istration, on September 27, 1944, awarded to Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., 

 Inc., its highest honor — the four-star citation and pennant. 



Typical export cargoes carried by Lykes vessels from Gulf ports include 

 phosphate rock, fresh and canned citrus products, cotton, sulphur, carbon 

 black, rice, grain, flour, pine and hardwood lumber, refined petroleum 

 products, packing house products, automobiles, tractors and agricultural 

 machinery — cargoes which represent the output of the farms, factories, 

 forests and mines of mid-America and the South. Lykes vessels return 

 from world trade centers with raw materials needed in our factories, 

 as well as general cargoes of goods produced abroad. As an example of 

 the fitness of vessels for trade assignments, ships in the Orient Line serv- 

 ice are equipped with deep tanks especially designed for carrying edible 

 oils, such as coconut and palm oils used in the manufacture of many 

 American foods and other products. 



Components of the new Lykes fleet include ten C-i type vessels, thirty- 

 three C-2 type and seven C-3 type — all equipped with the newest in 

 cargo-handling gear, cargo protection devices and advanced navigating 

 and engineering equipment. The C-i type vessels average 415 feet in 

 length, have a beam of 60 feet and a cruising speed of i^Yi knots. Dis- 

 placement of this class is over 12,000 tons, deadweight tonnage is 9,000 

 and the bale cubic cargo capacity is 455,000. 



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