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Bollinger Shipyards delivered the first Auxiliary Personnel Lighter–Small (APL(S)) Class berthing and messing barge (APL-71) to the Navy last week, the first such craft since the company acquired contract winner VT Halter Marine. The company said this is the fifth APL(S) to be delivered to the service and third that will be homeported at Norfolk, Va. The previous four similar berthing barges were built and delivered by VT Halter Marine. Bollinger, based in Lockport, La., finished its acquisition of VT…
