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We build them. We fix them.

And we do it on schedule.

We overhauled the 793-foot USS SACRAMENTO ahead of schedule.

We built the 644-foot USS MCKEE under budget and ahead of schedule.

And at Lockheed Shipbuilding we do the same for more than a hundred ships, large and small, every year.

We've got floating dry docks to 14,500 tons, shipways to 700 feet, and piers to 1,100 feet.

And, we've got the superior craftsmen it takes to do your job.

So if your ship needs a new propulsion system, or just a "shave and a haircut," call us. We do superior work. And you won't have to wait long for it.

Superior ships by superior workers

Lockheed Shipbuilding 2929 16th Ave. S.W., Seattle, Wash. 98134

Phone: 206-292-5656 • Cable Lockship

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ON THE COVER

Cover Photo-PMH 2 Hercules Boeing Marine Systems

Changes In The

Navy Shipbuilding Program —An Update—

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Directory Of Naval Suppliers

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Bob Ware Rejoins Maritime

Reporter As Editor

Robert Ware, well-known mar- itime editor and writer, has re- joined the staff of this publication as editor, a position he held previ- ously from April 1980 to July 1981. Prior to then he was on the editorial staff of Marine Engineer- ing/Log from almost 24 years, the last 17 as editor.

For the past two years Bob has been an independent public rela- tions and advertising consultant, an editorial contributor to several

European marine journals, and co- ordinator of national maritime conferences held in Baltimore and

New Orleans.

Avondale Gets $37-Million

Contract From American SB

For Tanker Forebodies

Ogden Corporation announced recently that American Ship

Building Company of Tampa, Fla., has awarded a contract worth $37 million to Avondale Shipyards,

Inc. of New Orleans, an Ogden subsidiary, for the construction of forebodies for five 30,000-dwt tankers. The contract amount cov- ers labor and overhead; all basic materials are being supplied by

American Ship Building.

Delivery of the forebodies is ex- pected to be completed within 19 months. Upon completion, each forebody will be towed from Avon- dale to American's Tampa yard where they will be joined to the stern sections being constructed there.

The five tankers were ordered by Ocean Products Tankers Inc. for charter to the Military Sealift

Command.

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