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Avondale Delivers Navy Ship; Launches

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Nearly 12 years of ship construction contracts came to an end in May with the delivery of T-

AO 203, USNS Laramie, by Avondale

Industries, Inc. to the U.S. Navy. Laramie was the 16th ship of the T-AO 203 187 class which

Avondale has built and delivered since the keel was laid for the first ship of the class, USNS

Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187) in August 1984.

These commercial fleet replenishment oilers are operated for the U.S Navy by the Military

Sealift Command.

Laramie, like her sisterships Rappahannock and Patuxent, was designed and built with dou- ble hull sides and bottoms to satisfy OPA 90 requirements. The separation between the two hulls is a minimum of 6 ft. (1.8 m) on the sides and 6.5 ft. (2 m) on the bottom. The replenish- ment oilers measure 677.5 ft. (206.5 m) long, with a beam of 97.5 ft. (29.7 m) and a maximum draft of 36 ft. (10.9 m), and are powered by twin, 10-cylinder, medium-speed diesel engines.

Capable of achieving service speeds of 20 knots, the twin-screw propeller design reportedly pro- vides the vessels with improved directional sta- bility, ease of control and mission reliability under combat conditions.

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Pictured (I to r): (witnessing) Captain David W. Widdon, U.S.

Navy, supervisor of Shipbuilding; Edward Barrett, Military

Sealift Command, Ship Introduction program manager; T.

Shen, U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command, T-AO project man- ager. (signing) William E. Watson, Avondale Industries, Inc.,

T-AO program manager; Captain R.J. Russell, Military Sealift

Command, master T-AO 203; and Richard C. Bloom,

Military Sealift Command, senior on-site construction repre- , sentative.

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In early September, Seattle will host an extraordi- nary, if not unique collection of maritime events.

According to Allan Brunton-Reed, the U.K.-based organizer of the 14th International Tug & Salvage

Convention and Exhibition (ITS '96), this is more by accident than design, since Superyacht Northwest '96, now in its fourth year, also chose the same time and venue. Since trade space at both exhibitions was sold out at an early stage, the organizers of the sepa- rate events decided to join forces and launch

Workboat Northwest '96.

All three events will be held during the same week at the new Bell Harbor facility on the waterfront in downtown Seattle. ITS '96 will run from September 9 to 13, and Superyacht Northwest '96 and Workboat

Northwest '96 will take place from September 11 to 14. Trade visitors to one event will be given compli- mentary access to the other two.

Workboat Northwest '96 will be housed in a tent- ed structure on the apron adjacent to the Bell Harbor

International Conference Center, and the organizers of

ITS '96 have reserved 800 ft. of mooring space along- side the apron so that local tug owners can moor their craft.

Workboat builders exhibiting at Workboat

Northwest '96 are also expected to make use of this facility to display their latest vessels. Crowley's

American Salvor, reportedly the largest salvage vessel on the North American West coast, will also be sta- tioned alongside for the week. The gleaming supery- achts will be moored at Bell Harbor Marina.

On the afternoon of September 11, a tug and sal- vage display/demonstration will take place as part of

ITS '96, which is expected to be one of the world's largest gathering of international towage and salvage professionals, with delegates from more than 40 coun- tries.

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