Fourth Litton-Built LHD Amphibious
Assault Ship Christened "Boxer"
Boxer, the fourth LHD assault ship built at Ingalls, will be commissioned in 1994.
The fourth vessel in the new Wasp
LHD) class of multipurpose am-
phibious assault ships being built
for the U.S. Navy by Litton's Ingalls
Shipbuilding division was chris-
tened Boxer on Aug. 28, 1993, at
Ingalls' production facility in
Pascagoula, Miss.
The 40,500-ton vessel is 844 feet
long, with a beam of 106 feet. Two
steam propulsion plants, develop-
ing a combined 70,000 hp, will drive
LHD-4 to speeds in excess of 20
knots.
A total of six ships in the LHD
program have been contracted or
built by Ingalls, the first being the
USS Wasp(LHD-l), delivered to the
U.S. Navy in 1989. Following Boxer,
which will be delivered and commis-
sioned into active Navy service in
1994, Ingalls has two additional
LHDs, Bataan (LHD-5) and
Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) under
contract.
Each LHD is the centerpiece of a
Navy amphibious ready group. The
ships' primary mission is the em-
barkation, deployment, command
and support of a fully equipped U.S.
Marine landing force of approxi-
mately 2,000 troops by helicopter
from the flight deck and by landing
craft from a huge sheltered "well
deck" in the stern section of the ship.
The vessels also operate with naval
battle groups, providing aircraft and
Foss Maritime Acquires
Brix Maritime
Foss Maritime Company and Brix
Maritime Company announced that
the companies have reached an
agreement for Foss to acquire Brix.
The transaction was expected to be
complete by mid-September.
"The addition of Brix Marine will
enable Foss to strengthen its broad
range of marine service activities,
including harbor services, regional
and ocean towing and transporta-
tion, vessel repair, and environmen-
tal services throughout the Pacific
Basin from Alaska to Southern Cali-
fornia," explained Tom Van
October, 1993
command facilities for sea control
missions.
For combat support as well as
disaster relief and other humani-
tarian missions, the Boxer will have
six fully-equipped medical operat-
ing rooms, four dental operating
rooms and hospital facilities to care
for 600 patients.
The Wasp class is the first class
specifically designed to accommo-
date the air cushion landing craft
(LCAC) and Harrier (AV-8B) STO/
VL (Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing)
jets, which will provide close air
support for the assault force. This
ship will also accommodate the full
range of Navy and Marine Corps
helicopters, conventional landing
craft and amphibious vehicles.
LHD-4 will have more than 22,000
square feet of vehicle space, and
100,000 cubic feet of cargo space.
Accommodations for nearly 3,000
troops and crewmembers (the crew
numbers 97 officers and 980 enlisted
personnel) are provided in the ship's
living areas.
The name Boxer is given in honor
of five previous U.S. Navy ships of
that name. Most recent was the
aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV 21),
which earned eight battle stars for
its Korean War service.
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Dawark, Foss president and CEO.
The acquisition expands Foss into
all Oregon and Washington Colum-
bia River ports and the Columbia,
Snake River inland region. Brix
Maritime Company has a staff of
375, and is supported by a diverse
and effective fleet of 60 tugs, 65
barges, and other associated equip-
ment. Services offered by Brix in-
clude Columbia and Snake River
transport and terminaling, harbor
services, log towing and storage;
Coeur d'Alene marine services; Pa-
cific Northwest harbor services; Pa-
cific Basin ocean towing; and vari-
ous ancillary marine activities.
"The combination of strengths of
Foss Maritime and Brix Maritime
into one organization will provide
our customers with the broadest,
most capable and efficient marine
transportation and support services
available," Mr. Van Dawark con-
tinued.
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vices of Foss Maritime,
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Sulzer Engines Chosen For
Burmeister & Wain
Skibsvaerft AS-Built Ships
Two 74,500-dwt bulk carriers re-
cently ordered from Burmeister &
Wain Skibsvaerft AS in
Copenhagen will be equipped with
Sulzer diesel engines. Up until
now, only B&W, and lately MAN
B&W engines have been used for
ships built by this yard.
