The barge will be delivered in summer 1996. R.A. Stern is a full-service naval architectural firm, servicing commercial and government clients, both U.S. and foreign. For more information on R.A ...

Grand Canal barges have no fancy names, no mermaids planted on the bow, no corny sayings painted on the stern. Instead they have letters and numbers stamped on the side, like the brand on a cow.

(HII photo) (HII photo) The stern section was shipped aboard Holland - GDEB’s 400-foot barge - for the 400-mile journey from Newport News to GDEB’s Quonset Point, Rhode Island shipyard.