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makes products better for you Armco... the totally involved steel maker Marine steels. It takes more than furnaces and a rolling mill to pro- duce them. It takes total involvement... an open dialogue with naval archi- tects and designers, with ship own- ers and operators, with engineers in the yards and men who weld. You have to be familiar with a unique breed of specs. ABS, HY-80, MIL-S-16113C Grade HT . . . to name some. We know them well. All of them. We specialize in ma- rine steels. Including new high-strength steels for saving weight, adding strength, improving stability, in- creasing performance in today's modern vessels. Steels like the 100,000 psi minimum yield strength Armco SSS® 100 series (ASTM A 514 and A 517). And Armco High- Strength B (ASTM A 441), with minimum yield strengths up to 50,000 psi, 70,000 psi tensile strength. Plus a complete family of heat- treated carbon steels providing ex- ceptional notch toughness. New Armco VNT Steel. Armco LTM. Armco QTC® Steel. And Armco Lo-Temp and Super-Lo-Temp (ASTM A 537). Total involvement means more than just products, too. It means we welcome the idea of working with you in search of the best steels for your needs. It means a full array of technical data designed to assist you in using those steels. It means the metal- lurgical knowledge of our skilled team is yours whenever it's needed. It means prompt service from people who care. Armco people. Let's get involved... Armco Steel Corporation, De- partment H-140A, P.O. Box 723, Houston, Texas 77001. ARMCO STEEL ARMCO V The first container ships to be produced at Ingalls West Division of Litton Industries' new advanced ship-manufacturing facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi, are being built in part with high-strength marine steels from Armco. ABS Grades AH, BH, CH and EH will be used extensively. Tough Armco VNT Steel, having 60,000 psi minimum yield strength and 80,000 psi minimum tensile, will be fabricated for rudder components. Designed by the New York naval architectural firm of George G. Sharp Co., four of the vessels will be placed in service by Farrell Lines Incorporated, and four by American President Lines. Length — 668 ft. Beam—90 ft. Cruising speed—23 knots. Write today for a free copy of the new Relative Cost and Property Card on Armco Marine Steels ; • q July 1, 1970 13
