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NNS lays Keel For First Of Nine

Double Eagle Product Tankers

On April 22, Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Tenneco, laid the keel for

Despotico, the first of nine double-hulled commer- cial product tankers the shipyard is building for two different customers.

It is also the first commercial ship the company has built since 1957.

Despotico is the first of four tankers to be built for Eletson Holdings of Piraeus, Greece. The keel is made up of part of the inner bottom assembly of the ship.

It consists of the lower forward bulkhead of the engine room, the lower section of the pump room, sloptank, aft cargo tank, fresh water wash tankers and aft ballast tanks. The total weight of the unit is approximately 280 metric tons, and it is approx- imately 80 percent pre-outfitted. The ship is scheduled for delivery in January 1997.

In addition, NNS is building five Jones Act

Double Eagle product tankers for Hvide/Van

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During its 110-year history, Newport News

Shipbuilding has built approximately 800 ships, including both commercial and naval vessels.

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Daewoo Completes Korea's First

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Shipbuilding division has completed production of Korea's first

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), which dives to a depth of 19,685 ft. (6,000 m). The divi- sion's Ship and Ocean R&D Institute (SORDI) completed the vessel in collaboration with the

Institute for Marine Technology Problems (IMTP) of Russia, at a cost of $2.5 million.

Shaped like a torpedo, the AUV, dubbed Okpo

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News