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Nassco Lays Keel for Fifth Tanker

General Dynamics Nassco, based in San Diego and the last large shipbuilder on the West Coast, said Nov. 17 that it laid the keel for the fifth product carrier ship it’s building for American Petroleum Tankers LLC.

Nassco began constructing the ship, the Evergreen State, in May. The double-hulled ship will have a cargo capacity of 331,000 barrels, and carry oil and chemical products between U.S. ports. Delivery is expected in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Nassco is also building a series of dry cargo/ammunition ships for the U.S. Navy, and employs some 4,300 people at its site on San Diego Bay, near the Coronado Bridge.

— Mike Allen

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