NASSCO Delivers 'S/S Coast Range'—
Second Of Three Carlsbad Class For Union
The S/S Coast Range (shown
above), a 37,500-dwt product car-
rier built by National Steel and
Shipbuilding Company (NASS-
CO), San Diego, Calif., for Union
Oil Company of California, was
delivered to Union Oil recently
in ceremonies at the San Diego
shipyard. The ship was received
by Glenn O. Burk, president of
West Coast Shipping Company,
which will operate the Coast
Range.
The keel for the 658-foot ves-
sel was laid June 2, 1980. The
vessel was launched January 10,
1981.
The S/S Coast Range, a Carls-
bad Class carrier with a capacity
of 300,000 barrels, is capable of
transporting 10 different prod-
ucts simultaneously. A cylindrical
appendage-type bulbous bow im-
proves vessel speed. A steam tur-
bine engine provides maximum
fuel efficiency and conservation.
The ship will carry products from
Union Oil's refineries in Los An-
geles and San Francisco to Alas-
ka, Hawaii and the U.S. West
Coast.
The S/S Coast Range is the
second of three sister ships to be
delivered to Union Oil this year.
NASSCO delivered the S/S Blue
Ridge on June 27, 1981 (see MR
of September 15, 1981, pg. 8), and
the S/S Sierra Madre is sched-
uled to be delivered in December.
The vessels incorporate the
most modern equipment available
and will meet the latest safety
and environmental protection
standards, including double bot-
toms, a clean segregated ballast
system, an inert gas system, a
sewage treatment plant, collision
avoidance radar, and a backup
steering system.
NASSCO currently has under
contract six product carriers, two
Navy destroyer tenders and a
Navy cable repair ship. The com-
pany's backlog of new construc-
tion and repair work was approxi-
mately $559 million at the end
of August. NASSCO has been en-
gaged in marine construction for
more than 35 years, and is wholly
owned by Morrison-Knudsen
Company, Inc., Boise, Idaho.
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