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Hillman MARINE CONSTRUCTION ? REPAIRING BARGE & CONSTRUCTION CO. GRANT BUILDING, PITTSBURGH 19, PA. We've Been Fighting Corrosion and Heat Successfully For More Than 50 Years... DetailsonWeldco Shipboard Sewage Disposal Units, covering and lining operations, other products in this new catalog. Write for your copy. The corrosion, heat, and pressure prob-lems regularly brought to us rank with the very toughest. So, unless you've got something newer than nuclear powered vessels or oceanographic research, we can't help being confident that we can give you an extra measure of quality and prompt delivery. We work Stainless Steels, High Nickel Alloys, Titanium, other more exotic as well as more com-mon metals. Our equipment handles from 14-gauge to 2" material. Phone and discuss your requirements with a Weldco engineer. THE YOUNGSTOWN WELDING AND ENGINEERING COMPANY 3700 Oakwood Ave., Youngstown, Ohio 44509 HOW CAN WE HELP YOU IN METAL PIPE, TUBING, CUSTOM FABRICATING? Moffitt To Make First Showing Of New Goodrich Products At Chicago Marine Exhibit Water traffic floats and vinyl matting from B. F. Goodrich will be shown for the first time by Lucian Q. Moffitt, Inc., at the Marine Trades Exhibit and Conference in Chicago, September 18-21. B. F. Goodrich Cutless marine bearings, with the exclusive "Water Wedge" design, also will be featured in the display. The Lucian Q. Moffitt booth, number E-902, will be attended by Robert Morrow of the customer relations department. The white plastic traffic floats, permanently buoyant and guaranteed not to waterlog, are available in a variety of shapes and sizes to meet a wide range of water-area marking needs. The DeKorous runner matting, made of B. F. Goodrich Koroseal vinyl, is oil, grease, chemical, stain and flame resistant, and is available in five decorator colors. Water Wedge design, an exclusive develop-ment on B. F. Goodrich Cutless bearings, permits water to flow between the shaft and bearing, lubricating both. The design prevents heat buildup and wear, and permits grit to be flushed away. Lucian Q. Moffitt is the national and inter-national distributor for Cutless bearings. National Marine Orders Six Barges From St. Louis Ship? Two Towboats From Main Iron St. Louis Ship, Division of Pott Industries, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., has been given an order for six barges by National Marine Service, Inc., also of St. Louis, for three of National's subsidiaries in the same city: Asphalt Barge Corp., the Intercity Barge Co. and N.M.S. Corp. Asphalt Barge will own one, costing $264,-020; Intercity will own two priced at $528,330, and N.M.S. three totaling $792,495. Each barge will measure 298 feet by 54 feet by 12 feet. They have been designated Hull Nos. 2664 through 2667, 2694 and 2695. National Marine has ordered in addition two twin-screw towboats from Main Iron Works, Inc., Houma. La., for Asphalt Barge, at a price of $922,999. They will be powered by 1,350-total-bhp diesels. Man In The Sea Symposium To Be Held In Washington What progress has been made since SEA-LAB II in improving the capability of the diver to perform useful work in the sea? This important subject will be examined at a sym-posium, Progress Into The Sea, to be pre-sented by the Marine Technology Society in Washington, D.C., October 20-22, 1969." Sessions are scheduled in design of under-sea facilities, diver assisting vehicles and simu-lators, support and logistics of underwater systems, cold-water operations and thermal problems, biomedical and operational prob-lems, and underwater technology. Co-sponsors of the symposium are the American Geophysical Union, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American So-ciety of Mechanical Engineers, and The So-ciety of Naval Architects and Marine Engi-neers. The United States Navy is participat-ing through its Deep Submergence Systems Project Office. The symposium will be held in the Statler Hilton Hotel. Full information on the symposium may be obtained from Marine Technology Society, 1730 M Street N.W., Suite 412, Washington, D.C. 20036. 24 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News