Tuesday, July 13, 2010

General Dynamics NASSCO Delivers Fourth Product Carrier

General Dynamics NASSCO Delivers Fourth Product Carrier
July 13, 2010

SAN DIEGO, -General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), today delivered the fourth ship of its State-class product carriers to American Petroleum Tankers, LLC, a joint venture of the Blackstone Financial Group. The ship is named Empire State, the state nickname of New York.

NASSCO began constructing the Empire State in January 2009. At a length of 600.4 feet (183 meters), the double-hulled ship has a cargo capacity of approximately 331,000 barrels. The Empire State will be used initially to carry refined petroleum products for the Department of Defense under a commercial charter.

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