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LEWES. DEL. - The Delaware River and Bay Authority will dedicate its new ferry, the MV. New' Del. at the Cape May-. Lewes Ferry terminal here U:30 a.m., July 23. # The vessel Will be christened by its sponsor. Mrs. Elise R.W. duPont, with the^raditional breaking of a champagne bottle on the ship's bow. Mrs.'duPtmt is the wife of Delaware Gov. Pierre S. duPont, who also will participate in the dedication ceremonies. M.V. NEW DEL. which will be placed into service immediately following .the dedication, will permit the use of four ferry vessels during the peak summer season. Following the dedication service, the public may board the vessel and inspect it from

noon until 2 p.m The new ferry is 320 feet long and 68 feet wide with a maximum draft of 7 feet. It can carry 300 passengersand 100 vehicles at a speed ,of, up to 16 knots. The ship wa$. constructed by the Norfolk Shipbuilding & Dtydock Corporation under a $10.7 million contract signed August 1979 THE . CAPE May—Lewes ferry service for the 17-mile tpp across the Delaware Bay has been in operation since July 1964. With the early announcement of plans for an Atlantic City gambling industry. the authority—which also operates the Delaware Memorial Bridge—prepared for an increase of traffic. In 1972. the old steam ferries were replaced with three diesel-

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oowered vessels at a cost of $4 million each. In the ensuing years, traffic climbed slowly until the opening of the first casino in May. 1978. Traffic on the Cape May-Lewes, Ferry for the twelve month period ended June 30. 1981, shows a 28.5 per cent increase over the same

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