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mm I 3 floating drydocks ? to 18,000 tons We repair ships the same way we build them...precise/y LSCC has built many military vessels including amphibious assault ships and destroyer-escort types, requiring facilities and capabilities for sophisticated and precision construction. Many of these same facilities are used in our Ship Repair Division, which can handle anything from wood hulls to hydrofoils. LSCC combines tradition and technology to provide you with the finest repairs in the least time at a most reasonable cost?"right now" when you need it. We give 'round-the-clock service if required, so when you need ship repairs, call us. LOCKHEED SHIPBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CD. 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 212-943-7795 U.S. Lines Applies For Subsidy To Enlarge New Containerships The United States Lines has ap-plied for government subsidy to en-large the container capacities of three new ships delivered and put into service only last year. The company estimated it will cost $125,000 each to install permanent ballast and extended bulwark protec-tion on the American Lancer and the American Legion, and $130,000 for the same work on the American Liberty. The reconstruction would raise the ships' capacity, in terms of 20-foot container equivalents, from the pres-ent 1,000 to 1,200, or about 16 per-cent, U.S. Lines said. Wiley Wins Contract From West Coast Firm For Two Dump Scows E. R. Rice, president of Smith-Rice Company, 835 China Basin Street, San Francisco, and C. M. Keeney, vice-president, Equipment Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Vare Corporation, New York City, have announced a contract for the con-struction of two 1,000-cubic-yard bottom dump scows. Designed by Wiley Manufactur-ing Co., Port Deposit, Md., a divi-sion of Equipment Systems, Inc., the scows will have principal di-mensions of 150 feet by 38 feet by 15 feet 6 inches, with four cargo hoppers. Cargo will be discharged by means of Wiley's patented hy-draulic system actuating the hop-per doors. This contract has been awarded to Equipment Systems, Inc. on the basis of design and cost competi-tion. Following completion of the scows at Wiley's Port Deposit shipyard, they will be towed to San Francisco for delivery to Smith-Rice Company in June. The Smtih-Rice Company is a prominent West Coast contractor. Fredeman's Building Twin-Screw Towboat Fredeman's Calcasieu Locks Ship-yard, Inc., of Port Arthur, has re-ceived an order from Port Arthur Towing Co., Port Arthur, Texas, for the construction of a twin-screw tow-boat. Powered with 1,150-total-bhp diesels, this towboat is to have the following dimensions: 68 feet by 26 feet by 8 feet 6 inches. ? Designed for marine requirements ? Standard of the industry HERE'S WHY! CATALOG ON REQUEST WRITE DEPT. D ClirtlS joints Curtis Universal Joint Co., Inc. Springfield, Massachusetts 01107 Tel. (413) 737-0281 MARITIME REPORTER ENGINEERING NEWS* No. 5 Volume 31 107 EAST 31st STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. 10016 MUrray Hill 9-3266, 3267, 3268, 3269 ESTABLISHED 1939 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News is published the 1 st 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 postage paid at Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 Member Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News