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4 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News C20906 Portal In1k tabliod.indd 1 2/17/2005 12:34:44 PM Circle 233 on Reader Service Card Leading Off Made in the USA Northrop Grumman Corporation hosted a visit from Chelsea Cooley, Miss USA, who toured construction of the Virginia-class submarine North Carolina (SSN 777), named after her home state, at the company's Newport News shipyard. Cooley is the first woman from North Carolina to be named Miss USA in 54 years. During her visit to the shipyard, she also went aboard the submarine Texas (SSN 775) and met with sailors from the North Carolina's pre-commissioning unit and shipbuilders and sub- marine veterans from the state of North Carolina. Shipbuilders Stanley Britt and Deborah Jordan were among the employees who met Miss USA Chelsea Cooley during her visit to Northrop Grumman Newport News. Both Britt and Jordan are from North Carolina and work in the sector's submarine program. (Photo by Chris Oxley) Photographs taken to launch the Poseidon Challenge at the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion near Athens in Greece. Top Right Representativers of international shipown- ers and other members of the international tanker industry with INTERTANKO chairman Stephen Van Dyck (5th from right). Middle Left Stephen Van Dyck, Chairman, INTER- TANKO, and Mrs Janice Van Dyck Bottom Right Petros Kourtis (second from left) and his group of traditional greek musicians Krotala. MR AUGUST 2005 #1 (1-8).qxd 8/5/2005 10:25 AM Page 6
