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Homepage <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <center><H2>Avondale Press Archive</H2><p></center> <center><h3>1997</h3></center> <p> <a href="/news/1997/9-4-97.htm">September&nbsp;4,&nbsp;1997</a> Avondale & Ingalls Execute Agreement to Pursue Shipbuilding Projects<br> <br><a href="/news/1997/7-24-97.htm">July&nbsp;24,&nbsp;1997</a> Avondale Reports Second Quarter Earnings<br> <br><a href="/news/1997/6-30-97.htm">June&nbsp;30,&nbsp;1997</a> Avondale Announces $332 Million Contract for two Commercial Crude Carriers with Arco Marine, Inc. with Options for three Additional Ships<br> <br><a href="/news/1997/5-27-97.HTM">May&nbsp;27,&nbsp;1997</a> Avondale Announces Award of New Option for Additional Strategic Sealift Ship<br> <br><a href="/news/1997/4-24-97.htm">April&nbsp;24,&nbsp;1997</a> Avondale Withdraws Registration Statement for Offering of 3.0 million Shares of Common Stock<br> <br><a href="/news/1997/4-17-97.HTM">April&nbsp;17,&nbsp;1997</a> Avondale Reports 30% Increase in First Quarter Earnings Per Share<br> <br><a href="/news/1997/4-7-97.HTM">April&nbsp;7,&nbsp;1997</a> Avondale's Award of LPD 17 Navy Contract Reaffirmed by General Accounting Office<br> <br><a href="/news/1997/3-21-97.HTM">March&nbsp;21,&nbsp;1997</a> First Navy Strategic Sealift Ship Christened USNS BOB HOPE at Avondale Industries, Inc., March 15, 1997<br> <br><a href="/news/1997/3-17-97.HTM">March&nbsp;17,&nbsp;1997</a> Avondale Files Registration Covering 3.0 Million Shares of Common Stock; Avondale ESOP Plans Sale of Approximately 2,950,000 of Total Shares Registered<br> <br><a href="/news/1997/1-29-97.HTM">January&nbsp;29,&nbsp;1997</a> Avondale Reports Record 1996 Income<br>> <P> <center><h3>1996</h3></CENTER> <P> <br><a href="/news/1996/12-17-96.HTM">December&nbsp;17,&nbsp;1996</a> Avondale Awarded $641 Million Navy Contract For First LPD-17 Ship; Full Program Expected to Include 12 Vessels<br> <br><a href="/news/1996/11-26-96.HTM">November&nbsp;26,&nbsp;1996</a> Avondale Announces Exercise of a Contract Option for Additional Sealift Ship<br> <br><a href="/news/1996/10-31-96.HTM">October&nbsp;31,&nbsp;1996</a> Avondale Reports Third Quarter Results<br> <br><a href="/news/1996/10-8-96.HTM">October&nbsp;8,&nbsp;1996</a> Avondale Industries, Inc., Christens First Double-Hulled Tanker, Captain H.A. Downing, for AHL Shipping Company<br> <br><a href="/news/1996/9-25-96.HTM">September&nbsp;25,&nbsp;1996</a> Avondale Industries Awarded Department of Defense's James S. Cogswell Award for Industrial Security<br>> <br><A HREF="/news/1996/7-29-96.html">July&nbsp;29,&nbsp;1996</A> Avondale Reports Second Quarter Results<br> <br><a href="/news/1996/5-24-96b.HTM">May&nbsp;24,&nbsp;1996</a> Avondale Industries, Inc., Launches First Double-Hull Product/Chemical Carrier<br> <br><a href="/news/1996/5-24-96.HTM">May&nbsp;24,&nbsp;1996</a> Avondale Industries, Inc., Delivers USNS Laramie (T-AO 187)<br> <br><A HREF="/news/1996/4-26-96.html">April&nbsp;26,&nbsp;1996</A> 1996 Annual Shareholders' Meeting Results<br> <br><A