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NEW & NOTABLE

TNSW, Meyer Werft Deliver

First Gas Tanker

The first of two gas tankers ordered by the Norwegian owner

Solvang ASA was delivered on

December 11, 1998. The ship was built in cooperation between Meyer

Werft Shipyard and Thyssen

Nordseewerke. Clipper Viking, at an overall length of 480 ft. (146 m), marks Meyer Werft's comeback into the gas tanker newbuilding market. The vessel can reach a speed of 18 knots and is able to transport ethylene, LPG or vinyl chloride monomer, ammonia and propylene oxide in three tanks.

The second tanker will be conveyed from TNSW to Meyer Werft for final outfitting at the beginning of

March and is scheduled to be deliv- ered to Solvanga ASA in mid 1999.

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Clipper Viking Main Particulars

Classification Det Norske Veritas

Length, o.a 480 ft. (146 m)

Breadth, molded 67.3 ft. (20.5 m)

Depth, to main deck 45.3 ft. (13.8 m)

Draft, design (Ethylene) 25.3 ft. (7.7 m)

Draft, design (VCM) 32 ft. (9.7 m)

DWT, at VCM draft 13,500

Speed, trial at Ethylene draft, 90% MCR . .17 knots

Cruising range, VCM draft 12,000nm

Cargo tank volume 12,500 cu. m.

Main engine MAN B&W 6L50 MC

Propeller Lips

Auxiliary diesel engines ... .MAN-Holeby/Siemens

Anchor/mooring winches Hatlapa

Lifeboat Fassmer

Spade rudder Becke

Steering gear Porsgrunn

Bowthruster Lips

AC Heinen & Hopman

Oil-free compressors Sulzer

Refrigerant compressors Sabroe

Nitrogen production plant Carbotech

Winninghoff Delivers Pilot

Boat To Harbor Services

Harbor Services, Inc., a support organization for the Canaveral

Pilots Association of Port

Canaveral, Fla. has taken delivery of a 40 ft. pilot boat of welded alu- 80 minum by Winninghoff Boats, Inc.

Designed by Bill Preston of Marine

Design, Inc., this boat is an updat- ed version of a pilot boat design that Preston has been perfecting since 1976, incorporating improve- ments in equipment, systems and construction methods along the way. The most significant changes on this 1998 version are the use of foam fendering, the addition of a second helm station and the cre- ation of NC cutting files for hull and superstructure components.

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Pilot Boat Main Particulars

Delivery September 1998

Length, o.a 40 ft. (12 m)

Breadth 12 ft. (3.6 m)

Draft 4.5 ft. (1.4 m)

Displacement 17,400 lbs

Top speed 22 knots

Propulsion engine Detroit Diesel 8V92TA

Transmission Twin Disc DD511V

Shafting Aquamet

Propeller Hall&Staver

Steering system Hynautic

Rudder H & H Propeller, Inc.

Controls Kobelt/Morse

AC Technicold, Rich Beers Marine, Inc.

Fendering Viking Fender Co.

Hatches and doors Freeman Marine, Inc.

Heat Maradyne

Paints Ameron

Seating Bostrom

Thermal and acoustical insulation . .Soundown, Inc.

Trim Tabs Boat Leveler Co.

Windows Beclawat Manufacturing, Inc.

Wipers... .Wynn Marine Ltd., In-Mar Systems, Inc.

Seacraft Shipyard Delivers

Luxury Dive Yacht

Seacraft Shipyard Corp. of

Amelia, La. have delivered the

M/V Cayman Aggressor IV to

Aggressor Fleet Ltd. The 110 ft. (34 m) aluminum luxury dive yacht was designed by Seacraft Shipyard and is Cayman Island Shipping

Registry certified. Two 12V71TI main engines, closed coupled to a pair of Twin Disc 514, 2.5:1 trans- missions enables the Cayman

Aggressor IV to cruise at 12 knots.

