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SAVt up to 300 barrels of oil per year! ELIMINATE THAT OLD STEAM HORN The Kahlenberg TRITON Piston Horn is a unique sound producing unit because it requires no compressed air and no diaphragms yet utilizes air vibrations in a tuned sound column . The unit consists of an electric motor driving a pis- ton with a cylinder similar in appearance to an air compres- sor. Very economical to operate and install. Write for bulle- tin. 92C. The KB-20 electric horn is available in 110 volt, A.C. or 24 volt, D.C. for vessels up to 246' in length. KHHLEnBERC BROS. [0. 1386 Monroe St. Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 54S41 U.S.A. _J | | 414-793-45Q7 j | Circle 234 on Reader Service Card ON THE COVER ASNE Day 88 Preview PAGE 10 OTC 88 Preview PAGE 24 COVER (clockwise from logo): OTC Exhibition; Wijsmuller's Mighty Servant 3 carrying Maersk Guardian; Atlanta (SSN- 712) is launched at Newport News (Navy photo); Drilling rig offshore Louisiana (API); Bethlehem Steel, Baltimore Marine Div. (Sparrows Point): A Portuguese bulk carrier in drydock. USNS Maury (upper right) oceanographic ship under construction for the Navy, and USNS Zeus, an MSC- operated cable-laying vessel; Jackup rig and production platforms, offshore Louisiana (API); Todd Seattle-built HMAS Sydney (FFG-03); (center and pages 10-11) Aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) at launching ceremon- ies Newport News (VA) Shipbuilding. Navy Awards $7.5-Million Contract To Atlantic Dry Dock Atlantic Dry Dock Corporation, Ft. George Island, Fla., has been awarded a $7,466,000 firm-fixed- price contract for the Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA) of the frigate USS Under- wood (FFG-36). The work is ex- pected to be completed August 18, 1988. Great Point Towing Buys 1,400-Hp Tug Great Point Towing of Nantuck- et, Mass., has purchased the 1,400- hp tug Bayou Babe, built in 1979 by Rayco Shipbuilding, from Misener Marine of Tampa, Fla. 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