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Prudential-Grace and Pacific Far East wanted ships that could keep on the go. B&W built the boilers to match. With lighters-aboard-ship, LASH cargo vesselswill spend a lot less time in port, a lot more time at sea. So they'll need a lot of constant, dependable power. Which is why eleven new LASH ships being built at Avondale shipyards —six for Pacific Far East Lines, five for Prudential-Grace Lines- have boilers from Babcock & Wilcox and sootblowers from Diamond Power, a B&W subsidiary. Designed by the firm of Friede & Goldman, each ship will have a two-drum B&W boiler that will deliver 108,000 pounds of steam per hour at 870 pounds per square inch pressure and 955 F. This gives these 772 foot long vessels a rating of 32,000 shaft horsepower and an operating speed of 22.5 knots. B&W meets the demands of modern maritime applications in other ways, too. For example, automated control and closed circuit TV monitoring systems. So, no matter what your ship needs-dependable, efficient power; precise, automated equipment or rugged, reliable monitoring -B&W will build to match. The Babcock & Wilcox Company, 161 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 10017. Babcock & Wilcox July 1, 1970 5
