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dent Sub 'Rhode Island1 Christened

General Dynamics, Electric Boat Div.

The Rhode Island (SSBN740) was christened July 17 at

General Dynamics, Electric Boat Division (Photos courtesy

Df General Dynamics, Electric Boat Div.) The Ohio (Trident)

Class submarine is a nuclear-powered ballistic missile-type, and is 560-feet long with a 42-foot hull diameter. The vessel is 18,750 tons submerged, and is armed with 24 Trident II missiles. Rhode Island is the 15th ship in the Ohio (Trident)

Class of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Ballistic Missile nuclear- powered submarine force.

South Korea May Be Able To Expand

Capacity In '94

South Korea's Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy said Friday that, starting in 1994, it plans to allow domestic shipbuilders to decide for themselves whether to expand their capac- ity. Currently, capacity is frozen under a ratio- nalization program by the government. The rationalization program was imposed in 1989 by the government which feared redundant invest- ments. The decision by the government comes on the heels of a joint proposal to the ministry by three builders—Hyundai Heavy Industries, Co.,

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Industries and

Hanjin Heavy Industries—which urged that

Samsung Heavy Industries' plan to expand its shipbuilding capacity by one million tons should be abolished. The nation's shipbuilding capac- ity is estimated at 4.5 million tons per year.

Norway's Kvaerner Gets Stena

Fast Ferry Engine Order

Kvaerner Energy, a subsidiary of Kvaerner a.s., received the order to supply propulsion ma- chinery for Swedish Stena Line's new high-speed ferry. The contract is for four Kvaerner/General

Electric gas turbines with a combined output of 60,000 kW, the company reported. The turbines will be installed by Finnyards Oy of Finland. The contract also includes options for turbines for two additional High-Speed Sea Service (HSS) ferries.

Avondale Wins $232.5-Million USCG

Contract For Icebreaker

Avondale Industries, Inc. of New Orleans was awarded a $232.5 million contract for the con- struction of a new U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker ship. The vessel is designed to measure 420 feet long, with an 82-foot beam, and is scheduled for delivery in 1997. It will be capable of breaking ice up to eight feet thick.

DynCorp Wins $28 Million

Navy Contract

DynCorp, a diversified professional and tech- nical services firm, was awarded a U.S. Navy contract to provide operation and maintenance support at the Southern California Offshore Range (SCORE). The four-year contract is valued at $28.7 million. Headquartered in Reston, Va.,

DynCorp provides professional and technical ser- vices to U.S. and foreign government agencies and commercial aviation customers worldwide.

Westinghouse Advanced Gas Turbine

Test Results Are In

After 18 months into development, the U.S.

Navy's Intercooled Recuperated (ICR) Gas Tur- bine development program is exceeding technical objectives, providing the Navy with the opportu- nity to introduce the propulsion system in time to support the 1996 fiscal year DDG-51 ship pro- curement. Key component and system tests, including subsystem model tests for the air in- take, compressor, intercooler, combustor, turbine and recuperator, all have been conducted by the

Westinghouse Marine Div. The Westinghouse

ICR engine, according to the manufacturer, will help reduce operational costs on the DDG-51, enhance its warfighting capability, increase its survivability and safety, while also reducing ex- haust emissions. In 1991 the U.S. Navy awarded the $160-million, four-year contract to

Westinghouse, teamed with Rolls-Royce.

GM Hughes, IBM Teams To Compete

For $2 Billion Navy Pact

Hughes Aircraft Co.'s Hughes Data Systems has teamed with Federal Systems, Co., a unit of

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), and BTG to compete for the U.S. Navy's procure- ment of tactical computer workstations under the Tactical Advanced Computer-4 (TAC-4) pro- gram, valued at more than $2 billion.

Promus, Churchill Downs Explore

Casino Boat Development In Indiana

Harrah's, a division of The Promus Compa- nies, has agreed with Churchill Downs Inc. to pursue riverboat casino development in Indiana.

The agreement creates a strategic partnership between a premier casino entertainment com- pany and one of the nation's best-known thor- oughbred racetracks. For the latest on the bur- geoning gaming boat market, please turn to MR/

EN's special pull-out section, starting on page 35.

Kvaerner Warnow Werft Wins

German Container Ship Order

Kvaerner Warnow Werft GmbH, a shipbuild- ing unit of Norway's Kvaerner group of compa- nies, was awarded a contract to build a 20,100- dwt container carrier. The value of the contract is around $28 million, and construction will begin in December, with delivery scheduled for Octo- ber, 1994.

SSS Clutch Co. Announces License

Agreements

SSS Gears Ltd. announced it has obtained design, manufacturing and marketing rights for the Reversible Converter-Coupling (RCC) from

Ansaldo, Italy. The RCC was selected by the U.S.

Navy for the AOE-6 ship program, after success- ful testing between 1984 and 1987. RCC's and

SSS clutches have already been supplied for two further AOE-6 class ships and orders have just been received for the fourth ship set. For free information on SSS Clutch Co.,

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Blohm + Voss Introduces Oil-Pollution

Preventing Seal

The "Simplex-Compact 2000 Airspace Seal" is the latest in a line of marine shaft seals to be introduced by Blohm + Voss. The manufacturer used well-known and proven features of this new seal's forerunners, and added an additional cham- ber which contains air as a low-pressure cushion.

The new chamber method, according to the manu- facturer, is virtually a foolproof method allowing a separation of the sterntube oil and the outside seawater, thus preventing contamination of the sterntube oil and the escape of sterntube oil into the sea. For more information on this new system from Blohm + Voss,

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C&M Technology Awarded Contract

C&M Technology was awarded an NUWC con- tract (N66604-93-C-1685). The contract, valued at $153,690, is for the supply of 282 towed array hose terminations to support NUWC's research.

This award parallels other towed array develop- ment work on-going at C&M.

UNL-Built Cunard Cro

The newest addition to Cunard's family of passenger vessels is the Cunard Crown Dy- nasty, which was christened in New York on

July 16,1993 by former First Lady Betty Ford.

Mrs. Ford was accompanied by her husband, former President Gerald R. Ford, and by John

Olsen, chief executive at Cunard, and Hans H.

Christner, president of EffJohn International, owner of the Cunard Crown Dynasty.

The new ship sailed from New York Satur- day, July 17, on its maiden voyage to Halifax,

Bar Harbor, Portland, Provincetown and

Martha's Vineyard. Special welcoming festivi- ties are planned in each port.

The 537-foot Cunard Crown Dynasty, which reportedly cost approximately $100 million, was designed by Norwegian ship designer Peter

Yran at the Union Navale de Levante shipyard in Valencia, Spain. She is 74 feet wide with an 18-foot draft and a cruising speed of 18.5 knots.

Dynasty' Christened

The 537-foot long Cunard Crown Dynasty made her maiden call at

New York on July 16, 1993.

The 146-year-old Cunard, a Trafalgar House company, markets a total of 13 passenger vessels, including five luxury ships, five premium ships under the Cunard Crown brand name, and three deluxe Cunard EuropAmerica River Cruise ves- sels.

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