Sparrows Point Yard
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- Keel-Laying Ceremony Held At Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Yard For First of Two Navy Survey Vessels Maritime Reporter, Oct 1986 #9
The first of two Navy oceanographic survey vessels, the USNS Maury (T-AGS-39), was recently dedicated by Rear Adm. John R.
Seesholtz, USN, Oceanographer of the Navy, at keel-laying ceremonies at Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows Point, Md., yard.
According to David Watson, Sparrows Point general manager, the $130-million, two-ship Navy contract would be employing approximately 1,100 workers when the construction reaches its peak in the next few months. The Maury is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in December 1987.
Joining Admiral Seesholtz at the keel-laying ceremony were Rep.
Helen Delich Bentley (R-Md.); Rear Adm. Harry K. Fiske, Deputy Commander, Amphibious Auxiliary, Mine and Sealift Directorate, NAVSEA; Rear Adm. Richard F.
Donnelly, Vice Commander, MSC; Rear Adm. Henry G. Chiles Jr., Director, Strategic Submarine Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; Capt. Martin Staiger, Supervisor, Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, USN, Portsmouth, Va.; and Capt. William C..
Pfister, Program Manager, Auxiliary/ Special Mission, Ship Acquisition Program, NAVSEA.
Representing Bethlehem Steel, in addition to Mr. Watson, were James H. Leonard, vice president of the steel-related group, and David H. Klinges, president of the marine construction division.
The yard began construction of the vessels in February of this year.
The sister ship, named the USNS Tanner (T-AGS-40), is scheduled for completion in April 1988.
The ships were designed by the Sparrows Point yard's engineering department and M. Rosenblatt & Sons, Inc. of New York. Each ship has a 499-foot length overall, 72-foot beam and a 51-foot depth. Once delivered, they will be operated by civilian crews under the direction of the Military Sealift Command, and will be primarily used to conduct ocean surveys and provide scientific data.
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- Beth-Sparrows Point Yard Installs $1.1-Million Intermediate Gate For Building/Vessel Servicing Basin Maritime Reporter, Feb 1986 #8
The Sparrows Point shipyard of Bethlehem Steel Corporation has completed the construction and installation of a $l.l-million intermediate gate for its 1,200-foot-long building and vessel servicing basin. The gate, shown in one of two fixed locations in the basin, will provide a savings to the yard
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- Sparrows Point Yard Wins Repair Contract For 'Energy Independence' Maritime Reporter, Jan 1986 #47
The Sparrows Point Shipyard of Bethlehem Steel Corporation has been awarded a major contract for the repair of the S.S. Energy Independence, according to David Watson, general manager. The 666-foot-long coal carrier, owned by the New England Collier Company in Philadelphia, Pa., entered the yard
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- Sparrows Point Yard Delivers Third Maersk MPS Conversion Maritime Reporter, Oct 15, 1985 #10
The last vessel in a three-year, three-ship reconstruction program at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point Yard near Baltimore was renamed the Pvt. Harry Fisher by Congresswoman Helen D. Bentley (R-Md.), guest of honor and sponsor at the christening ceremonies. Formerly named the Evelyn Maers
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- T-AKX Prepositioning Ship Delivered By Bethlehem's Sparrows Point Yard Maritime Reporter, Apr 1985 #44
, 84,933 gallons of potable water, and 615,083 gallons of fuel. The first prepositioning ship, Cpl. Louis J. Hauge Jr., was delivered by the Sparrows Point yard in the summer of 1984. In addition to the Anderson, one more ship will be delivered by the Baltimore yard in the fall of this year. Another
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- Bethlehem's Sparrows Point Yard Delivers 530,000 DWT In 1976 Maritime Reporter, Feb 15, 1977 #32
Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point (Md.) shipyard delivered a record-shattering 530,- 000 deadweight tons of shipping in 1976. The yard launched two 265,000- dwt tankers and delivered two during 1976. The year ended with employment slightly down, but still at a relatively high level
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- First Of Two Farrell Lines Containerships Christened At Bethlehem Sparrows Point Yard Maritime Reporter, Jul 1978 #23
, the first of two containerships being constructed for Farrell Lines Incorporated, was christened on June 9, at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point Yard, Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Margaret McFarlane, wife of Duncan McFarlane, director of Thomas Borthwick & Sons, Ltd. in Australia, was the sponsor
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- Griffin-Alexander III Commissioned At Beth Baltimore Maritime Reporter, Sep 15, 1981 #20
Beaumont, Texas, yard and delivered within the last three months. Two additional rigs for Griffin-Alexander are under construction at the Sparrows Point yard, and the remaining three units will be delivered from Beaumont. With the completion of this rig, the Sparrows Point yard will have delivered
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- Bethlehem's Sparrows Point Y a r d Gets First Drilling Rig Contract Maritime Reporter, May 1980 #26
of Houston Offshore, and David H. Klinges, vice president in charge of shipbuilding, Bethlehem Steel. This marks the first time that the Sparrows Point yard has received a contract for an offshore drilling rig, although the yard has built several mats (the part of a jackup rig that rests on the
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- $81 -Million Tanker American Spirit To Transport Oil From Alaskan Pipeline To Panama Canal Maritime Reporter, Aug 1977 #10
