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Newport News Christens Sealift Ship On

Independence Day

Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of

Tenneco, christened sealift ship USNS Gordon on

July 4 at the shipyard. In 1993, NNS was award- ed the contract to convert two containerships into combined RoRo and LoLo ships to carry U.S.

Army equipment, vehicles and supplies. The cer- emony on July 4 marked the official naming of the first of these two converted ships.

Both strategic sealift ships being produced at

NNS will be named after Medal of Honor recipi- ents. USNS Gordon is named in honor of Master

Sgt. Gary Gordon, a posthumous recipient of the

Medal of Honor. Master Sgt. Gordon won the nation's highest military award for saving the life of a downed pilot of an Army helicopter in

Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1993.

Carmen Gordon, Master Sgt. Gordon's widow, broke the ceremonial bottle of champagne over the ship during the naming ceremony. The principal speaker for the event was Congressman

John P. Murtha (D-Pa.). The event also includ- ed a parachute jump by the U.S. Special

Operations Command Parachute Team, a fire- works display, a pass-in-review by World War II and modern-day Army vehicles, and public tours of USNS Gordon.

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Oceaneering Awarded Three Long-Term

ROV Contracts

Oceaneering International, Inc. has been award- ed three long-term remotely operated vehicle (ROV) contracts by Chevron USA to provide drilling and production support services in the

Gulf of Mexico. Three new Hydra Magnum ROVs will be furnished to Chevron for use onboard semisubmersibles Ocean Quest and Ocean

Neptune and FPS system Genesis SPAR.

This month, the vehicle is scheduled to begin a three-year contract to support Chevron's explo- ration drilling program onboard Ocean Quest.

The second vehicle will be mobilized to Ocean

Neptune in September, to support a nine-month program to pre-drill the wells at the Green

Canyon 205 Genesis location prior to installation of the SPAR. The third vehicle will be mobilized to the SPAR in the fall of 1997, under a three-year contract to assist in the drilling and production of the Genesis prospect.

The Magnum vehicles are high-thrust, cage- deployed ROVs designed and manufactured by

Oceaneering, and are reportedly capable of oper- ating in water depths of up to 10,000 ft. (3.048 m).

They are piloted by means of a microprocessor- based control system through a fiber-optic armored umbilical deployed from a surface vessel.

Reportedly, these vehicles feature the latest advances in technology for improved performance, optimum adaptability and increased reliability.

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