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Huntington Ingalls Industries completed another successful sea trial as the amphibious transportdock Anchorage (LPD 23) returned from a three- day testing voyage in the Gulf of Mexico. The company's seventh ship in the LPD 17 class re- turned following rigorous testing of most of the ship's systems. During the five-day acceptance trial evolution on land and at sea, the U.S. Navy's Board of Inspec- tion and Survey (INSURV) observed more than 220 test events demonstrated on the ship by Ingalls' test and trials team. The team thoroughly tested ship systems such as anchor handling, flight oper- ations, steering, navigation, ballasting and de-bal- lasting the well deck, and compartment airbalancing.Island Offshore?s Gas-Powered OSV Rolls-Royce said that Island Offshore has taken delivery of Island Crusader, the first gas powered Rolls-Royce offshore vessel. This new UT 776 CDG platform supply vessel, is the first of two ordered by Island Offshore. ?A very important area for Island Offshore is re- duction in fuel consumption,? said Håvard Ulstein, Managing Director of Island Offshore. ?With the UT 776 CD, the favorable hull lines contribute to a very low consumption rate over a wide range of operating drafts. We believe that the most significant contribution to reducing emissions is to reduce fuel consumption for a given amount of work done. Going for LNG fuel is a logical step in reducing emissions even further. ?This is the first offshore vessel to fea- ture lean burn gas engines as main engines. As a result Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emissions will be reduced by about 90 percentwhile Sulfur Oxide (SOx) emissions and particulates will benegligible. CO2 emissions will also be significantly reduced. The vessel is also equipped with two diesel engines for periods when it needs to operate away from gas supply. LPD 23 Completes USN Trials MR#7 (1-9):MR Template 7/9/2012 9:33 AM Page 9