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Organized 1885 Official Organ of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific Volume LXXIII No. 1 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Friday, January 22, 2010 Military Sealift Command APL Turquoise reflagged awards four LMSR vessels to SUP-contracted Patriot for Suez Express Service s the West Coast Sailors went to press, the Military Sealift ACommand (MSC) notified SUP-contracted Patriot Con- tract Services that the company was the successful bidder for two Small Business Set-Aside contracts to operate four Large Medium Speed Roll-On/Roll-Off (LMSR) vessels. The vessels are the USNS Gilliland, USNS Gordon, USNS Shughart and USNS Yano. The Gilliland and Gordon are scheduled to be turned over to Patriot on January 27, in Philadelphia. The vessels will remain there until March when they sail to their new homeport of Jack- sonville, Florida. The Shughart and Yano will be turned over by the end of Febru- ary at their homeport of Violet, Louisiana, near New Orleans. Patriots contract for the vessels is performance based and runs for one year with four one-year options. SUP members interested in working in these ships, which require special training, should contact the Branch Agents or the SUP Vice President. Patriot also bid on seven other LMSRs (Benavidez, Brittin, Bob Hope, Fisher, Mendonca, Pililaau, Seay) but MSC awarded them to American Overseas Marine, the incumbent operator. Between 1999 and 2004, Patriot operated all the LSMRs men- tioned in this article. The APL Turquoise pictured entering New York is a 4,468 teu containership built in Japan in 1996. She has a length overall of 964 feet with a beam of 105 feet. Her deadweight tonnage is 59,780 and she is Abercrombie to resign from Congress designed to make 24.3 knots. to run for Governor of Hawaii he Sailors Union crewed drydocked. It is estimated that Turquoise, according to the Maritime champion U.S. Congressman Neil Abercrombie, from another APL Marine this process will take at least company, will revert to TServices vessel when the eight months at which time the Singapore registry. Hawaiis 1st District, announced on December 18, he will resign his seat to run for the governors office effective February 28. APL Turquoise was flagged from This is an extremely difficult decision for me, he said, but I Singapore to United States reg- must do this to continue with the direction Ive chosen for the istry on December 29, in future. If Im asking the people of Hawaii to go all in with their Charleston, South Carolina. The faith, and their trust, and their votes for me, the least I can do is go Turquoise joins the President all in and campaign full-time for that job so were ready to go, Adams, President Jackson, Presi- Abercrombie noted. dent Polk, President Truman, and Those vying for Abercrombies seat in a special election in May APL Agate in the companys are former Congressman Ed Case, State Senate President Colleen Staten Island, Charleston, Savan- Hanabusa and Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou. Case and nah, Norfolk, Jebel Ali (Dubai), Hanabusa are Democrats while Singapore, Colombia (Sri Lanka) Djou is a Republican. The spe- and Salalah (Oman) Suez Express cial election is winner-take-all, Service before heading back to and the victor will likely be fa- New York. vored to win the September pri- The APL Japan, which is usu- mary and November general ally on this run, was redeployed election. to the TransPacific Service to Readers of the West Coast relieve the APL China, APL Assembled on the deck of the APL Turquoise, reflagged in Charleston, Sailors will recall that while Korea, APL Philippines, APL are STOS William Fox, Bosun Teo Rojas, AB Alex Capistano, AB and Case represented Hawaiis 2nd Singapore, and APL Thailand, Delegate Doug Olney, AB Edwin Pastolero and AB Darrell Palmer. District, he was a leading advo- while the vessels are being Photo Dave Connolly. cate in Congress for repealing the Jones Act. Now he has modi- fied his position by saying that Union balloting concludes at months end Hawaii should be exempted The two-month secret mail The following day, the Bal- ship to conduct the election to from the Jones Act! balloting for the 2010-2012 term loting Committee elected at the retrieve the ballots from a San Senator Hanabusa is a Jones for officers of the Sailors Union September 2009 Headquarters Francisco post office box used Act supporter saying the Act Periodicals postage paid at San Francisco, CA (USPS 675-180) of the Pacific and referenda on meeting will turn-to at 8:00 by the balloting agent. Once has helped guarantee that the proposed amendments to the A.M. and accompany represen- back at Headquarters, the Com- Islands have reliable links to Unions Constitution and a Ship- tatives of Pacific Election Ser- mittee will then verify