Steel Corporation for Gulf Oil Corporation at a base contract cost of approximately $81.4 million, was christened recently at the steel company's Sparrows Point (Md.) Yard. Mrs. Jerry McAfee, wife of Gulf's chairman of the board, officiated at the noon ceremony with the traditional bottle of champagne
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- Bethlehem Steel Consolidation At Sparrows Point Strengthens Competitive Position Maritime Reporter, May 1988 #20
and other types of marine products and provide a full range of vessel repair and modification services. Acquired by Bethlehem in 1916, the Sparrows Point yard has the capability to build and repair a wide range of vessels and fabricate a variety of structural components and industrial products
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- Ocean Survey Ship, USNS Tanner, Launched By Beth-Sparrows Point Maritime Reporter, Dec 1989 #9
Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) recently christened the ocean survey ship USNS Tanner (T-AGS-40) at ceremonies at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point, Md., shipyard. Rear Adm. Richard F. Pittenger, Oceanographer of the Navy, was the principal speaker. The Honorable Mimi W. Dawson, former Deput
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 27RADM PHILIP SOBECK, MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND With COVID, we had to make some hard choices for our Do your CIVMARs have upward mobility? mariners because we couldn’t rotate. Many of our mariners The Navy has Sailors who become “Mustangs,” and work found other employment, and were able to use their skills
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 25RADM PHILIP SOBECK, MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND Photo by Brian Suriani USN Military Sealift Command From a global supply chain perspective, What makes MSC so vital to the we’ve learned a lot about dealing with Navy’s ? eet and our military disruptions. COVID delivered a big forces around the world? wake-up
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 13from gasoline to methanol, but compared to just buying an EV After some pondering, I think I can reduce it to this logi- today that is a pointless exercise. It would actually make more cal sequence: sense to buy a plug-in hybrid that is con? gured for methanol It is the carbon. We want zero carbon as
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 12Back to the Drawing Board When Efficiency Does Not Help Sustainability By Rik van Hemmen y brother and I had a discussion about methanol This study concluded that the Toyota Prius Prime is the green- where we concluded that methanol is a prom- est car you can buy in the United States. ising sustainable
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 42People & Companies Nevey to Head TAI Hires Kalla Washington State Ferries TAI Engineers appointed Amer Steve Nevey has been selected to Kalla as director of production design. serve as assistant secretary for the FMC Names Usman CIO Washington State Ferries Division, Nevey Schwandt succeeding Patty
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 41Vessels Gripper ing European CTV operator Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) and U.S.-based investment ? rm OIC. The vessel, based on N-O-S’ 30-meter G-class design, fea- tures Volvo Penta’s IPS propulsion system and is said to be “hybrid-ready”, meaning it was built with space reserved for all the
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 39There are ? ve major paint catego- lenges in shipyards is managing small building is a multifaceted endeavor ries in new construction shipbuilding: parts, which are prone to surface rust that demands integrative systems before installation. Optimizing the planning, as well as adoption of new 1.
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 30Feature Shipbuilding Crowley Crowley’s electric tug eWolf, built by Master Boat Builders. Administration (MARAD) put a cost of $97 million on the ulatory ? lings, the vessel “is expected to be delivered and vessel. The same yard has also been contracted to build an operational in 2025.” Filings with
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 28Feature Shipbuilding WindServe Marine you don’t have the sustained backlog.” Previous editions of Marine News’ U.S. Shipbuilding re- port have noted the increasing concern about what ABS’s Bleiberg (moderating the Marine Money panel) called “the big push for sustainable” shipping”, adding that: “What we
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 26Feature ECO Edison, the ? rst U.S.- Shipbuilding built wind farm service operations vessel. Ørsted U.S. SHIPBUILDING REPORT By Barry Parker If nothing else, building vessels in the U.S. is a com- handle), handling “…government and commercial work, plicated business. primarily newbuilds, but also
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 24Feature Navigation cables, 9 miles of cables connecting substations and up to blurred, undependable information for vessel crews. two export transmission cables with “associated secondary In the fairways Notice, the USCG references the NAS cable protection” (text is from the permit) within a 42-mile-
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 17OpEd Shipbuilding can industrial base. building, repairing, repowering and local communities at a time in which Second, the Congress must pri- maintaining ships, not to mention our maritime strength is needed more oritize stable and predictable budgets the massive supply chain that sup- than ever
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 35PTI/PTO 30 years ago shaft generators with PTI capability kept container ships sailing at top speed. That purpose gone, PTI/PTO is making a new comeback in more cargo shipping segments, this time for reducing emissions. By Wendy Laursen etro? tting a shaft generator is not an insigni? - the ef? ciency