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New & Notable

After a seven-year search process, the company settled into its current site, which was previously owned by Flohr

Metal Fabricators. The 35,000 sq. ft. yard and offices has been instrumental in the company's expanding all-alu- minum vessel line.

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Bay Shipbuilding Delivers

OPA 90 Barge

Bay Shipbuilding (BSC) of Sturgeon

Bay, Wise., completed construction of

Mobil Oil's new 140,000-barrel, double- hull tank barge. Named Seneca, the barge will be utilized to transport refined petroleum products in

Exxon/Mobil's northeast U.S. markets.

Measuring 504 x 78 x 37 ft. (153.6 x 23.7 x 11.2 m), the barge has 16 epoxy coated cargo tanks that can be offloaded with four cargo pumps, each rated at 3,800-bph. The vessel holds a cylindri- cal bow with a deep notch stern

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Seneca was designed by Corning

Townsend of CT Marine, and although construction called for additional need- ed time, both parties (Mobil and BSC) benefited from an accelerated delivery - occurring on December 13, 1999 - four months ahead of schedule.

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Ingalls-Built IWO JIMA Is

Navy's Newest LHD 7

LHD 7, the U.S. Navy's newest large- deck multipurpose amphibious assault vessel was christened Iwo Jima on

March 25 at Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. The vessel is the second of its kind to bear the namesake of the heroic participants in the 1945

Battle of Iwo Jima - an event that was remembered by the six men who raised the American flag over Mount Surib- achi. Second in size to the Navy's air- craft carriers, the LHD 7 is designed to transport the Navy/Marine Corps by the sea to land battle, as well as support the effort, primarily was the command ves- sel of an Amphibious Ready Group.

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Cruise Ship Tender Arrives

The 88 ft. (26.8 m) cruise ship tender,

Pinta, was delivered to Royal Caribbean

Cruise Lines (RCCL) by Keith Marine,

Palatka, Fla. Engineering for Pinta was provided by DeJong & Lebet Naval

Architects.

Classed by DNV to hold 250 passen- gers, the tender boasts large fuel tanks and water tanks for transfer to the shore facilities at the remote island that it ser- vices.

Power is provided by a pair of Detroit

Diesel Series 60 main engines, develop- ing 400-hp at 1,800-rpm.

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