Vol. 54, No.1 The International Marine Division of ILA/AFL-CIO Jan. | Feb. 2018

Official Voice of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots

New Attacks on Labor Unions, Maritime Programs Weeks Marine Welcomes Hopper Dredge Magdalen Crew of North Ferry Menantic in Dramatic Rescue USNS City of Bismarck Joins MSC Fleet The Master, Mate & Pilot is the Table of Contents official voice of the International Vol. 54, No. 1 January | February 2018 Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (International ...... From the President 1 Marine Division of the ILA), AFL-CIO. © 2018 IOMMP. News Briefs ...... 3 . . . . The Master, Mate & Pilot (ISSN Weeks Marine welcomes new hopper dredge Magdalen; crew of North 0025-5033) is published bimonthly Ferry Menantic rescues man from frigid waters of Shelter Island Sound; by the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots. MM&P Military Sealift Command accepts delivery of USNS City of Bismarck. Headquarters: 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1953. Washington Observer ...... 11 Phone: (410) 850-8700 MM&P members: Act now to defend maritime programs under threat E-mail: [email protected] in a political environment increasingly marred by partisanship and Internet: www.bridgedeck.org dysfunction. Periodicals Postage Paid at Elkridge, MD and additional offices. POSTMASTER: Send MM&P Health & Benefits Plans ...... 14. . . address changes to The Master, Mate & Pilot, 700 Maritime Be a wise consumer when shopping for a medical provider; Medicare Blvd., Suite B, Linthicum Part D update. Heights, MD 21090-1953 Don Marcus News From MITAGS ...... 16. . . Chairman, . Editorial Board Lisa Rosenthal New Chief Mate Operations courses attract 28 participants in 2017; Communications Director

retirement party for Mel Foster, part of the MITAGS/CCMIT community INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS for 45 years. Don Marcus, President Steven Werse, Secretary-Treasurer

MM&P Directory ...... 17. . . . VICE PRESIDENTS Thomas Bell, Great Lakes & Gulf Stephen H. Doherty, Atlantic Maritime Holiday Photos ...... 20 Don Josberger, Offshore Atlantic Klaus Luhta, Offshore Gulf & Pensioners ...... 27 . . . . Government Affairs George A. Quick, Pilots Randall H. Rockwood, Federal Cross’d the Final Bar ...... 28 . . . Employees Timothy Saffle, Pacific Maritime Region Thank You Contributors to the MM&P PCF! ...... 29 . . Lars Turner, Offshore Pacific

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Official Voice of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots The hopper dredge Magdalen joined Bridgedeck.org the Weeks Marine fleet in December. Facebook.com/IOMMP MM&P members crew all three hopper dredges in the company’s fleet. The YouTube: MastersMatesPilots acquisition of the Magdalen translates Instagram: bridgedeck New Attacks on Labor Unions, Maritime Programs into 34 new jobs for MM&P members. Weeks Marine Welcomes Hopper Dredge Magdalen Twitter: @MMP_Union Crew of North Ferry Menantic in Dramatic Rescue USNS City of Bismarck Joins MSC Fleet FROM THE PRESIDENT

“Law is the opinion of those in power for the time being.”

Union Sisters and Brothers:

I have not been able to recall or successfully “google” who made the statement written above, but it encapsulates where we are today regarding our national labor laws and their interpretations. Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v Federal Election Commission, our political system is more awash in cash and corruption today than at any time during the last ninety years. Our democratic process and the middle class are the that the hard-earned rights of members employed by, among losers. others, the Alaska Marine Highway System, the City of Chicago, Notwithstanding the fact that corporations were created the City of New York, Ketchikan Gateway Borough AK, King as legal entities to avoid personal liability and responsibility, County WA, and Washington State will be challenged unless corporations are now considered citizens when it comes to free unity of purpose and collective action are maintained. speech rights and have virtually no financial constraints. Of Make no mistake, the Janus case is nothing less than an course, under the Citizens United decision, unions, non-profits, existential attack on labor and the middle class. The corporations associations and other entities also have those rights, but the and tax-exempt “charitable” organizations behind this attack, playing field is anything but level. The contest between labor and which include dozens of groups funded by the Koch Brothers, capital is alive and well. the Walton Foundation, the Bradley Foundation and other right- In our world where influence and power are directly wing organizations and billionaires, have no intention of calling proportionate to the size of one’s wallet, labor is on the off their offensive if they are successful with public sector unions. defensive and capital smells blood. It follows, therefore, that Their goal is to permanently debilitate the labor movement and the reactionary billionaires underwriting our political system in so doing turn back the clock on our democracy. are working full-time to eliminate unions from the “pay for Any union member who doubts that this is the case need influence” equation. only look to the recent and extremely powerful and damaging Public sector unions are under sustained attack in state courts attacks on the Jones Act. A campaign of lies, distortions and and legislatures and in the U.S. Supreme Court. As we go to half-truths outrageously blamed the Jones Act and even maritime press, the critical Supreme Court case of Janus v American labor unions for the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico caused Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council by Hurricane Maria. This and more is what we have to expect. 13 is being heard. If, as expected, the Supreme Court decides It will come from corporations, billionaire-funded foundations, against labor, free-riders in public sector unions who pay no dues “think-tanks” and elected officials, on both sides of the aisle, who or service fees will be able to benefit from union representation are bought and sold by virtue of our degraded political system. without sharing the financial obligation of union membership. Never in our lifetimes have the attacks on unions, our political If this happens, the Senate’s obstruction of the appointment of a system or the prosperity of the broadest cross-section of our Supreme Court Justice prior to the 2016 election and President citizenship been greater. Donald Trump’s appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the position It is fitting then that 2018 is a Convention Year for MM&P. last year will have made it possible. During the second week of July, our elected delegates and Without sufficient financial resources, unions will have less officials will meet to review the activities of the last two years ability to advance and protect the interests of state, municipal and other local government workers. For MM&P, this means continued on page 2

