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ON THE COVER
Offshore rig on location in the Norwegian
North Sea. Photo courtesy of Tenneco, Inc.;
Inset: USS Hercules (PHM-2), patrol comba-
tant missileship, built by Boeing Marine.
COVER DESIGN: Alex Brown/Artwork Pro-
duction
INSIDE
Preview of the Offshore
Technology Conference 22
Balancing the National
Energy Strategy 30
Shipbuilding Surge Predicted
For 90s 38
Preview of ASNE Day '91:
Naval Engineering in the
Changing Defense
Structure 42
Iowa Class Battleships:
Effectiveness In Gulf War
To Be Evaluated 50
MSRC: Best Effort Response
To Cleaning Up Oil Spills 76
NORSHIPCO Receives
$31.6 Million Contract
For Cruiser Overhaul
Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock
Corporation (NORSHIPCO) of
Norfolk, Va., was recently awarded
a $31,602,521 firm-fixed-price-with-
performance-fee contract by the
Naval Sea Systems Command for
the regular overhaul of the cruiser
USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27). The
work is expected to be completed in
June 1992.
Evergreen Signs Lease
With Port Of Tacoma
Taiwan's Evergreen Line recently
signed a $1.2 million per year lease
with the Port of Tacoma that would
move the shipping line's Puget
Sound operations from Seattle to
Tacoma.
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