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3 floating drydocks • to 18,000 tons

THREE is no crowd at LOCKHEED...

THREE is your lucky number!

THREE drydocks to 18,000 tons.

THREE quarters of a century of experience.

THREE shifts with many third generation craftsmen.

We can drydock you or berth you for top- side, bottom or inside repairs. Just call Bob

Forbell, manager of ship repair. He will take care of you in a trice.

LOCKHEED

SHIPBUILDING AND

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 2929 16th AVE. S.W., SEATTLE, WASH. 98134

PHONE 206-623-2072 • CABLE LOCKSHIP

NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: James R. Porter 17 Battery Place, New York, N.Y. 10004 • Phone 212-943-8/95

St. Louis Ship To Build 2,650-hp Towboat For

O.F. Shearer & Sons

St. Louis Ship, a division of Pott

Industries, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., an- nounced that it had received an order for one 2,650-hp towboat from O.F.

Shearer & Sons, Cedar Grove, W. Va.

The Hydrodyne-type hull will mea- sure 126 feet by 30 feet by 11 feet and will be powered by one GM 16- 645E5 diesel engine. The towboat, to be named the James K. Ellis, will be a duplicate of the St. Louis Ship-built

M/V Winchester, which has been so successful since joining O.F. Shearer & Sons' fleet in September 1970. The new vessel will be delivered in May 1972.

Equitable To Build

Twin-Screw Tug

For Barbados, W.I.

Equitable Equipment Company,

Inc., was awarded a contract to build a 95-foot twin-screw ABS oceangoing tug for the Port Department of the

Government of Barbados, West In- dies.

Principal dimensions are 95-feet 6-inches in length, a 28-foot 2^-inch beam, and a 13-foot 1^-inch depth at midship. Propulsion units will be two Caterpillar D-398 diesels having a total continuous • duty rating of 1,700 horsepower.

Equitable Equipment Company,

Inc., is one of the world's largest builders of tugs, offshore crew boats, and supply vessels and barges. Equit- able is located on New Orleans' In- dustrial Canal at France Road and

Chef Menteur Highway and has a second shipyard in Madisonville, La.

Valad Electric

Receives Contract

For LHA Equipment

Valad Electric Heating Corp., 71

Courtland Street, Tarrytown, N.Y. 10591, has received its largest dollar contract to date from Litton Ship

Systems, Pascagoula, Miss., to build their electric ventilation duct heaters for the LHA Project. The current contract is for five ships with a possi- bility for a total of nine ships, pend- ing Congressional Funding approval.

Deliveries will extend throughout 1972 and 1973.

Valad Electric Heating Corp. is a manufacturer of a complete line of. marine and industrial forced air and convection space heaters, vent duct heaters, galley equipment and in-pro- cess heating equipment for shipboard applications and shipyard use and maintenance.

Towboats, workboats, fireboats, and a variety of special service ves- sels, for commercial, military and government needs. Steel and alum- inum construction up to 100 ft. in length. Grafton Boats are durable and dependable with an exclusive hull design that provides greater maneuverability, and a remarkable thrust-to-horsepower ratio.

Send your requirements or specifications for prompt attention today! '$^4s)Grafton Boat Co., Inc.

X^^os/^o^X Grafton, III 62037 (618) 786-3371

DEPENDABLE "VALVE POWER" 1 for marine service ...by Bettis • BUILT-IN OVERRIDE —unique, internal manually operated override allows quick change from hydraulic to mechanical operation, or reverse. Fully lubricated integral unit has easy-to-use disconnect lever con- veniently located adjacent to actuator handwheel. • SIMPLIFIED MAINTENANCE —Bettis patented "Cen- ter-Bar" assures accurate piston alignment for mini- mum seal wear. Compact, track-guided design minimizes bearing wear for long life efficiency.

Minimum of moving parts for economical, easy maintenance. • VERSATILE—capable of handling up to 2000 psi operating pressure*, "T" series actuators are ideally suited for ball, plug, or butterfly-type valves. Units may be mounted in horizontal, vertical, or inverted positions. -Shock Test Report LE-827

Specify Bettis "T" series for safety and dependability.

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