HREF="/news/1996/4-22-96.html">April&nbsp;22,&nbsp;1996</A> Avondale Reports 57% Increase in First Quarter Income<br> <br><A HREF="/news/1996/4-8-96.html">April&nbsp;8,&nbsp;1996</A> Avondale and Maritrans Extend Agreement<br> <br><A href="/news/1996/2-29-96.HTM">February&nbsp;29,&nbsp;1996</a> Ninth Dock Landing Ship LSD 52 Christened PEARL HARBOR at Avondale Industries February 24, 1996<br> <br><A HREF="/news/1996/2-8-96.html">February&nbsp;8,&nbsp;1996</A> Avondale ESOP agrees to sell 3,114,000 shares of Avondale Common Stock<br> <br><A HREF="/news/1996/1-16-96.html">January&nbsp;16,&nbsp;1996</A> Avondale Reports 1995 Results<br> <br><A HREF="/news/1996/1-12-96.html">January&nbsp;12,&nbsp;1996</A> Avondale's Contract with Primorsk Expired<br> <p> <center><h3>1995</h3></center><p> <br><A HREF="/news/1995/12-29-95.htm">December&nbsp;29,&nbsp;1995</A> Avondale Reaches Settlement With the U.S. Navy On Its Request for Equitable Adjustment for the Coastal Minehunter Program<br> <br><A HREF="/news/1995/12-28-95.htm">December&nbsp;28,&nbsp;1995</A> Avondale Announces Award of a Contract for Additional Strategic Sealift Ship<br> <br><A HREF="/news/1995/12-21-95.htm">December&nbsp;21,&nbsp;1995</A> Avondale ESOP Plans Offering of 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock<br> <br><A HREF="/news/1995/11-21-95.htm">November&nbsp;21,&nbsp;1995</A> Avondale and Maritrans Ocean Transport Sign Shipyard Contract<br> <br><A HREF="/news/1995/10-30-95.htm">October&nbsp;30,&nbsp;1995</A> Avondale Reports Third Quarter Income<br> <br><a href="/news/1995/10-3-95.HTM">October&nbsp;3,&nbsp;1995</a> Avondale Announces Keel Laying for First Double-Hull Product/Chemical Carrier for American Heavy Lift Shipping Company<br> <br><A HREF="/news/1995/8-30.html">August&nbsp;30,&nbsp;1995</A> Avondale Teams with Bath and Hughes for LPD 17 Program<br> <br><A HREF="/news/1995/8-3.html">August&nbsp;3,&nbsp;1995</A> Avondale Announces Contract with Primorsk Shipping Group<br> <br><A HREF="/news/1995/7-26-95.html">July&nbsp;26,&nbsp;1995</A> Avondale Reports Significant Second Quarter Gains<br> <br><a href="/news/1995/7-18-95.HTM">July&nbsp;18,&nbsp;1995</a> Avondale Delivers Bally's "Belle of Orleans"<br> <br><a href="/news/1995/6-22-95.HTM">June&nbsp;22,&nbsp;1995</a> Avondale Announces Contract for River Hopper Bargesv <br><a href="/news/1995/04-12-95.HTM">April&nbsp;12,&nbsp;1995</a> Avondale Industries, Inc., Christens and Launches Bally's "Belle of New Orleans"<br> <br><a href="/news/1995/02-23-95.HTM">February&nbsp;23,&nbsp;1995</a> Avondale Industries, Inc., and American Heavy Lift Shipping Company Reach Agreemen<br> <br><a href="/news/1995/2-3-95.HTM">February&nbsp;3,&nbsp;1995</a> Pearl Harbor Survivors Take Part in Keel-Laying Ceremony for Avondale Ship Pearl Harbor (LSD-52)<br> <br><a href="/news/1995/01-23-95.HTM">January&nbsp;23,&nbsp;1995</a> Avondale Industries, Inc., Christens T-AO 204, RAPPAHANNOCK, for the U.S. Navy<br> <p> <hr> <p> <address><center> &copy; 1997 Avondale Industries, Inc. <br>P.O. 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