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Sucre (F-21) and Almirante Brion (F-22) have been dry-docked at

Ingalls Shipbuilding for modern- ization work. The frigates will undergo hull, deck and structural repairs, and receive new sonar transducers, rudders and main propulsion shafts. The ships are scheduled to be relaunched in

December and delivered back to the Venezuelan Armada in early 2000.

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NASSCO And U.S. Navy

Complete Keel Laying For

Fourth Sea lift Newbuild

National Steel and Shipbuilding

Company (NASSCO) and the U.S.

Navy have completed the keel lay- ing for the fourth Sealift New

Construction ship (T-AKR 313).

NASSCO is contracted to build seven Strategic Sealift ships at a total value of $1.5 billion. The first two newbuilds, USNS Watson and

USNS Sisler, were launched in

July 1997 and February 1998 respectively. The third in the series, USNS Dahl, is scheduled to be launched in October. In addition to the Sealift New Construction ship program, NASSCO has con- verted three containerships to

Strategic Sealift ships: the USNS

Shughart, the USNS Yano and the

USNS Sodermand have been deliv- ered to the Navy.

Crowley American Transport

Tops Survey On Quality

Crowley American Transport of

Jacksonville, Fla. has been named a "Best of the Best" carrier in the 1998 Quest for Quality survey run by Logistics Management &

Distribution Report magazine.

Five performance categories were surveyed, including on-time per- formance, value, equipment and operations, customer service and information technology. Crowley was ranked No. 2 overall in the world by buyers of international ocean transportation who answered the survey, and No. 1 in the equipment and operations cat- egory.

Marinesafety Dedicates

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July 21, 1998 saw the opening of the newest and largest of

Marinesafety's ship simulator facilities in Norfolk, Va. The center features four visual bridge simula- tors and two radar navigation

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