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Photos: Cover—The cruise ship. Song of

Norway off St. Maarten (Royal Caribbean

Cruise Line photo). Page 23—The USS Phil- ippine Sea (CG-58) under construction at

Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME (BIW photo).

Page 25—The North Atlantic Treaty Organi- zation Fleet at sunset (Navy photo).

Diesel Power Review

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Marine Lubricants Review

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NAVAL TECHNOLOGY & Shipbuilding

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General Crane Receives $5.4-Million Navy Pact

General Crane & Hoist, Rich- mond Hill, Ga., was recently awarded a $5.4-million U.S. Navy contract for electromechanical trav- eling cranes for the submarine ten- ders USS Simon Lake (AS-33) and

USS Canopus (AS-34). The contract (N00024-89-C-4000) was awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Com- mand, Washington, D.C.

Sealift Awarded $17.2-Million Contract

Sealift, Dover, Del., was recently awarded a $17.2-million firm-fixed- price plus reimbursables contract (including options) by the Military

Sealift Command for the charter of the Bravado, a U.S.-flag tanker.

St. Paul Navigation

Buys Florida Shipyard

Stewart F. Sumpton, presi- dent, recently announced St. Paul

Navigation's purchase of Marine In- land Fabricators.

Marine Inland Fabricators manu- factures workboats and barges at its

Panama City, Fla., shipyard on Fan- nin Bayou.

The principal owners of the facili- ty are Stewart Sumpton and

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