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This pro- peller is designed to give your boat more power. It's

Federal Propeller's 4- blade "Power Thrust." In- stall it instead of a 3-blade. The result is greater power, smoother operation.

Which means better handling and maneuvering. Reduced engine wear.

Better fuel economy. And that's not all..."Power Thrust" was heavy-duty designed with heavy blade edges to resist damage. So costly repairs...haul out and downtime are vastly reduced.

Available through 96" in Federal's "B" Bronze, or super tough Ni-Bral, also in Stainless Steel through 40" diameter.

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World Ship Launchings

Reach 8th Record Year

According To Lloyd's

Lloyd's Register of Shipping re- ports that ships launched through- out the world in 1973 reached rec- ord figures for the eighth straight year.

Japan, with her 14th successive annual increase, remained the over- whelming leader, launching one of every two ships. Sweden was next, followed by West Germany and

Spain, each with record launchings.

Great Britain slipped to seventh place, the lowest in her history.

Of the 15 main shipping coun- tries, only Britain, Italy, Poland and East Germany showed a drop in production. Figures for Soviet and Chinese production were un- available.

Total tonnage launched through- out the world in 1973 was 31,520,- 373 tons, up 4,805,987. Japan's out- put represented 49.8 percent of the world total.

City Of Detroit

Awards Contract To

Design Fast Fireboat

The city of Detroit, Mich., has awarded a contract to Fireboats

International, Inc. of Ferndale,

Mich., covering design and con- struction supervision of a 72-foot high-speed aluminum fireboat. The work will be handled with Fire- boats' associate, John Gilbert &

Associates Inc. of Boston, Mass.

The new fireboat will feature fire-fighting capacity of 10,000 gpm at 150 psi, skyscraper high-pressure water system, foam system, and will be strengthened for winter ice operations in the Detroit River.

The design phase is expected to be completed in early summer, 1974.

PFEL To Sell Two

C-4s To Waterman

The sales for $4 million each of two of Pacific Far East Lines' C-4s to Waterman Steamship Co. has been approved by the Maritime

Subsidy Board.

The vessels—Canada Bear and

Philippine Bear—will be used on

Waterman's Gulf-United Kingdom-

European Continent and Gulf-Far

East service.

One of the conditions attached to the transaction was that PFEL deposit the proceeds from the sale in the capital reserve fund for fu- ture investment, mainly in new ships.

Great heat exchangers- from the people who boilt the first off-the-shelf heat exchangers.

At one time, just about every heat exchanger was built to order. Then in 1939, we built the BCF, the first shell-and- tube heat exchanger in stock, on-the-shelf, in popular sizes.

Our name was Ross, then ... a name synonymous with heat transfer quality and innovation since 1917.

Today we build heat ex- changers for engines and other applications, to all current mari- time codes, TEMA "C", and

ASME codes. The CP series, in standard models and pre- engineered variations using just about every tube size, nozzle orientation, baffle spacing and material you'll ever need. And the HCF, with copper/nickel alloy tubeside for non-fouling cooling, or the

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