The ships, which were ordered
by Suisse-Atlantique SA, will each
have a Sulzer 5RTA62U low-speed
engine of 15,100 bhp (11,100 kW)
output at 113 rpm.
These five-cylinder engines will
be supplied by New Sulzer Diesel of
Winterthur, Switzerland, as the
main contractor, providing engi-
neering, installation and trial sup-
port, while the manufacturing of
the engines has been sub-contracted
to the licensee Korea Heavy Indus-
tries & Construction Co. Ltd.
These bulk carriers, the 70 BC
Mark V, are an improved version of
Burmeister & Wain's popular
Panamax bulker design.
Burmeister & Wain Skibsvaerft has
been highly successful in the past
with the batch production of bulk
carriers.
These first two Mark Vs will be
the very first ships at Burmeister &
Wain Skibsvaerft in its 150-year
history to be powered by a Sulzer
diesel engine. It is anticipated that
further engine orders will follow as
the batch production of Mark V
bulkers continues.
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engines,
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Elliott Bay Designs
Multi-Purpose Tug For
Tidewater Marine
Outboard profile drawing of a multi-purpose tug
Elliott Bay designed for Tidewater Marine.
Tidewater Marine Services of
New Orleans has commissioned
Elliott Bay Design Group of Seattle
to develop a concept design for a
new ship-assist/ocean towing tug
with submarine-handling capabili-
ties.
The new design envisions a 3,300-
hp tug powered by twin Detroit
Diesel 16V-149 TI main engines
driving Ulstein 1350-H Z-Drives.
Auxiliary power would be provided
by two Detroit Diesel 6-7 Is with 75-
kW generators, and a 12V-71 to drive
hydraulics and fire pumps. The tug
will be 95 feet long overall, with a
beam of 34 feet and a draft of 12 feet.
For submarine handling, the boat
will feature a cutaway forefoot with
bow fendering that extends down-
ward to the keel. Elliott Bay's de-
sign also calls for towing and haw-
ser winches for towing and ship han-
dling, plus two 2,000-gpm fire moni-
tors.
"Tidewater asked us for a design
to match their well thought-out con-
cept of a multi-purpose tug," noted
Elliott Bay President John
Waterhouse, "and that's just what
this vessel is designed to provide."
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Textron Lycoming TF40s To
Power New Super-Yacht
Textron Lycoming annouced that
two of its TF40 marine turbine en-
gines will be used to power a new
super-yacht to be built by John
Staluppi, well known in the boating
world for his interest in high-speed
megayachts.
Bigger and more powerful, yet
more traditional in design than other
boats built by Mr. Staluppi, this
new yacht will be built in the 150-
foot range and will be powered with
the TF40 turbines and two diesels in
a Combined Diesel or Gas (CODOG)
configuration.
In a CODOG propulsion system
the turbines and the diesels are con-
nected to the same gear box. Gener-
ally, the diesel is used for start-up
and slow-speed running, with the
turbine brought on line for high-
speed bursts of power.
According to Carroll Oates,
Lycoming manager of turboshaft
marketing, "The TF40 has found a
significant new market among
megayacht owners and designers
because it has a high power-to-horse-
power ratio, is much lighter, and
occupies less than one-tenth the space
of a comparable diesel engine. This
smaller size and lighter weight al-
lows more flexibility to design craft
that are faster than ever before and
have more usable space. Addition-
ally, the TF40 is environmentally
friendly — meeting or exceeding all
current worldwide standards."
Mr. Oates added, "This new ves-
sel is expected to be launched in 1995
and will be built with engineering
concepts that will be common in
yachts in the year 2000."
Textron Lycoming Turbine Engine
Division, located in Stratford, Conn.,
is a subsidiary of Textron Inc., a
multi-industry company with opera-
tions in three business categories:
aerospace/technology, commercial
products, and financial and other
services.
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Lycoming,
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