Ships can now be steered from several widely-separated strategic positions on board with the aid of an "electric helmsmen" which is being tested by Lt. Comm. W. M. M. Fowden, Jr. at the Bath iron Works, Bath ME. The largest stationary wheel to the left is the familiar steering mechanism now in general shipboard use. In emergency of normal "close-in" operations, the GE steering unit would replace the wheel.

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