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Rigdon Christens Slap Shot
Friday, May 16, 2008
Billy Guice, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Rigdon Marine Corporation (RMC), announced the christening and delivery of Slap Shot in Lockport, La. Mrs. Danya Goerig , wife of Ed Goerig, RMC’s Controller, christened the eighth of 10 Rigdon 4000 Class vessel with the traditional champagne against the bow. Upon delivery, the Slap Shot was deployed on a term contract to a major oil independent in the U.S. GOM.
The Slap Shot is a 190 x 46 x 18-ft., diesel electric, DP-2 PSV, which features a capacity of 4,000 barrels of liquid mud in an oval, self-cleaning, segregated tank system. The PSV will also include three (3) x Z-Drives and two large forward tunnel thrusters. The Rigdon 4000 Class PSVs are capable of serving a wide array of marine applications in all water depths. The remaining two (2) Rigdon 4000 class PSVs are expected to deliver by the end of August 2008.
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