Billy Guice, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Rigdon Marine Corporation (RMC), announced the christening and delivery of Slap Shot in Lockport, La. Mrs. Danya Goerig , wife of Ed Goerig, RMC’s Controller, christened the eighth of 10 Rigdon 4000 Class vessel with the traditional champagne against the bow. Upon delivery, the Slap Shot was deployed on a term contract to a major oil independent in the U.S. GOM.
The Slap Shot is a 190 x 46 x 18-ft., diesel electric, DP-2 PSV, which features a capacity of 4,000 barrels of liquid mud in an oval, self-cleaning, segregated tank system. The PSV will also include three (3) x Z-Drives and two large forward tunnel thrusters. The Rigdon 4000 Class PSVs are capable of serving a wide array of marine applications in all water depths. The remaining two (2) Rigdon 4000 class PSVs are expected to deliver by the end of August 2008.