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St. Louis Ship To Construct Another 8,400-Hp Towboat For Upper Mississippi Towing St. Louis Ship, Division of Pott Industries, Inc., St. I ouis, Mo., has received a contract from Upper Mississippi Towing Corporation of Minneapolis, Minn., for another triple-screw towboat. The new towboat, to be named the Andrea Lynne, will be similar to the St. Louis Ship- built M/V Leslie Ann, delivered to Upper Mis- sissippi in 1971. The Andrea Lynne will feature a Hydrodyne hull and Kort nozzles, and will measure 2C0 feet by 50 feet by 11 feet 6 inches. She will be powered by EMD 16-645E5 diesel engines, developing 8,400 hp at 900 rpm. The vessel will be delivered in mid-1973. WESTINGHOUSE TURBINE RENEWAL PARTS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ANYWHERE Authorized Marine distributor for Westinghouse Turbine Renewal Parts, Port Electric maintains a complete stock of replacement parts in its own warehouse for immediate delivery. Authorized Marine Distributors ton Westinghouse: Turbine, Controller and Motor Renewal Parts Cutler-Hammer: Controller Parts Clark: Controller Parts A/so available: Replacement Parts for Monitor, Reliance, Crocker Wheeler, and others. PORT ELECTRIC Turbine Division OF PORT ELECTRIC SUPPLY CORP. 155-157 Perry Street, New York, N. Y. 10014 Call (212) 255-4530 SHIP SERVICE OUR SPECIALTY Kockums Delivers Eleventh VLCC—The Texaco Sweden The eleventh 255,680-dwt tanker in a series of 20 such ships—the Texaco Sweden—is shown during her success- ful sea trials in the North Sea. Designed and built by Kock- ums, this class of ships has shown excellent results on trials. Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads, Malmo, Sweden, recently delivered the 255,680-dwt VLCC Texaco Sweden to Texaco Overseas Tankship Ltd. of London. This tanker is the eleventh in the shipyard's current series of 20 such very large crude carriers. The delivery ceremonies took place at Malmo after success- ful trials in the North Sea, where a mean speed of 16.1 knots was attained. The contract speci- fied a speed of 15.9 knots. The Texaco Sweden was built under special survey of the American Bureau of Shipping and is fitted out in accordance with the laws and regulations of the British government. The new tanker has an overall length of 1,117 feet 2 inches, a length between perpendiculars of 1,080 feet, a beam of 170 feet, a depth of 84 feet, a draft of 65 feet 10}4 inches, a cargo ca- pacity of 11,962,855 cubic feet and a clean-bal- last capacity of 272,417 cubic feet. The cargo section is divided into 15 cargo tanks and two slop tanks (260,835 cubic feet total). Clean bal- last tanks are arranged only in the forward and aft peak tanks and as wing tanks in way of the engine room. Fuel oil is carried in a forward deep tank and in orre center and two wing tanks adjacent to the engine room. Propulsion is by a regular set of Kockum- Stal-Laval bridge-operated cross-compound triple reduction geared steam turbines of 32,- 000 shp at a propeller speed of 85 rpm. Steam is supplied from two Kockum-built Combustion Engineering type V2M-8 boilers with panel- welded and glass-wool insulated walls. In gen- eral, the engine room is automated for continu- ous one-man watches at sea. The deck machinery consists mainly of two combined winch/windlasses, ten self-tension- ing 30-ton mooring winches winches amidships and a 3 t< operated on a gantry aft of The bridge features a con and chartroom equipped wi date range of non-computeri tion, including an all-electri doppler docking system, weather recorder and two R with interswitch. Carrington Slipway Experiencing Rapid The Roeborne, built for Cliffs Wes Company, makes a gigantic splasl and official opening of the new 40-acre flow-line shipyard at Newo The new Carrington Slip yard at Tomago, New Soutl is experiencing boom condit: build-up of 15 years of bus site, the move to their new May of last year has succe projected increase visualize take place. Although the cc joy the government shipbui six months ago, they had launchings in 1972. Projects under way for building of two ferries for S of the most sophisticated ] the Australian coast, and a the Department of Abo: Queensland. Carrington Slipways has ing a specially designed tu the near future to introduce can market. This 85-foot t steering nozzles which ena neuver full ahead, full aster The new shipyard is laid building way can be add< would be capable of handlir feet in length and would dc pacity. 228,500-Dwt Iranian Ordered From IHIY —A First For Japan IHI (Ishikawajima-Hari tries Co., Ltd.), Japan, co with the National Iranian 1 Iran at I Hi's Tokyo office 1972, for building a 228,5C The contract was signe managing director of the Tanker Company, and H. I IHI. This is the first time shipbuilding industry has from an Iranian shipowner The VLCC of 117,500 grc at IHI's Yokohama Shipyz measure approximately 1,' length; length between ] feet; breadth, 164 feet; dept 68 feet. She will be powei IHI turbine and will cruist of 16.5 knots. Completion is scheduled SINCE 1858 ... GUARANTEE OF QUALITY & EXPERIENCE W. W. 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