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SERVICE MACHINE

AND SHIPBUILDING CORP.

Builders of Quality Boats and Barges—Drydocking

SHIPYARD FABRICATORS

MACHINE WORKS

MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA

The House of BABBITT METAL (A Century of World-wide Service)

No recycled metals are ever used in the production of our branded babbitt metals ... We guarantee our alloys to contain

Grade A Straits Tin, Virgin Copper and

Antimony. Ingots are uniform throughout and are free from excessive dross and porosity.

Appointed Eastern USA Marine Representative by The Glacier Metal Co., Ltd. London, England

Europe's Largest Manufacturer of

Plain Bearings ure includes two previously announced large vessels now under construction.

Donald D. Zaretsky, vice president, finance, and operational head of the Marine Services

Division, stated : "As offshore drilling activities move further away from established supply bases, the demand for larger support vessels increases. With the addition to our fleet of four of the largest, most powerful support vessels in the world, we can fill an important need and maintain our position as one of the leaders in the industry."

The two ocean tug/supply boats will be powered by 5,500-horsepower engines. Each will be 204 feet long and capable of speeds up to 16 knots. The smaller vessel will be a 115- foot aluminum-hulled utility vessel capable of speeds up to 20 knots.

THE NEW LOOK IN

MARINE LIGHTING 6400 6200 SS

MARINE STAINLESS STEEL

MERCURY VAPOR MARINE FLUORESCENT

SNE LSQW ' OILFIELD LIGHTING CO., INC.

P. 0. BOX 1284 FORT WORTH, TIXAS 76101

HDW To Build Four 470,000-Dwt Tankers

Howaldtswerke-iDeutsche Werft AG of Ham- burg and Kiel, Germany's leading shipyard, announced the signing of contracts for the construction of four 470,000-deadweight-ton tankers with Norwegian owners. These vessels are the largest ever to be built by a German shipyard.

This order was received only one week after the HDW board of directors announced the construction of their new 700,000-ton building dock, and will utilize the capacity of the build- ing dock for a period of almost two years.

Not only are these tankers to be among the largest vessels ever (built in the world, but they will—because of their 73-foot shallow draft— also be able to operate in European waters and enter all important discharge ports.

The orders for the tankers were placed by

AS Havtor (P. Meyer, Oslo (Hull 86), Smed- vigs-Tankrederi AS, Stavanger (Hull 87) and

Waages Tankrederi AS, Oslo (Hull 88 and 89).

Dellivery o'f the first two vessels will be 1977, and the last two 1978.

According to Adolph von Zedlitz, president of Roland Marine, Inc., U.S. agents for HDW, these tankers are the largest ever contracted by a Norwegian owner.

The dimensions of the vessels are as follows: length, 1,280 feet; beam, 233 feet; depth, 95 feet; draft, 73 feet; shaft horsepower, 50,000, with steam turbine drive.

OCEANIC

ELECTRIC PRODUCTS "Over A Half Century of

Service in the Marine Industry"

Oceanic products are manufactured to meet the requirements of

U.S.C.G. Electrical Engineering Regulations 81ST FOR EVANS DEAKIN: Five tugs of a fleet of six used, turn Australia's newest ship, the 66,000-dwt tanker Robert Miller in the narrow Brisbane River in Bris- bane, Queensland, after its float-out from the Evans

Deakin building dock (shown astern of the vessel). The river is less than 900 feet wide at this point, and a swing- ing basin 840 feet across was dredged to turn the 785- foot-long tanker. The ship's stern winches were used to haul the vessel from the dock and then the tugs took over. The tanker was turned without a hitch and taken stern-first VA mile upriver to the Evans Deakin fitting-out berth. The Robert Miller was built at a cost of $18 million for R.W. Miller (Holdings) Ltd. for service on the

Australian Coast. She is the 81st vessel built by Evans

Deakin, and the largest to be built in Queensland. Evans

Deakin are about to commence work on an order for a semisubmersible drilling rig for Santa Fe International of

California.

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Dearborn-Storm To Add

Three New Vessels To Fleet

Dearborn-Storm Corporation, 6 North Michi- gan Avenue, Chicago, 111. 60602, has announced that it will add three new vessels to its Marine

Services Division fleet at a total cost of $4.5 million. Two of the vessels, costing roughly $2 million each, will be large, ocean tug/supply boats. The third, costing about $500,000, will be a smaller and faster utility vessel. Delivery on the boats is expected by mid to late 1974.

These planned additions to Dearborn's fleet raise Dearborn's expansion commitment to oil field marine services to $10.5 million. This fig- "UNMATCHED EXPERIENCE 'SINCE 1887..THE FINEST

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Diesel Lighter — Capacity 50 Tons

Complete Machine, Electrical,

Carpenter, Boiler,

Shipfitting and Hull Departments

Fast 24 Hour Service

Voyage Repairs a Specialty

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Sole Manufacturers of Oceanic Electric Products 157-159 PERRY ST., NEW YORK, N.Y. 10014 • WA 9-3321

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