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In the Shipyard

New Orders | Deliveries | Launched | New Concepts

HII Christens Jeremiah Denton

Star of the Seas Delivered

New Deliveries Launched (DDG 129) to Royal Caribbean

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Meyer Turku/ Mediascope Productions

HII christened the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG

Meyer Turku delivered Star of the Seas – the second Icon 129), the third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be class ship built at the Meyer Turku shipyard – to Royal Carib- built at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. The bean. The 365 x 48.5m, Bahamas-? ag ship can accommo- ship’s name honors former U.S. Sen. Jeremiah Denton Jr., date 7,600 passengers and 2,350 crew. Star of the Seas' eight a Vietnam War veteran who was awarded the Navy Cross for different ‘neighborhoods’ include the largest water park in his heroism as a prisoner of war. He spent 34 years as a naval the seas, the Central Park with live plants, the AquaTheatre aviator, including eight years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. with water acrobatics and around 40 different places to eat.

He is known for his act of genius during a televised broad-

The cabin and entertainment solutions of this state-of-the-art cast in captivity, when Denton spelled out the word “torture” ship have been developed in cooperation with long-standing through Morse code using his eyes to blink the code. Follow- partners of Meyer Turku Shipyard. The third ship in the series, ing his Navy career, Denton was elected to the U.S. Senate

Legend of the Seas, will after the summer be ? oated out from representing his home state of Alabama in 1980.

the dry dock to the out? tting pier. may also be deployed in certain years on the coast of Africa and in the Antilles and French West Indies-Guyana zone. It will house a crew of 12 people and 10 scientists.

The Anita Conti stands out for the wide range of energy-sav- ing technologies and low-consumption solutions implemented - from the design of the hull, the design of the electrical plant, the energy distribution system, the heat recovery system, the level of thermal insulation to the ef? ciency of the air conditioning.

The diesel-electric propulsion system will be composed of three variable-speed, biodiesel-compatible generator sets feeding two shaft lines driven by electric motors and a direct current (DC) electrical distribution system.

Ifremer’s New RV Launched in Spain

Ifremer/Freire Shipyard

This set, together with a battery pack, will enable very good energy ef? ciency, optimization of consumption, operational re-

A new research vessel built for the French oceanographic ? eet dundancy and compliance with acoustic requirements according operated for the National Science Community by the French to BV COMF 2 class notation and DNV SILENT-F standard.

national Institute of Ocean Sciences (IFREMER) has been The dynamic positioning system and the electric bow thrust- launched at the Freire Shipyard celebrated in Vigo, Spain. er improve the vessel's maneuverability.

The oceanographic vessel was named Anita Conti in honor Anita Conti will be equipped with a gondola under the hull of France's ? rst woman oceanographer, as a tribute to her pio- housing all the acoustic transducers that will enable it to ex- neering legacy in the exploration and study of the sea. plore and map the seabed and water column. It also has labo-

Designed to replace the vessel Thalia, the Anita Conti will ratories and a scienti? c PC.

fully integrate the French Oceanographic Fleet in 2026. It will The vessel will feature an oceanographic marine telescopic be capable of operating advanced underwater vehicles such as main crane at the stern for marine use for launching and retriev-

AsterX, IdefX, UlyX and Ariane. al of scienti? c equipment and general maneuvering at the stern

The French-? agged oceanographic vessel will measure 45 of the vessel. In addition, it will have an A-type stern gantry, a x 11.5m, designed to carry out research missions in coastal T-type side gantry. For scienti? c ? shing operations, this vessel areas in mainland French waters (Bay of Biscay, Channel) but will also have two trawling winches and a removable net drum.

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