Merchant Vessels Under Construction Or On Order At U.S. Yards — May 1, 1981

Jun 1, 1981 Page 42 381 words

Data table

Tabulation by builder of merchant vessels under construction or on order at U.S. yards as of May 1, 1981, with owner, type, hull numbers and estimated tonnage, horsepower and cost.

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Builder / Owner / Total No. / Type / Hull Nos. / Est. GT (Each) / Est. DWT (Each) / Est. HP (Each) / Est. Total Cost ($Mil.)

American Ship Building — Interlake Steamship, 1, Bulk, 909, 32,000, 59,000, D-16,000, 50.0.

Avondale Shipyards — American President Lines, 3, Container, 2329-31, 40,500, 30,300, D-43,200, 330.0; Suwanee River, 2, Tug/Barge, 2325-8, 16,000, 41,300, D-18,200, 75.4; Ogden Marine, 2, Products, 2318-19, 25,000, 42,000, D-15,000, 100.0; Corps of Engineers, 1, Dredge, 2322, 9,900, 8,000, D-10,400, 67.5; United States Trust, 1, Dredge, 2332, —, 9,980, D-13,800, 40.0; Exxon Company U.S.A., 3, Products, —, 26,000, 43,000, D-17,000, 300.0.

Bath Iron Works — Corps of Engineers, 1, Dredge*, 402, 6,000, —, D-7,000, 65.0; Falcon 1 Sea Transport, 2, Tanker, 404-5, 24,000, 33,900, D-14,720, 142.0; Calif. & Hawaii Sugar, 1, Barge*, 406, 21,000, 37,000, —, 25.0.

Bay Shipbuilding — Goodyear Steamship, 1, Bulk, 724, 12,000, 23,500, D-7,500, 25.0; Ogelbay Norton, 1, Bulk, 726, 33,000, 50,000, D-14,000, 52.4; Beker Shipping, 1, Bulk Barge, 728, 20,000, 41,000, —, NA; Universal American Barge, 1, Bulk Barge, 729, 17,500, 33,000, —, NA; Ocean Barge, 1, Bulk Barge, 730, 17,500, 33,000, —, NA.

Bethlehem-Sparrows Point — Artemis Marine, 1, Tug/Barge, 4652, 32,000, 47,000, D-18,200, 52.6; First-Fifth Tug/Barge, 5, Tug/Barge, 4653-7, 32,000, 47,000, D-18,200, 266.0.

Equitable Shipyards — City of New York, 2, Ferry, 1713-14, 3,000, 4,200, D-7,800, 30.0.

General Dynamics-Quincy — Coastwise Shipping, 4, Tank Barge, 73-75, 82, —, 27,000, —, 57.0; New England Electric, 1, Collier, —, 23,500, 36,000, T-12,000, 60.0; Waterman Steamship, 1, RO/RO-Cont.*, —, 18,500, 23,500, T-32,000, 61.0.

Levingston Shipbuilding — Asco Falcon 1, 3, Bulk, 751-3, 23,500, 36,000, D-14,800, 120.0.

National Steel & SB — Union Oil, 3, Products, 415-17, 24,500, 37,500, T-13,000, 150.0; American Tankships, 2**, Products, 419-20, 24,500, 37,500, D-11,400, 102.0; American Trading Trans., 3, Products, 424-6, 27,000, 44,000, D-11,400, 153.0.

Norfolk Shipbuilding — Coordinated Caribbean, 1, Barge, 34, 4,000, 6,680, —, 21.2.

Southern Shipbuilding — Great Lakes Dredge, 1, Dredge, 120, 3,300, 4,400, D-3,000, NA.

Sun Ship, Inc. — Sun Transport, 1, Products, 677, 17,000, 31,000, D-14,200, 36.0; Waterman Steamship, 2, RO/RO-Cont., 679-80, 18,500, 23,500, T-32,000, 137.5.

Upper Peninsula SB — State of Michigan, 1/4, Tug(1)/Barge(4), 001-5, 5,400, 10,000, D-8,000, 35.5.

* Subcontracted from Sun Ship. ** Option for three additional sister ships.

Mentioned in this article

Company

American Ship Building builder
Avondale Shipyards builder
Bath Iron Works builder
Bay Shipbuilding builder
Bethlehem-Sparrows Point builder
Equitable Shipyards builder
General Dynamics-Quincy builder
Levingston Shipbuilding builder
National Steel & Shipbuilding builder
Norfolk Shipbuilding builder
Southern Shipbuilding builder
Sun Ship, Inc. builder
Upper Peninsula Shipbuilding builder
American President Lines owner
Exxon Company U.S.A. owner
Waterman Steamship owner
Interlake Steamship owner

Transcribed from the June 1981 print edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News. Text is OCR-derived and may contain errors.