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Hitachi Zosen Delivers Bulk Carrier

Panagiotis A diesel as the main engine. Propulsion efficiency is reportedly enhanced by the Hitachi Zosen

Super Stream Duct at the vessel's stern.

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Panagiotis A Particulars

Length 705.4 ft. (215 m)

Breadth 105.6 ft. (32.2 m)

Depth 61 ft. (18.6 m)

Summer load draft: 44.2 ft. (13.46 m)

Deadweight 71,550 metric tons

Gross tonnage 38,131

Main engine HZ MAN B&W 6S60MCE diesel

Max. trial speed 16.31 kn

Complement 27 persons

Classification ABS

Hitachi Zosen Corporation built thePanagiotis

A, a bulk carrier with deadweight of 71,550 metric tons, for Francis Shipping Corporation at its Maizuru Works. The carrier was completed and delivered to its owner in late April.

The vessel is the seventh of the Panamax

Optima type which Hitachi Zosen developed for passage through the Panama Canal. It can carry a variety of cargoes including grain, ore and coal.

The vessel is equipped with an energy-effi- cient Hitachi Zosen MAN B&W 6S60MCE type

Final Avondale Fleet Oiler Christened

Laramie

T-AO 203, the 16th and final fleet replenish- ment oiler Avondale Industries, Inc. is building for the U.S. Navy, was christened Laramie at

Avondale's main yard.

T-AO 203 is also the third fleet oiler to be

Laramie, a Navy fleet oiler recently christened at Avor double-hulled by Avondale, which repoi built the first three double-hulled vessels i

U.S. The previous two oilers designed anc structed with a double hull at AvondaL

Patuxent (T-AO 201) and Rappahannock (' 204).

The sponsor for T-AO 203 was Mrs.

Lyon Deutch of Washington, D.C. Her band, the Honorable John M. Deutch, de secretary of defense, was the principal spe<

Dr. Deutch has been nominated to be din of the Central Intelligence Agency.

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