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$81 -Million Tanker American Spirit To Transport Oil From Alaskan Pipeline To Panama Canal
The American Spirit, a supertanker built by Bethlehem Steel Corporation for Gulf Oil Corporation at a base contract cost of approximately $81.4 million, was christened recently at the steel company's Sparrows Point (Md.) Yard. Mrs. Jerry McAfee,
Patti Shipbuilding Delivers Oceangoing Tug M/V Navasota To Brazosport Towing
Patti Shipbuilding of Pensacola, Fla. recently delivered the oceangoing tug M/V Navasota to Brazosport Towing Co. Inc. of Freeport, Texas. The Navasota is a 100-foot by 30-foot, 3,600-hp class oceangoing tug and is ABS classed + Maltese cross A1 all ocean towing service,
Bender Delivers Scalloper 'Westport' To Tradewind Fishing
Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Company of Mobile, Ala., recently delivered the scalloper Westport to Soren Henriksen of Tradewind Fishing Corporation, New Bedford, Mass. She is the first of four identical vessels under construction at the Bender yard.