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We take pride in working around the clock to repair your ship with expediency, craftsmanship and minimum cost. sels, plus nine vessels under char- ter. The newest vessel will have a length of 1,049 feet 10 inches, and a breadth of 171 feet 11 inches, with a capacity of approximately 1,554,000 barrels of crude oil. The ship will draw 62 feet 4 inches, which will permit it to sail through the Malacca Strait off Singapore. The newest ship will be charter- ed by Mitsubishi Oil Company for crude oil transport. Litton Ship Systems Awards Frigitemp $3-Million Contract Frigitemp Corporation, New York, N.Y., has received a contract from Litton Ship Systems, a divi- sion of Litton Industries, Inc., to outfit five LHA vessels Litton is building for the U.S. Navy. Gerald Lee, president of Frigi- temp, said the contract was valued at approximately three million dol- lars, and thus is one of the largest contracts for galley equipment ev- er let. The contract calls for the design, engineering and furnishing of all the galley and commissary areas in the five ships. Frigitemp will execute the contract in a joint ven- ture with Rudman & Scofield, Inc. Litton is building the Landing Helicopter Assault vessels at its Ingalls West Bank shipyard at Pascagoula, Miss. Fosspower Moves the Mightiest. F0SS LAUNCH I—-1&TUG CO. I I Seattle-Tacoma-Anchorage An affiliate of Dillingham Irving B. Gruber, president of American Engineered Products Company, (formerly American Forge & Manufacturing Co.), Mc- Kees Rocks, Pa., manufacturers of forgings for the maritime indus- try, has been honored by the Open Die Forging Institute, La Grange Park, 111., for outstanding contri- butions to the industry and the association. The institute is the trade group of open die forgers in the United States. In presenting the ODFI Award recently, Charles Finkl, president of the association, cited the many activities in which Mr. Gruber has participated and which have con- tributed to the growth and im- provement of the industry and the institute. The Open Die Forging Institute, representing the leading manufac- turers of open die hammered and pressed forgings for commercial use, promotes the interests and fu- ture growth of the industry through the research, manufactur- ing, marketing, financial and other management education programs. Getty Orders Third 220,000-Dwt Tanker From Mitsubishi Yard Getty Oil Company, 3810 Wil- shire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif. 90010, has announced that a contract has been awarded for con- struction of the third 220,000-dead- weight-ton, very large crude carrier for the company's interna- tional subsidiary fleet. B.E. Williams, vice president and general manager, Internation- al Supply, Transportation, Manu- facturing and Marketing Opera- tions, said the vessel will be built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at its Nagasaki, Japan, shipyard. Con- struction is to start in late 1973, and the vessel is due to be com- pleted in July 1974. The new tanker will be a sister ship to two other 220,000-dead- weight-ton vessels that Getty Oil now has under construction by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at Nagasaki. The S/S J. Paul Getty is scheduled for delivery in mid- November 1971, and the second 220,000-deadweight-ton ship, as yet unnamed, is scheduled for delivery in mid-1973. Presently, Getty Oil's interna- tional subsidiary supertanker fleet is comprised of 14 proprietary ves- ARTHUR E. FARR, Corporate Vice President [MVD NORTHWEST MARINE IRON WORKS SWAN ISLAND SHIPYARD-Portland-228-8222 Phones: (Night & Weekend) 282-5822; 292-3760; 244-9267 Irving B. Gruber Honored By ODFI Irving B. Gruber August1 1, 1971 27
