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Naming Ceremony Held for First of Ten OSG Tankers

The Naming Ceremony was held for the first product tanker in OSG's 10 ship series. Aker Philadelphia Shipyard achieved another significant milestone in the build program with keel laying for the third vessel in the series. The first section of the double- hulled product tanker scheduled for completion in late 2007 was lowered into the yard's building dock, the same dock where construction is underway on the second ship in the series. As part of the ceremony, coins were placed under the keel block recreating a long-standing tradition whereby shipbuilders hide special coins in the keel section of a ship as a permanent symbol of good fortune and safe travels.