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Million Pounds A t Over 30 Knots

U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt Rides The Seas On GE Propulsion.

Proud leader. She's at sea, ready for missions anywhere on the globe. Aboard: close to 100 tactical aircraft, 4.5 acres of flight deck, more than 6,200 crewmen and enough fuel to keep her steaming into the Twenty-first Century.

Bold Namesake

The CVN 71 bears a name that signifies great- ness. Hunter, scholar, diplomat, naturalist, "rough rider", Nobel Prize winner, President-

Theodore Roosevelt stood alone in many ways among American heroes. "For the protection of our own shores," he once said, "we need a great Navy." True to his word, he dispatched the Great White Fleet around the world as a symbol of democracy. It is fitting his legacy of seapower lives today in the newest, most technologically advanced carrier in the fleet.

Punishing Duty

GE steam propulsion systems power the entire

Nimitz Class, including the U.S.S. Theodore

Roosevelt No other class of vessel in U.S.

Navy history has demanded more raw propul- sion power and rugged durability. Why?

Because flight operations demand extensive maneuvering at high power, which subjects propulsion systems to punishing duty cycles... day after day, year after year. That's where GE experience meets the challenge.

Proud Tradition

GE "flat-top" experience began with the world's first aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Langley, in the 1920s, continued with the legendary Lexington and Saratoga in the 40's, and culminated with super carriers today. Already aboard the U.S.S.

Nimitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Carl Vinson,

GE recently delivered propulsion systems for the Abraham Lincoln and George Washington scheduled for commissioning within the next five years.

Experience Leader

From super carriers and super-quiet sub- marines to the smallest auxiliary ships, GE is the leading supplier of propulsion and ships service turbine generator systems to the U.S.

Navy. At GE, the job begins with hardware design, manufacture and test, and continues with dedicated service as our engineers install, maintain and overhaul Navy vessels at major ports worldwide. We are proud of this historic, time-honored partnership. We look forward to building upon this experience in the future to advance the Navy mission into the Twenty-first Century. General Electric

Company, 166 Boulder Drive, Fitchburg,

MA 01420.

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