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Stroll meier RAdm. George H. t Helen Delich Bentley Gibson h Annual SNAME Meeting d In New York Hilton Hotel (SEE PAGE 7) Telling it Hke it Was As it Wds in th and is ^"cerpls from fctef^""'"9 (1946) nSandlh<"<»ror>T,mes Don't Sell Our Merchant Marine Short! TP mt By R.S. Neblett Maritime Unions Ask 22-35c Rise If the United States follows its usual policy of appease- TasAmericak of Buildinn Shipyardg 50,000,00s Complet0 dwe Wt oAndafr ^^^^^^ a 40-Hour^ Week at Parley ment after this war as it did after World War I, our har- oMerchanf Naval tVessel Shipss and 8,300,000 Tons bors will soon be filled with rusting hulks of ships that cost our taxpayers in the neighborhood of fifteen billion dollars. We will also sink a large portion of our Navy, dismantle our shipyards and then borrow money from During the four war years, American shipyards produced our citizens to loan to foreign nations for the upbuilding 4889 steel merchant vessels of over 2000 gross tons each 65c Base PAY plan with a total deadweight capacity of 52,875,603 tons. In of competitive fleets. doomed IN SENATE addition, a total of 110,965 Navy vessels were turned out including 1323 combatant and 109,642 auxiliary types. CONTACT WITH MOON I ry ^ *— ACHIEVED BY RADAR Into Space, IN TEST BY ARMY vWe Must Not Fumble with Our Merchant Marine" In an address at the National Maritime Day Dinner of the Propeller Club in New York, Vice Admiral Earle W. was the year that Ralph R. Bailey launched his first company Mills, U.S.N , assistant chief of the Bureau of Ships, Navy to serve the marine industry, in an office smaller than a Department, warned that twice the United States was stateroom. He established a policy of providing the best '94merchandis e at a fair price, but most important, rendering a seriously unprepared on the eve of war as regards ships fast, efficient service that few could match. and shipyards. A third failure, he declared, will be inex- cusable and could mean disaster for us all! From an organization that originally served only the New York waterfront, Bailey now operates from headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y. and three strategically located branches in almosthe U.S.t all, partand smake of thes worldshipment. s to ports and shipyards in Three companies now specialize in different phases of refrigeration and air conditioning, not only in the marine industry but in the industrial and commercial fields as well. *\\A fourth companifis'ry supplie s all types of marine furniture. niversary- As we approach the quarter century mark with Ralph Bailey at the throttle, we continue at "full speed ahead." 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PORT OF MONTREAL OFFICE: McAllister Towing Ltd., 20 Grey Nuns St., Montreal, Canada TOWING TRANSPORTATION Telephone: Victor 9-2221 PORT OF VICTORIA OFFiCE: . .. .. , „ , „. „ „ „ J Island Tug & Barge Ltd., 345 Harbour Road, Victoria, B.C., Canada Telephone: EVergreen 5-7711 PORT OF VANCOUVER OFFICE: „ „ Island Tug & Barge Ltd., 355 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C., Canada Telephone: MUtual 3-7711 PORT OF SAN JUAN OFFICE: Port San Juan Towing Co., P.O. Box 2895, San Juan, P. R. 00903 Telephone: 809-724-2360 Gunderson Yard Gets $40-Million Contract On August 23,1971,ul decwater It figures. To Build RR Cars salvage history The largest manufacturing order was made bp the , ever placed by private industry with an Oregon firm was an- Cpdo Manufacturing nounced at Portland by Governor Tom McCall. The order, he de- Co. of Denver, Colo. clared, is for more than $40 million and has been placed by the South- ern Pacific with Gunderson, Inc., Portland, Ore., for delivery of 2,375 freight cars over the next seven It's International's new, handy, pocket-size, multi- months. purpose Coatings Computer. Designed specifically Nearly all of the cars are being Employing Cyclo's unique Pressurized Sphere built for the forest products indus- for the marine industry. With three slide rules for at-a- Injector system, a 2,400-ton sunken barge was try and include 2,000 wide-door box glance computing of practical as well as theoretical cars and 350 wood chip cars, plus raised from 50 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico. coverages, material cost per square foot and square 25 air-operated gondola cars for Marine experts believe that PSI footage of underwater hull areas on one side; conver- moving copper concentrates. will revolutionize the sea sal- sion charts from Fahrenheit to Centigrade, U.S. meas- The announcement was made in vage industry, worldwide, re- urements to the metric system on the other side. For the office of C. Bruce Ward, presi- your free computer contact your International Red dent of the Portland shipyard and sulting in virtually foolproof op- railcar firm, where the Governor erations at any depth, at vastly Hand Marine Coatings representative or write, on and Southern Pacific officials tour- less cost to owners of salvage- your letterhead, to your nearest office. ed an assembly line already at work on the record order. able vessels. George E. Scholibo, Pacific SEND TODAY FOR DETAILS DESCRIBING PSI International Red Hand Northwest traffic manager for Southern Pacific, said the new rec- Or call Marine Coatings ord order increases SP's contracts CYCLO MANUFACTURING COMPANY A Division of International Paint Company. Inc. to Gunderson to a dollar volume P.O. Box 2038 World's Largest Marine Paint Makers »o f nearly $200 million for 12,840 3816 Dahlia Street, Denver, Colorado 80201 21 West Street. New York/S. Linden Ave., S. San Francisco/3915 Louisa St.. New Orleans cars since 1963. Phone (303) 399-1590 Field International And Caspary-Wendell Apply For Title XI Two applications for Title XI mortgage and insurance loans have been received by the Maritime Ad- ministration. Both requests are in connection with offshore semisubmer- sible drilling vessels. The first application is for a barge rig with an overall length of 320 feet, and a 22-foot draft fully loaded. Field International Corp., 930 Milam Build- ing, San Antonio, Texas, has made the request, and as yet no construction award has been granted. The second, a twin-hulled column- Since 1907 service-after-the-premium at stabilized vessel, the Santa Fe Mari- Adams and Porter has become a byword. ner 2, has been applied for by Cas- Today everybody talks about doing his own pary-Wendell Inc., 4141 North Free- thing. At Adams and Porter our thing is to way, Houston, Texas. Levingston provide a competent insurance planning Shipbuilding Co. will construct the Have Fans? service at the lowest possible cost to those vessel. engaged in the marine and oil industries. Navy Adds $24 Million Fan Problems? Servicing what we sell is a must at Adams and Porter. If you're not receiving the To General Dynamics Helpful free booklet reveals valuable ideas to help you attention you want, give an Adams and Conversion Contract reduce fan vibration and bearing problems due to un- balance and misalignment. Request your copy. See Porter account executive a call and let him General Dynamics Corp., which take care of your business the way you how Mechanalysis (the mechanical analysis of ma- previously received a Navy contract think it ought to be. for the conversion of the nuclear- chinery) is a simple way your own men can make fans powered missile submarine George trouble-free. Adams & Porter Washington Carver (SSBN-656) Houston: Cotton Exchange Bldg. 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One of eat up space, wherever it goes. over 400 ordered by Columbus Line, Inc. The And for maintenance, you get at every- first production refrigeration unit of its kind thing from the outside. made in the United States. Of course, our 69NK is only the latest in Clips on seagoing containers in min- a long line of Carrier-Transicold units made to utes. With a forklift. With no trouble. Take it meet maritime refrigeration specs. Something off just as fast.