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U.S. Navy — Major Buying Offices (continued from page 85) specific weapons systems; and equipment, material, and services required to support the Long Beach Na- val Shipyard in the overhaul and repair of Naval vessels.

INVENTORY CONTROL POINT

Commanding Officer

Navy Ships Parts Control Center

P.O. Box 2020

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055

Tel: 717/790-3527

Ammunition and related products and components; batteries, bombs; weapons and weapon parts; chem- icals and chemical products and gas cylinders; com- munication equipment; electrical and mechanical assemblies; firefighting, rescue, and safety equip- ment; friction and nonfriction bearings, gages and thermometers; gaskets, packing materials, and as- semblies; heaters; hose and hose assemblies; ma- chine tool accessories; marine hardware and hull items; metalworking supplies (electrodes and weld- ing rods, solders, fluxes); minesweeping gear and re- pair parts, motors; navigation equipment; nonferrous ingots and pigs; optical components; pipes and tubes; power distribution equipment; precision ma- chine work; shipboard furniture; survival-at-sea equipment; transformers; valves; welding, flamecut- ting, and metallizing equipment and supplies. An- tennas and antenna accessories; amplifiers; atten- uators; batteries, bearings, cable; cable assemblies; cabinets and test benches; capacitors; cavities, cir- cuit breakers; coils; conduit and conduit fittings; connectors; contacts; brushes and electrodes; con- verters; crystals and filters; fuses and fuse holders; generators; gun fire control equipment and compo- nents; hardware; handsets, indicators, insulation, jack boxes, keyers; lamps and lighting fixtures; loud- speakers; meters and measuring equipment micro- phones and accessories; mixers; modulators; mod- ules and printed circuit assemblies; motors; networks; oscillators; instrument panels; receivers; recorders and components; pressure regulators; relays, contac- tors and solenoids; resistors; semiconductor devices; tube shields and inserts; sockets; sound recording equipment; stuffing tubes; switches; terminal boards; terminal and lugs; transformers; transmitters; elec- tron tubes and tuners; wave guides and accessories; optical sighting and ranging equipment; torque con- verters and speed changers, teletype and facsimile equipment, synchros; and general purpose electronic test equipment.

SUPPLY CENTERS AND DEPOTS

Commanding Officer

Naval Supply Center

Norfolk, Virginia 23512

Tel: 804/444-1309

General procurement for Naval activities and ships in the COMNAV Base Atlantic Ocean and Mediterra- nean Sea areas including miscellaneous ship and marine equipment; operating supplies and equip- ment; electronic, electrical, and communication equipment and components; laboratory and test equipment; updating and modification of electronic and communication items; commissary and ship stores resale items. Services purchased include laun- dry and dry cleaning; mortuary; rental, repair and maintenance of equipment; mess attendant; pack- ing, crating, storage and transportation of household goods; stevedoring, disposal of radioactive waste ma- terial; marine engineering, computer programming; radiological; pipe fitting; sheetmetal work; painting, small craft overhaul repair; automated data process- ng equipment, word processing equipment; and keypunching services.

Commanding Officer

Naval Supply Center

Oakland. California 94625

Tel: 415/466-5037

General procurement for Naval activities in the 12th

Naval District and Pacific Ocean area overseas ships and bases including miscellaneous ship and marine equipment; automotive parts; engine accessories; aircraft parts; communications equipment; electrical and- electronic equipment and components; pipe, tubing, hose, and fittings; cable, chain, and fittings; general supply items for West Coast ports and ships.

Services purchased include funeral, printing, laun- dry, equipment repair, ship design, research and de- velopment advance planning, and monitoring of ship- overhauls and various types of engineering.

Commanding Officer

Naval Supply Center

Charleston, South Carolina 29408

Tel: 803/743-2972

General procurement for Naval activities ashore and afloat in North Carolina (except the 16 northeastern coastal counties), South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,

Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee,

Arkansas, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Republic of Pan- ama & the Bahamas. In addition, purchase support functions are provided to the Atlantic Missile Range

Facilities and overseas Fleet Ballistic Missile sites in- cluding miscellaneous ship and marine equipment; engines and accessories; communication equipment; electrical and electronic equipment; valves and ac- tuators; subsistence items; general supply items; services including laundry, dry cleaning and linen rental, printing, mortuary, mess attendant, ship de- sign engineering, security guard, towing, stevedor- ing, packing and crating of household goods, calibra- tion of test equipment, and disposal of radioactive waste.

TOMORROW S SHIPBUILDING TECHNOLOGY TODAY

Shipyards of the future will probably utilize shiplift and land transfer systems, such as this one at Todd's Los Angeles Division, rather than floating dry docks or shipways.

This high technology facility, permits the performance of construction or repair work on five ships simultaneously. Additionally, computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM), as well as on-line robotic welding are an integral part of Todd's shipbuilding expertise. Indeed, today Todd is a cost-efficient, high technology company uniquely qualified to meet future naval and maritime needs.

Todd is committed to providing the best service possible to the U. S. Navy, as well as our com- mercial customers, and is unquestionably a "Yes, we can do it!" company.

Todd Shipyards Corporation

One State Street Plaza, New York, N Y. 10004

Telephone: (212) 668-4700 Cable: "Robin" New York

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