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FEDERAL BUILDS GOOD BAECs js tS ANOTHER ELECTRICALLY WELDED OIL BARGE ENTERS SERVICE View of the 10,000 bbl. welded oil barge of the Oil Transfer Co. of New York, recently completed by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. This is the FOURTH welded barge of Federal design built for this Oil Company, All have been in contin- uous service, the first since April, 1929. Welded barges of Federal design have given satisfac- tion in operation, and demonstrated their superiority over the riveted type. No rivets to become loosened through damage or affected by corrosion... tight joints obtained without caulking or packing...welding per- formed by automatic machinery and tested operators, resulting in uniform workmanship. FEDERAL SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY GENERAL OFFICES AND WORKS: LINCOLN HIGHWAY, KEARNY, NEW JERSEY SUBSIDIARY OF UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION MARINE REVIEw—June, 1931