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Clockwise, from right of logo: Recon- structed chemical tanker Seabulk America (story on page 6); containership Taihe, built by Kvaerner Govan (story on page 20); and the destroyer USS Moosbrugger and frigate

USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Mediterra- nean as part of the Kennedy battle group supporting "Operation Desert Shield."Phnto,

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