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makes products better for you The LASH LASH is a new cargo handling System was designed by the naval architectural firm of Friede & Goldman, Inc. Avondale Shipyards, Inc. is building eleven LASH vessels at their ship-yard in New Orleans. Five of these new vessels will be placed into service by Prudential Lines. system, a new type of vessel. It stands for "Lighter Aboard Ship." LASH is dramatically changing shipping concepts on every sea, in every port. LASH is creating ports out of cities without major dock facilities, without harbors. LASH is paring turnaround time to the bone. Eleven modern LASH vessels are underway and will be built of a new heat-treated high-strength steel from Armco. A high-strength steel to put muscle into the huge well-type hull. A quenched and tempered steel to provide vital impact toughness. A steel that meets the exacting requirements of modern shipbuilding today. A modification of Armco QTC® Steel... ash us about it. It's one of the modern problem solving steels produced by Armco Steel Corporation, Department W-1189, P. O. Box 723, Houston, Texas 77001. ARMCO STEEL ARMCO V August 15, 1969 5