On April 22, Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Tenneco, laid the keel for Despotico, the first of nine double-hulled commercial product tankers the shipyard is building for two ...
The implementation of this strategy is readily seen in the first Eletson ship, Despotico, with its propellers from J a p a n (Nakashima) and rudders from the U.K. (Hamworthy). Still A Navy Yard ...