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Soviet-Pepsi Deal:

Soda For Ships, Vodka

In what is reportedly the largest deal ever undertaken between a

U.S. company and the Soviet Union,

PepsiCo. Inc., Purchase, N.Y., mak- ers of the nation's number two soft drink, has agreed to trade Pepsi-

Cola in exchange for ships and vod- ka.

Under the agreement, which has been estimated to be worth as much as $3 billion, Pepsi will upgrade and expand the number of its bottling plants in the USSR and provide

Pepsi-Cola syrup in exchange for

Stolichnaya Russian Vodka and 10 tankers and freighters, ranging in size from 28,600 to 65,000 tons, with a value of over $300 million.

According to the Wall Street

Journal, Pepsi will assist the So- viets in selling or leasing 10 com- mercial ships in international markets. The ships will provide

Pepsi with foreign exchange credits, part of which will be used to open the first Pizza Hut restaurants in

Moscow later this year. Pepsi owns the Pizza Hut chain.

Fairbanks Morse Receives

Order For 16 Engines

From Avondale

The Fairbanks Morse Engine Di- vision of Colt Industries in Beloit,

Wis., has been awarded contracts from Avondale Industries to supply eight 16-cylinder Colt-Pielstick

PC2.5V engines, and eight 12-cylin- der opposed piston engines for a re- configured class of Navy amphi- bious ships.

The diesel engines, shock quali- fied in accordance with military specifications, will propel and pro- vide auxiliary power for the Cargo

Variant Class, a follow-on project to the eight ships in the Landing Ship

Dock (LSD) Program.

The internal structures of the car- go variants have been modified to carry fewer Hovercraft and more cargo than the LSDs. Both versions of the ship utilize the same Fair- banks Morse Colt-Pielstick PC2.5 engines rated at 8,500 bhp and 520 rpm for propulsion and have the same length and beam. The opposed piston engines, rated at 1,300 kw, that provide shipboard power for the cargo variants are being modi- fied to incorporate technological ad- vances that have been made since the LSD Program.

The initial order received by Fair- banks Morse in the cargo variant program was for engines that will equip the first two vessels. The De- partment of Defense is projecting that three more ships of this config- uration will be built through 1994.

Fairbanks Morse Engine manu- factures and markets large, heavy- duty diesel, gas and dual fuel en- gines and parts for industry, marine propulsion, and for stationary and marine power generation.

For free literature describing the entire line of Fairbanks Morse En- gine Division marine diesels,

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L&C Associates Installs

Protective Sealing System

Aboard USNS Mispillion

Installation of a Protective Seal- ing System aboard the jumboized oiler USNS Mispillion was recently completed in San Francisco, Calif., by L&C Associates, Inc. of North

Hampton, N.H.

The Mispillion, assigned National

Defense Reserve status, must con- form to a rigorous reactivation schedule which includes a 50-90 day "breakout" in the event of an emer- gency. L&C's patented Protective

Sealing System, a flexible, spray- applied, strippable seal, is used to protect the ship from moisture- induced corrosion. The strippable nature of the seal assures that the "breakout" requirements will be met.

L&C engineers and technicians designed and installed the dehu- midification, sealing, and alarm sys- tem for the vessel featuring a 600-

CFM dehumidifier, and PSS. The alarm network monitors the mois- ture content of the air in the dehu- midified spaces. The turnkey instal- lation was completed within five days.

For free literature giving full in- formation on L&C Associates,

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The only sateom good enough to keep them talking.

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Only Magnavox puts it all together in a system that's sophisticated enough for the future, and simple enough for anyone to operate. Backed by worldwide service and more than a decade of experience.

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