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Avondale Yard Awarded $300-Million Navy Contract

To Build Two More LSDs

Avondale Industries, Inc. recently announced that the U.S. Navy has ordered two additional LSD (Land- ing Ship Dock) class ships from its

New Orleans-based shipyards divi- sion. Avondale said the order, worth $300 million, brings to five the num- ber of LSDs the company is building for the Navy.

The five ships will be delivered over a two-year period from 1988 to 1990. Construction has already be- gun on the first ship.

The LSD is designed to transport men or material. The ships Avon- dale will build are 610 feet long with an 84-foot beam. Each is equipped with a helicopter landing deck.

Avondale Industries is an em- ployee-owned company comprised of seven divisions recently pur- chased from Ogden Corporation. It is primarily involved in marine and modular construction, metals recy- cling and industrial production.

With 1984 sales of $1.2 billion,

Avondale is among the largest em- ployee-owned corporation in the

U.S.

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First U.S.-Built Twin-Screw

Towmaster Rudder System On Tug —New Literature Offered

The first U.S.-built twin-screw tug Esperanza, commissioned re-

Towmaster® Rudder System has cently for service in the Panama been placed in service on the new Canal.

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The Towmaster Rudder System being installed on the harbor tug Esperanza

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