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NASSCO Delivers Fourth Product Tanker to APT

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September 27, 2016

  • Bay State underway during sea trials in September 2016 (Photo: General Dynamics NASSCO)
  • Dave Farrell, project manager for American Petroleum Tankers, and Kevin Graney, vice president and general manager for General Dynamics NASSCO, make the delivery of the Garden State official. (Photo: General Dynamics NASSCO)
  • Bay State underway during sea trials in September 2016 (Photo: General Dynamics NASSCO) Bay State underway during sea trials in September 2016 (Photo: General Dynamics NASSCO)
  • Dave Farrell, project manager for American Petroleum Tankers, and Kevin Graney, vice president and general manager for General Dynamics NASSCO, make the delivery of the Garden State official. (Photo: General Dynamics NASSCO) Dave Farrell, project manager for American Petroleum Tankers, and Kevin Graney, vice president and general manager for General Dynamics NASSCO, make the delivery of the Garden State official. (Photo: General Dynamics NASSCO)
General Dynamics NASSCO has delivered Bay State, the fourth of five new Jones Act ECO Class product carriers under contract with American Petroleum Tankers (APT). The vessel was delivered on Monday, September 26 during a signing ceremony at the NASSCO shipyard in San Diego.
 
The ECO Class design Bay State is a 610-foot-long, 50,000 deadweight-ton, LNG-conversion-ready product tanker with a 330,000 barrel cargo capacity. The ship’s construction began in May 2015.
 
“The Bay State is the product of world-leading design, engineering and construction.” said Kevin Graney, vice president and general manager for General Dynamics NASSCO. “We take pride in knowing we are delivering another high-quality vessel to our partner, American Petroleum Tankers.”

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