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marks were delivered by Secretary of the r John H. Dalton, Rear Admiral Lewis A. on, USN, deputy commander for engineer- ed chief engineer, Naval Sea Systems Com- d; Rear Admiral John H. McKinley, Jr., f Reserve, commander, Military Sealift Com- d, Europe (Mobilization); Captain Jeffrey 3 erin, supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conver- and Repair, New Orleans; and Albert L. sier, Jr., chairman, president and CEO of ndale Industries, Inc. he mission ofLaramie and other ships in the s is to transport bulk products from shore ots to combatants and support forces under- r. The ships also deliver fleet freight, cargo, ,er, mail and personnel. ?he new ship is approximately 668 ft. (203.6 long and has a beam of just over 97 ft. (29.6 m), h a maximum draft of 36 ft. (11 m). Cargo iacity is 159,500 barrels of oil, and the ship is table of simultaneously receiving, storing and charging two separate grades of cargo fuel.

Powered by twin 10-cylinder medium-speed :sel engines,Laramie will be capable of service 3eds of up to 20 knots. The twin-screw propel- design provides the vessels with improved •ectional stability, ease of control and mission liability under combat conditions. Laramie's tieduled for delivery in mid-1996.

For more information on Avondale

Circle 35 on Reader Service Card •inify Delivers Fast Ferry To Virgin iland Operator

Aluminum Boats, Inc., of the Trinity Marine

Group, delivered the 95-ft. (28.9-m) high-speed aluminum ferry Caribe Cay to Transportation

Services of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The 30-knot, 276-passenger ferry is the third built by Trinity shipyards for the Virgin Islands tour and ferry operator. Caribe Cay was pre- ceded by the triple-screw ferry Caribe Time in

January of 1979 and the 85-ft. (25.9-m) quad- screw ferry Caribe Tide in August 1988. The company also operates several Trinity-built ves- sels which were purchased used.

Overall, Caribe Cay is 95 ft. long, with a 24-ft. (7.3-m) beam and a 9.6-ft. (2.9-m) depth. Loaded draft is 5.5 ft. (1.7 m). The vessel can carry approximately 2,800 U.S. gallons of fuel and 250 gallons of potable water.

Caribe Cay is powered by five Cummins

KTA19M3 diesel engines driving Twin Disc re- verse/reduction gears with a 1.92:1 ratio. Each engine produces 700 hp at 2,100 rpm. Electrical power is produced by two Cummins 30-kW gen- erators and the boat is equipped with two hy- draulic steering stations.

Transportation Services of St. John was founded in 1960 by Loredon Boynes and his wife, who established the first ferry service in the

Virgin Islands. Vashti Boynes, widow of the late Loredon Boynes, Sr., christened the ferry in New Orleans. The vessel departed the city soon after and made the approximately 1,800- mile trip to St. John in two days and 17 hours.

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Engine Rebuilds To Repeat Customer

Pan American Power, Inc. of Covington, La., recently sold 12 rebuilt Caterpillar D398 engines with new Reintjes marine transmissions to a

South American fishing fleet operator. The packages were sold through Marinsa Miami Cor- poration in Miami, Fla., for export to South

America. The engines were completely over- hauled, using standard blocks, crankshafts and new heads by Pan American Power at their rebuild facility in Covington.

Karl Senner, Inc. in Kenner, La., supplied 12 new WAF 541 marine transmissions with a ratio of 3.955:1, and provided on-site technical assis- tance. This project is a repeat order from the fleet operator, attesting to the quality of the propulsion packages.

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