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Bethlehem Moving Full Ahead

The nation's largest building basin is nearing completion at our Sparrows Point Yard. Measuring 1,200 by 200 ft, it can accommodate the construction of ships as large as 300,000 dwt.

A new panel shop and a new sandblasting and paint building (behind the basin) have already been completed.

The nation's largest floating drydock was placed in service in 1970 at our San Francisco ship repair yard. Measuring 900 ft over the aprons by 150 ft between wingwaiis, it will handle most ships up to 150,000 dwt—and some as large as 230,000 dwt.

Bethlehem shipyards are among the most active in the nation—and we're working to keep them that way. At Sparrows Point, Maryland, we have over 1,000,000 tons of shipping on order or under con- struction, including four 120,000-dwt oil tankers, which will be built in our new basin (at left). These tankers will be larger than any commercial vessel constructed in America to date. The new drydock we recently built and installed at San Francisco (below) is the only floating drydock in the U. S. capable of fully servicing these giant tankers.

Our yard at Beaumont, Texas, has just completed a major expansion program which enables it to handle more building and repair work than ever before .. . and complete it faster and with greater economies all around. This yard is currently building their 19th and 20th Bethlehem-designed mobile offshore drilling platforms for the petroleum industry.

Bethlehem's newestyard—in Singapore—is already fully operational. Built primarily to service the booming offshore industry in the Far East, it can handle the construction of work and crew boats, and of such large equipment as mobile and station- ary drilling platforms, barges, and underwater storage tanks. It can also perform miscellaneous fabricating work of all kinds.

Bethlehem yards are moving full speed ahead into the seventies.

BETHLEHEM STEEL

Shipbuilding

Executive Offices: Bethlehem, PA 18016

Telephone: (215) 694-2424

Sales Offices: 25 Broadway, New York, NY 10004

Telephone: (212) 344-3300 Cables: BETHSHIP

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