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I - f i. I For free information on the products and services of the following shipyards mentioned in the Outstanding Oceangoing Ships of 1992 story, circle the corresponding number on the Reader Service Card. Shipyard Ship(Name/Type) Reader Service Number Daewoo Shipbuilding Mastera/'Tanker 95 Hanjin Heavy Industries Hanjin Osaka/Container Ship 78 Hitachi Zosen Otello/Car-Truck Carrier 79 Hyundai Heavy Industries Bergeland/Ore Carrier 80 Kvaerner-Masa Shipyards Futura/Tanker 81 NASSCO R.J. Pfeiffer/Container Ship 82 Newport News Shipbuilding George Washington/Aircraft Carrier 83 North American Shipbuilding Nathaniel B. Palmer/Ice Breaking Research Vessel 84 Samsung Heavy Industries Patriot/Tanker 85 Ulstein Western Regent/Seismic Research Vessel 86 OCEANGOING OF 1992 The Mastera from Daewoo Shipbuilding R.J. PFEIFFER NASSCO Circle 82 on Reader Service Card The M/V R.J. Pfeiffer was con- structed by National Steel and Ship- building Company (NASSCO) of San Diego and designed in collaboration with Odense Steelshipyard of Den- mark. The Hawaii II class containership, built for Matson Navigation, represents the first con- tract for a large, oceangoing com- mercial ship to be awarded to any U.S. Shipyard since 1984. The 21,500-dwt R.J. Pfeiffer is designed for unrestricted, worldwide fast container service, and will be used on Matson's Pacific coast-Ha- waii route. The vessel has a draft of 34.5 feet and a speed, at 90 percent MCR, of 22.5 knots. Propelled by a MAN B&W 8L80MC, slow speed, single screw main diesel engine, with two B&W type NA-70 turbocharg- ers, the ship is capable of producing 33,680 hp. MAN B&W licensee Kawasaki built the two stroke, eight-cylinder engine, which stands nearly four stories high and weighs 992 tons. Ulstein Maritime provided the thrusters. The five-blade, moder- ately skewed, fixed pitch propeller, which measures 7.72 m in diameter, was manufactured by Thyssen Rheinstahl, which also supplied the ship's shafting. Wartsila Vasa was chosen to pro- vide the ship's three 2,000-kW, three-phase service diesel genera- tors, as well as the 500 kW backup unit. The auxiliary boiler and exhaust economizer both come from Senior Green, the former being a 7,500 lb/ hr, 102 PSIG unit, the latter a 5,800 lb/hr, 102 PSIG unit. The steering gear, supplied by Anschutz of America (Frydenbo), is an electro-hydraulic, four cylinder ram type, The 1,600 hp electro- hydraulic bow thruster has a vari- able pitch impeller and was pro- vided by Ulstein Maritime. Norcontrols provided the engine controls, which allow remote control and monitoring of machinery. Pro- pulsion machinery can also be con- trolled from the bridge. Navigation equipment, primarily supplied by Sperry Marine, Inc. and Raytheon, includes: radar/collision avoidance system; gyro compass; echo sounder; doppler speed log; satellite navigation system; Loran C; and a radio direction finder. The Bergeland from Hyundai Heavy Industries The R.J. Pfeiffer from NASSCO The Otello from Hitachi Zosen The George Washington from Newport News Shipbuilding December, 1992 15 WALLEN1US
