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Stewart & Stevenson Orders Utility Boat From Mangone Ship Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc., Houston, Texas has ordered an offshore, oil-well utility vessel from Mangone Shipbuilding Co., Houston. The dimensions of the vessel will be 156 feet 6 inches by 36 feet by 15 feet. It will be pow-ered by 2,400-total-bhp diesels and is designated Hull No. 95. FOR LARGE OR SMALL PLANTS... Wilson makes a complete line of tube expanders, cleaners and ac-cessories for plants ranging in size from utilities to small apartment houses. Thomas C. Wilson, Inc. 21-11 44th Avenue, Long Island City, New York 11101 Phone: 212-729-3360 Better tools for better work Lockheed's SCIENTERRIFIC ship repair facilities The story of our new tenth-scale lofting system ? whereby a scanner follows a tenth-scale pattern and guides automatic machinery to precision-cut steel to the exact size and shape required ?is too unusual for ordinary words. So, we coined a term for this amazing per-formance?SCIENTERRIFIC! It's in direct con-trast to another phase of LSCC's versatility-talented human facilities for splicing rope, or managing complex machines. This versatility pays off in faster, better repairs for you. That's why Lockheed is called the "now" shipyard. If you need us, call. Now! LOCKHEED SHIPBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 2929 16th AVE. S.W., SEATTLE, WASH. 98134 PHONE 206-623-2072 . CABLE LOCKSHIP NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: James R. Porter 17 Battery Place, New York, N.Y. 10004 ? Phone 212-943-8795 Newport News Awarded $88-Million Contract For Two Nuclear Subs Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Va., has been awarded a fixed - price - incentive-fee contract (subject to labor and material esca-lation) for the construction of two nuclear-powered attack submarines, SSN686 and 687. The contract, N00024-69-C-0307, was awarded by the Naval Ship Systems Command. The two submarines were au-thorized by Congress in the Fiscal Year 1969 Shipbuilding and Con-version Program. The contract price was given as $88-million. Bumble Bee Requests Bids For Large Seiner Bids for the construction of a 160-foot steel seine and bait fishing vessel for Bumble Bee Seafoods are to be received by the Maritime Administration on September 17. Requests for IFB should be sent to Bumble Bee Seafoods, c/o B. F. Jensen, naval architect and marine engineer, 71 Columbia Street, Se-attle, Wash. 98104. The vessel is to be delivered at owner's pier, Asto-ria, Ore. Halter Marine To Build Twin-Screw Tugboat For Jackson Marine Halter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La., has been given an order by Jackson Marine Serv-ice to construct a twin-screw tug-boat. It is to have the following di-mensions : 109 feet by 32 feet by 16 feet and be equipped with 2,300-total-bhp diesels. It has been desig-nated Hull No. 237. NSSC Awards Uniflite $l-Million Contract Uniflite Corporation of Belling-ham, Wash., has been awarded a contract to build twenty-three 31-foot river patrol boats (PBR) by the Naval Ship Systems Command. The negotiated fixed-price contract, NC0024 70-C-0211, is in the amount of $1,089,489. "Bio-Gun" Tube Cleaner uses air or water pressure to remove soft deposits from condensers and air condi-tioning units. Let Wilson tube cleaners and expanders work for you. Under their rugged exterior is a precision powerhouse designed to get the job done fast and done right. Ask a Wilson representative to show you what we mean. Or write for Brochure TC-6602. Electrically driven tube cleaner kits efficiently remove scale from y8"-4" OD straight tubes, l"-4" OD curved tubes. Fast, thorough, safe. Expanders for tubes up to 4y2" OD roll and flare in one operation. Models for parallel or non-parallel expanding. MARITIME REPORTER ENGINEERING NEWS 107 EAST 31st STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10016 MUrray Hill 9-3266, 3267, 3268, 3269 ESTABLISHED 1939 No. 17 Volume 31 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News is published the 1st and 15th of each month by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc., with executive, advertising and editorial offices at 107 East 31st Street, New York, N. Y. 10016; publishing office at 41 First Street, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 Controlled Circulation postcge paid at Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 Member Business Publication!) Audit of Circulation, tnC. 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News