Big enough to handle any ship repairs This 14-foot planer is planing the flanges of a large cylinder casting to conform with close specifications. It handles any size job up to 14' 2” wide by 25’ long by 10’ 6” high. Equipment of such marked flexibility helps “American” repair your ships swiftly. Cr--RR-UNCH! And a hunk of metal drops off. Tirelessly, efficiently, this big planer shaves its work ac- curately down to the correct size, be it large or small. Yet this giant machine is only one of many varieties in this “American Ship” shop; and the shop only a portion of the complete ship building and repair resources at each of ““American’s’’ five strategically located yards. Here, the layout of all equipment has been so planned and the equipment so selected, that the time required for your ship repairs is reduced to the minimum. This feature makes “American Ship” especially help- ful to all ship operators—particularly since “American” gives them the additional assurance of accurate, depend- able, economical repair work. That such extensive repair facilities bestow rare flex- ibility upon the large, completely equipped ship building companies, and also raise efficiency and economy to the peak, is obvious to ship operators. They recognize, too, that it is vital for them to keep these resources mobile, by a continuous, regular flow of repair work. That’s why more and more ship operators are turn- ing to “American Ship” for all their repairs—large and small. The AMERICAN SHIP BUILDING CO. CLEVELAND Lorain ) ’ BuFFALo Souts Cricaco SUPERIOR & e @® @ @ American Ship American Ship Buffalo Dry Dock Chicago Ship Superior Ship eo ee % Building Co. Building Co. Company Building Co. building Co. € MARINE REVIEW—March, 1930