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Lockheed keeps Seattle's water links with Alaska in good repair

Tugs, barges, ferries, freighters, tank- ers, and other vessels that link Pacific

Coast ports and Alaska often face rough going. Knotty repair problems frequently result. Lockheed is your most convenient Northwest repair sta- tion. We'll take on your job, whether it's for emergency repairs, a quick prop job, a mod, or a conversion, ana get your vessel back in service in the least possible time. We have the facilities, and our people like challenges; so if you can get your vessel into Elliott Bay, we'll take it from there.

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Mar Ad Approves Increase

For Liberty Bell Tugboats

Deputy Assistant Secretary

Samuel B. Nemirow has recon- firmed the March 9, 1976, ap- proval in principle of an applica- tion of Liberty Bell, Inc., New

Orleans, La., for a Title XI guar- antee to aid in financing the con- struction of two oceangoing tugboats, and has approved an in- crease in the actual cost of the vessels. Originally scheduled for delivery in 1977, the 7,000-hp oceangoing tugboats now are ex- pected to be delivered in June and

July 1979.

The maximum amount of the guaranteed obligations for the two vessels has been increased from $6,116,250 to $7,778,365.

This represents 87y2 percent of the estimated actual cost of the vessels. The vessels are designed to be used for marine construction purposes and have employment potential in the commercial ocean- towing business.

Modern Marine Power, Inc.,

Houma, La., will build the vessels.

Increased Cost Of

Tug/Supply Vessels

Approved By Mar Ad

The Deputy Assistant Secre- tary, U.S. Department of Com- merce, Maritime Administration, has approved increases in the ac- tual costs of three ocean tug/ supply vessels financed with the aid of Title XI mortgage guar- antees. The increases are the re- sult of construction delays, addi- tional escalation resulting from employee raises at the shipyard, and various changes, extras and owner-furnished items.

The three vessels—the Ocean

Fin, Ocean Tarpon, and Ocean

Bonita—are part of a group of eight being built for Ocean Ma- rine Services, Inc. Guarantee clos- ings already have been held for the other five vessels.

The maximum amount of the guaranteed obligations for the three tug/supply vessels has been increased by $2,198,014 to $14,- 132,337. That guarantee repre- sents 87y2 percent of the esti- mated actual cost of the vessels.

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