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Plato and Zeno were designed and built by Burton Shipyard, Inc., Port Arthur, Texas, tor Zapata Marine Service, Inc., Houston, Texas. %e complete works of cpiataM/V. A pair of Philadelphia Gear HRMGH marine drives (each driven by a Fairbanks-Morse diesel) quietly and reliably handles a total of 4800 h.p. aboard the 10,000 mile range Plato-and aboard her sister ship Zeno. These are rugged, durable drives built for heavyduty work boat service-towing oil rigs, barges, ship docking-you name it. Yet they are actually smaller and lighter than conventional drives. For more details on Philadelphia Gear's full line of marine drives, write to Dept. MR, Philadelphia Gear Corporation, King of Prussia, Pa. 19406. Moy 15, 1969