarter in 1993.

Houston Ship Repair and Gulf

Copper Manufacturing Corp., have been awarded two contracts by the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) valued at more than $8.6 million for repairs to the Ready Re- serve Force tanker SS Mount

Vernon. Gulf Copper, of Port Arthur,

Texas, received a $3,234,009 con- tract from Mar Ad for the first phase of repairs to the 49,200-dwt SS

Mount Vernon. The work includes the activation and sea trial of the ship to prove its readiness, the completion of required repairs and the vessel's deactivation. The work is expected to be completed within 120 calender days.

For phase II of the tanker's refit,

MarAd awarded a $5,487,681 con- tract to Channelview, Texas-based

Houston Ship Repair for repairs that include the renewal of over 600,000 pounds of steel in the Mount

Vernon's cargo tanks and blasting and applying epoxy coatings to all cargo tanks.

Detyens Shipyards, Inc., of Mt.

Pleasant, S.C., has received a $2,388,314 Maritime Administra- tion contract for voyage repairs and deactivation of the SS Cape

Catawba. The work is expected to be completed within 65 calender days.

The Jonathan Corporation,

Norfolk, Va., received an $8,456,529 contract from the Maritime Admin- istration for the installation of sealift enhancement features on the Ready

Reserve Force vessels SS Cape Juby and SS Cape Johnson.

The work includes installation of modular cargo delivery stations on the vessels to permit them to trans- fer cargo to Navy ships while under- way.

The work is to be completed in 180 calender days.

Gulf Offshore, of Mobile, Ala., was recently awarded a $3,424,859 contract for deactivation and repairs to the breakbulk vessel SS Cape

Buyer. The work is expected to be completed within 110 calender days.

Bethship Sparrows Point, of

Sparrows Point, Md., has been awarded two contracts worth over $8 million by the Maritime Admin- istration (MarAd) for Ready Reserve

Force (RRF) ship repairs.

The first contract for $3,228,450 is for deactivation and repairs to the breakbulk vessel SS Pride. The work is expected to be completed within 60 calender days.

The second MarAd contract for the yard, worth $5,605,417, is for the deactivation and drydocking of the MV Cape Ducato, which is sched- uled for completion within 90 calender days.

North Florida Shipyards, Inc., of Jacksonville, Fla., was awarded a $2,218,444 Maritime Administra- tion contract for repairs and deacti- vation of the Ready Reserve Force vessel SS Cape Carthage. The work is scheduled for completion in 75 calender days.

Houston Ship Repair,

Channelview, Texas, has received a $2,865,597 Maritime Administra- tion contract for deactivation and repair work to the Ready Reserve

Force breakbulk vessel SS Gulf

Trader. The work is expected to be completed within 120 calender days.

Colonna's Shipyard, of Nor- folk, Va., was awarded a $4,496,700 contract for deactivation work and repairs to the Ready Reserve Force auxiliary crane ship (T-ACS)

Cornhusker State. The work is ex- pected to be completed within 90 calender days.

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Greensboro, N.C., has been awarded r» , , _ _ _ Circle 229 on Reader Service Card December, 1992 "New. a fast, clean way to gauge a tank's oxygen level. The coiled grounding cable is standard equipment.

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