The propeller shafts and rudders are stainless steel and were fabri- cated at Seacraft's machine shop.

Electricity is supplied by one 30 kW and one 40 kW generator. The aft dive deck features storage lock- ers for diving gear, air and nitrox fill stations, fresh water dip tank, and two access ladders.

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NASSCO Delivers Second

Sealift Newbuild

National Steel and Shipbuilding

Company (NASSCO) has delivered

USNS Sisler to the U.S. Navy. This is the second Sealift New

Construction ship built by NASS-

CO under the Strategic Sealift

Program. Originally contracted to be delivered in May 1999, the ship was completed under target cost and accepted by the Navy six months ahead of schedule. All seven Sealift ships awarded to

NASSCO are being named for U.S.

Army Medal of Honor recipients.

USNS Sisler is named after U.S.

Army First Lieutenant George "Ken" Sisler, a posthumous recip- ient of the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in Vietnam in 1967.

The first new construction ship,

USNS Watson (pictured), was delivered in July 1998. The third ship, USNS Dahl, was launched in

October 1998 and remains under construction at a NASSCO pier.

The fourth ship is under construc- tion at NASSCO.

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USNS Sisler Main Particulars

Flag U.S.

Classification ABS

Length, o.a 950 ft. (289.5 m)

GT 72,718

Displacement 62,823 LT

Speed, service 24 knots

Cargo capacity 393,660 sq. ft. % high tensile steel 60% (plate)

Main engine General Electric LM 2500 Plus

Propellers, Bowthrusters Bird Johnson

Thruster engines Bird Johnson

Generator engines Caterpillar

Generators Caterpilla

Motor starters Point Eight

Fin stabilizers Blume

Couplings Waukesha

Reduction gears General Electric

Engine controls General Electric

Steering controls C.S. Controls

Deck machinery Edgewater Marine

Shafting Bird Johnson

Austal Delivers Second Fast Ferry To French Caribbean

Austal Ships has deliv- ered its second high speed catamaran under contract to

Compagnie Chambon for its

French Caribbean fast ferry operation, L'Express des lies. The 131 ft. (40 m) Opale

Express with join the 157 ft. (48 m) ferry Jade Express, also built by Austal Ships.

With a speed of 35 knots and a carrying capacity of 302 passengers, the twin deck aluminum Opale Express is powered by two MTU 16V 396TE74L engines and will provide interisland service between Point a Pitre on Guadeloupe, Marie Galante and Les Saintes.

The vessel features part of the Austal "Ocean Leveller" ride control system, incorporating interceptors aft with the exclusion of T-foils for- ward due to shallow draft restrictions at some of the island ports-of-call.

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Flag French

Classification ... .Bureau Veritas

Contract date May 1998

Float out date .. .September 1998

Delivery date October 1998

Length, o.a 131 ft. (40 m)

Length, b.p 121 ft. (36.9 m)

Breadth, molded .35.4 ft. (10.8 m)

Draft, design 4.3 ft. (1.3 m)

DWT, design 48.6 tons

GT 449 tons

Complement 7

Passengers 304

Opale Express Main Particulars

Speed, service 35 knots

Cargo capacity 9 tons

Bunker 12,900 L

Main engines ... .MTU 16V 396

Total HP2 x 1,980 kW at 1,940 rpm

Auxiliary engines

MTU 6R099TE51

Wateijets Kamewa

Emergency generator. .Deutz, Fin stabilizers Austal

Couplings Thomas

Reduction gears Reintjes

Engine controls MTU

Steering controls Kamewa

Deck machinery . .Muir, Windlass

Coatings ... .International Paints

VHF radio Sperry

SSB radio Sperry

Radar Kelvin Hughes

Compass C-Plath

GPS Leica

SATNAV Inmarsat-C

Air conditioning Austal

Lifeboats Zodiac

Liferafts Viking

Fifi system Salwico