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GIANTS
OF
THE
SEA
CHARLES
COOMBS
TANKERS
GIANTS
OF
THE
SEA
BY CHARLES
COOMBS
illustrated
with
photographs
In
recent
years,
enormous
ships
have
to
cross
the
seas,
carrying
of
begun
dreds
hun-
thousands
of
tons
of
oil
needed
to
meet
current
energy
demands.
These
ships
are
the
great
tankers,
the
largest
moving
objects
ever
adept
at
built.
Now
a
writer
bringing
color
into
technical
subjects
explains
the
construction
and
operation
of
these
important
carriers.
discussion
of
the
economic
forces
that
encouraged
the
production
of
the
huge
ships,
Mr.
Coombs
takes
up
the
After
a
history
of
oil-carrying
vessels.
He
then
tankers
~*e
designed,
built,
and
tested;
the
.nakeup
and
duties
of
the
crew;
and
the
serious
problem
of
oil
spills,
reports
on
how
which
piagues
the
industry
and
angers
the
public.
The
last
three
chapters
take
the
reader
along
as
a
tanker
em-
barks
on
a
typical
cruise
through
the
sea
lanes
and
into
port
to
discharge
its
cargo.
Numerous
photographs
and
on-the-
spot
research
gathered
during
the
au-
thor's
trip
on
the
California
to
Alaska
run
give
this
account
of
tankers
and
the
life
aboard
them
a
you-are-there
feeling.
Morrow
Junior
Books
jacket
photograph
by
Charles
Coombs
ISBN
0-688-22205-6
ISBN
0-688-32205-0
(lib.
bdg.
0010-0014
GIANTS
OF
THE
SEA
BY
THE
SAME
AUTHOR
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the
Story
of
Oceanography
Drag
Racing
Mopeding
Motorcycling
Passage
to
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Shuttle
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Pipeline
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Project
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GIANT
S
OF THE
SEA
By
Charles
Coombs
illustrated
with
photographs
William
Morrow
and
New
York
1979
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