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SS ALASKAN MAIL-FIRST OF 5 GENERAL CARGO/CONTAINER CARRIERS BUILT BY NEWPORT NEWS 4 DRY DOCK CO. (Photo Courtesy of Newport News Shipbuilding) LARGEST STOCK OF ANCHORS AND ANCHOR CHAIN IN THE WORLD-ALL SIZES AND WEIGHTS-NEW, USED, RECONDITIONED AND GOVERNMENT SURPLUS, IN STOCK, WITH OVERNIGHT DELIVERY TO MOST POINTS. ANCHOR, CHAIN & FORGE DIVISION MAIN OFFICE AND PLANT P.O. BOX 350 The SS Alaskan Mall. One of the biggest and most beau-tifully outfitted general-cargo ships, has the best of everything. And the best of everything automatically includes Baldt Anchors and Baldt Anchor Chain, THE STRONGEST ANCHORS AND ANCHOR CHAIN KNOWN-WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, THEY HOLD! Baldt has a 65 year record of service, coordinated on-time delivery, and back-up service in all parts of the world. That's why you see more Baldt equipment on ships and off-shore installations than any other kind. is the fact that there are no harbors along the Arctic coast and that for its entire length, the waters along the shore are extremely shallow. Enough water for deep draft ships varies from a mile or so off the shore to 20 miles and more out, according to the admiral. While dredging a channel and harbor may not be impossible, he noted, building a shelter-ing breakwater strong enough to withstand the encroachment of the pack ice in winter may be a different matter, especially since there is no source of rock for hundreds of miles. Aluminum Joiner Bulkheads Described In Revere Brochures Double-faced extruded aluminum joiner bulk-head systems, principally for shipboard applica-tion, are described in a new brochure issued by Revere Copper and Brass Inc. The fully illus-trated booklet includes many pictures of installa-tions and specification drawings showing the sys-tems components. There is also available a test data book which describes the reports and the results of a thorough test program. It can provide the naval architect with pertinent design and engineering data. For your copies of the book and brochure con-tact Department "M", Revere Copper and Brass Incorporated, 230 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017. LeTourneau To Build Drilling Vessel R. G. LeTourneau, Inc., Longview, Texas, will build an offshore, oil-well drilling vessel for Pe-trolia Oilwell Drilling Ltd. of Canada. The vessel, equipped with 5,000-total-bhp diesel-electric ma-chinery, will be of about 5,000 gt. G.E. To Supply And Test Gas Turbines On Ships General Electric Co., Washington, D.C., has re-ceived a $1,250,000 negotiated letter contract from the Navy for two gas turbine engines and their installation and test aboard ship. The Naval Ship Systems Command issued the contract. CHAMPAGNE WALLOP?Towboat CITation is chris-tened by Mrs. Charles F. Hodgins, wife of the head of the New Orleans division of C.l.T. Leasing Corporation, as President Jack Guidry (right) and Vice-President Law-rence Mazerac, both of Main Iron Works of Houma, La., admire her champagne punch. Craft is named in honor of C.l.T.'s role in its funding: the leasing institution purchased the towboat from Main Iron Works and is leasing the craft, plus two barges, to Slade, Inc., of Orange, Texas, for transporting oil along the Gulf of Mexico intra-coastal waterway and Mississippi River. 14 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA 19016 PHONE 215 TR 4-8461 USCG And Private Industry Seek Year-Round Passage For Oil From Arctic Alaska The U.S. Coast Guard is cooperating with private industry in an effort to open a year-round route for oil out of Arctic Alaska, ac-cording to Adm. Willard J. Smith, comman-dant of the Coast Guard. Admiral Smith discussed the various ways that oil could be taken out of Alaska, at a re-cent luncheon gathering of the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Navy League. He noted that a pipeline, though possible, would be very costly. There are also engineering difficulties with respect to roads and highways, according to the admiral. One hope lies in a project scheduled to begin this summer. The 115,000-ton tanker Manhat-tan is being converted for the project. The con-version consists of adding an icebreaker bow and protecting the propellers and rudder. The Manhattan, with an assist from the U.S. and Canadian icebreakers, will attempt an east to west transit from the Atlantic to the Arctic coast of Alaska, sometime this summer. In the meantime, Admiral Smith said that the Coast Guard is assisting in model testing and sharing costs with private industry on per-sonnel and data on icebreaker model tests. At present, according to Admiral Smith, the Coast Guard icebreaker Staten Island is on full-scale tests near the Bering Strait off Alaska, to see how far she can penetrate the ice to check the validity of the model test results. Admiral Smith sees one big problem and that