Bath Iron Works Awarded
$610.1-Million Contract
To Build Three Destroyers...
The U.S. Navy recently awarded
Bath Iron Works (BIW), Bath,
Maine, a contract worth
$610,109,000 to build three Arleigh
Burke Class (DDG-51) Aegis guided
missile destroyers.
The three destroyers, DDG-54,
-56, and -58, will each have a length
of 504 feet, beam of 59 feet and dis-
place 8,300 tons. The vessels will
each be powered by four gas turbine
engines.
Artist's conception of the Arleigh Burke Class (DDG-51) guided missile destroyer. Bath Iron
Works is building the lead ship of this class, BIW drawing
While Ingalls Receives
$466.5-Million Navy Pact
To Build Two Others
The U.S. Navy recently awarded
the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of
Litton Industries, Pascagoula,
Miss., a $466.5-million contract to
build two Arleigh Burke (DDG-51)
Class Aegis guided missile de-
stroyers.
The ships will each have an over-
all length of 504 feet, beam of 59 feet
and displace 8,300 tons. Each will be
powered by four gas turbine engines
to speeds in excess of 30 knots.
Construction of the ships, desig-
nated DDG-55 and -57, is scheduled
to get underway in September 1990
and May 1991, respectively.
Anadac, Inc. Awarded
$27.7-Million Contract
Anadac, Inc., an Arlington, Va.,
professional services firm was re-
cently awarded a multiyear $27.7-
million contract to provide engi-
neering and technical services to the
U.S. Navy's Aegis Shipbuilding Pro-
gram.
MSI Offers Naval And
Commercial Training
At Simulator Complex
MarineSafety International
(MSI), a professional training or-
ganization, operates a shiphandling
simulator training complex in New-
port, R.I. The complex houses four
interactive ship simulators. Unique
features of the complex are a "true"
bridge wing simulator, a wheelhouse
simulator with a 250-degree visual
including a view over the stern and
multi-media learning feedback cen-
ters.
In addition to training up to 1,200
February, 1989
Naval officers per year, the MSI
complex is used to train merchant
marine officers and harbor pilots.
Courses have been conducted for
Chevron, American President Lines
and many other U.S. and Canadian
companies.
The bridge wing simulator is an
excellent tool for training pilots in
the techniques of close-in maneu-
vering and docking. Courses have
been conducted for the San Francis-
co Pilots, the State of California,
and many Canadian pilot groups.
Training for Panama Canal Pilots at
the Newport complex will begin in
April.
For a free brochure detailing the
courses available from MSI,
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Tracor Marine Awarded
$3.6-Million Navy Contract
Tracor Marine, Inc., a subsidiary
of Tracor, Inc., has been awarded a
$3.6-million contract by the Naval
Surface Warfare Center (NSWC)
for engineering and technical sup-
port services.
Bender Awarded
Contract To Overhaul
Navy Research Vessel
Bender Shipbuilding & Repair
Co., Inc., Mobile, Ala., was recently
awarded a $438,070 contract for the
regular overhaul of the USNS Bart-
lett (T-AGOR-13), an oceanograp-
hic research vessel based at Port
Everglades, Fla.
Bender is a full-service shipyard
that builds, converts and repairs
vessels for the commercial and gov-
ernment sectors.
For free literature detailing the
shipbuilding and ship-repairing ser-
vices of Bender,
Circle 37 on Reader Service Card
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