the eligi- goods and has sustained the do- ping Rule change, concludes on vices the Impartial Balloting bility and standing of those mestic shipping industry. Sunday, January 31. Agent selected by the member- continued on page 5 ESU News: Pages 6 & 7 SUP Training Benefit Guidelines: Page 9 Page 2 WEST COAST SAILORS Friday, January 22, 2010 SUP Honor Roll New Coast Guard chief nominated President Obama has nominated U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral Robert Papp to Voluntary contributions from the membership to the following funds: be its new commandant, replacing the retiring Admiral Thad Allen. Organization/ West Coast If his nomination is confirmed by the Senate, Papp will relieve Allen in May 2010, commanding 42,000 General Fund Sailors active-duty personnel and more than 7,000 civilian em- ployees. Brendan Bohannon .......... 100.00 Brendan Bohannon .......... 100.00 Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Scott Carson ................... 50.00 Richard Chung ................ 25.00 Napolitano said that Papps extensive knowledge of the Michael Dirksen ............... 50.00 Thor Erikson................... 10.00 Coast Guards operations and broad mission will James Flaherty ................ 25.00 James Flaherty ................ 25.00 strengthen our efforts to ensure the nations maritime Louis Frazier ................... 20.00 Ledo Forassiepi................ 20.00 security. James Hall ...................... 20.00 William Holladay ............. 25.00 Papp is now commander of the Coast Guard Atlantic Kent Herzstein................ 100.00 John Houlihan ................. 25.00 Area and Defense Force East before which he had been Mark Hurley .................. 100.00 Brandon Keopuhiwa ......... 50.00 Coast Guard chief of staff in Washington. Knud Jensen ................... 50.00 Francis Kim .................... 50.00 Allen has played a high-profile role in conferring with Kaj Kristensen................. 50.00 Lawrence Kusman ............ 25.00 the maritime industry on security. He has been commandant since 2006 and is retiring after 38 years of Coast Guard service. David Larsen.................. 100.00 Joseph Marusak ............... 30.00 Maea Loe ....................... 25.00 John Perez ...................... 25.00 Scientists predict louder oceans Joseph Marusak .............. 130.00 George Pope.................... 50.00 John McAuliff ................. 50.00 Jack Post ........................ 25.00 from rising carbon dioxide emissions Steve Messenger ............... 50.00 Teo Rojas ....................... 50.00 Leo Moore ...................... 50.00 Bruce Smith .................... 25.00 It has long been known that chemical will not be as quiet whats wrong with compounds in seawater, including boric that? Plenty, potentially. Edwin Pastolero ............... 20.00 Vincent Sullivan ............... 25.00 John Perez ...................... 25.00 acid, absorb sound, as energy from sound Most of the chemical absorption of Michael Webb ................. 25.00 waves stimulates certain reactions. As the Rowdy Sloggett ............... 200.00 sound occurs at relatively low frequen- Bud Yost ........................ 25.00 oceans grow more acidic, a result of in- Ernest Stimach ................ 40.00 cies, from about 1,000 to 5,000 hertz. creasing absorption of atmospheric CO , Propeller noise and other ship sounds fall Tulolo Tautala ................. 25.00 2 the seawater chemistry changes, result- in the same range, as does some military Arthur Thanash ............ 1000.00 ing in fewer reactions and less acoustic and research sonar. So this background Rene Valles .................... 100.00 energy used. That means sounds will noise, especially prevalent near shipping Robert Vandermey ........... 40.00 Dues-Paying travel farther and be louder at a given lanes, will be louder. That may be bad Tanya Viau ..................... 25.00 Pensioners distance from a sound source. news for marine mammals, which use Francis Walsh ................. 75.00 Tatiana Ilyina and Richard E. Zeebe sounds in the same range for communi- Gordon Abbott Book #3785 of the University of Hawaii and Peter G. cation and echolocation while foraging. Political Fund Robert Copeland Book #4763 Brewer of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Were not saying that during the next Research Institute looked at the future im- Brendan Bohannon .......... 100.00 Romaine Dudley Book #2593 100 years all dolphins will be deafened, pact of this phenomenon. Using a global Dr. Zeebe said. But the background Christopher Bujnowski ...... 10.00 Alexander Earle Book #1885 ocean model and projections of CO emis- noise could essentially override or mask Duane Hewitt Book #5748 2 Scott Carson ................... 50.00 sions, they predicted regional changes in the sounds that theyre depending on. Knud Jensen Book #3940 Dave