At recent NASSCO keel-laying ceremony (L to R): Russell Ramsey, operations manager, American Tankships, Inc.; Trevor Lucey, chief inspector, American Tankships; Phil Thorpe, American Bureau of Shipping; Capt. C.S. Wetherell, U.S. Coast Guard; C. Larry French, president and chief operating officer, NASSCO; A. Montes, welding foreman, NASSCO; Cyrus Webb, keel-layer and president, American Tankships; Robert Carson, vice president, American Tankships; Jeremy White, engineering manager, American Tankships; and A.W. Lutter, vice president, marketing, NASSCO.