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From the President, continued

and plan for an arduous future. This Convention will be strictly a have developed as a result of a handful of difficult inland sector business Convention. It will be a forum for our elected delegates contract campaigns and within the Atlantic Maritime Group, the and officials to discuss and plan for the serious challenges ahead. newest of our five membership groups, with regards to the nature Key points of discussion will include: our response to judicial of their merger with MM&P. These contractual and organizational and political developments, such as the Janus decision and the challenges—just like the geopolitical, legislative and judicial attacks on the Jones Act; Maritime Security Program funding; challenges discussed above—will be successfully navigated by and the technological challenge to our livelihoods stemming adhering to the mission statement of our Organization. We should from the development of so-called “autonomous ships.” Another recall that the collective efforts of our Union are: topic of discussion will be the devastating prospect of “kinetic” or “cyber” attacks on our lives and ships in a potentially “contested For the better regulation of matters pertaining to our environment” at sea—as is being warned of and prepared for by industry, Military Sealift Command, the United States Transportation for the protection of the lives and property entrusted to Command and MARAD. our care, By the time of our Convention, the outcomes of two important for the improvement of our economic status, contract campaigns should be known: on the East Coast (Reinauer and for the elevation of our standing in the community Transportation Company – Atlantic Maritime Group) and on the and our character as men and women. West Coast (Pasha – Offshore Membership Group). These two contracts, job losses on Prince William Sound due to Crowley These objectives are framed in the preamble to our International Maritime’s loss of the Alyeska Pipeline Ship Escort and Response Constitution. To achieve them, a strong measure of efficiency, Vessel contract and the long-term survivability of Grand River discipline and unity are required within our Union. As we Navigation on the Great Lakes are all developments that directly have done since our founding in 1887, we look forward to the or indirectly affect every member of MM&P. We must be prepared challenges ahead. We will forge a better and stronger Union in for all eventualities. 2018 and at our 87th Biennial Convention. The operation, structure and efficiency of our organization will be open to review. For those of us who recall the turbulent politics Fraternally, of Masters, Mates & Pilots in the 1980s, the unity of purpose we have built since that time within all sectors of our Union is Don Marcus remarkable. It is essential that this unity be maintained. Tensions MM&P President

87th MM&P Regular Convention Call July 9-11, 2018, Linthicum Heights, MD In accordance with Article IV, Section 2, of the International Constitution, you are hereby notified that the 87th Convention of the MM&P will be convened at 9:00 am on Monday, July 9, 2018. The Convention will be held at the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies, 692 Maritime Boulevard, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090. You are also hereby notified that in accordance with Article IV, Section 6, Subsection c), all proposed resolutions for the Convention must be forwarded to the International Secretary-Treasurer at least thirty (30) days prior to the opening day of the Convention for inclusion on the agenda and determination by the Convention. Fraternally, Steve Werse International Secretary-Treasurer

2 The Master, Mate & Pilot - January | February 2018 NEWS BRIEFS Crew of North Ferry’s Menantic Rescues Man From Frigid Waters of Shelter Island Sound

The crew of North Ferry’s Menantic saved the life of a man who had fallen from his boat into the icy waters of Shelter Island Sound on Dec. 15. The crew of the Menantic—Captain Lance Willumsen, Dennis Raffelock, Jared “Jerry” Gibbs and Jason Brewer— had just pulled into the slip at Shelter Island and begun unloading vehicles and passengers when in the distance they saw a small boat turning in circles in the water a quarter to a half mile away. “In the summer, it could have been a skier or a ‘tuber,’ but there are very few boats out at this time of year,” Willumsen said. And, he added, it certainly wasn’t normal for a boat to be “cork-screwing itself into the bay.” The crew could see no one aboard the smaller boat, but when Brewer looked through the binoculars, he thought he saw a head bobbing up and down in the water. It took only 60 seconds to finish unloading the vehicles The crew of the Menantic with David Javier, the man whose life and passengers, at which point the crew of the Menantic they saved. (Left to right) Dennis Raffelock, Lance Willumsen, rushed to the turning boat. David Javier, Jared Gibbs and Jason Brewer. Beside it, in the frigid water, they found 27-year-old David Javier, an employee of Southold Marine Center. They threw him a life ring and lowered a ladder. Javier was able to wrap an arm around the life ring and the crew helped him aboard. “He said that he had gone under twice, and when he came up the second time, he saw a big white ferry coming,” Willumsen said. Javier was “on the cusp of unconsciousness when they reached him,” a manager at the marina told a journalist for the Long Island newspaper Newsday. “Somebody got an early Christmas present,” she added. Javier, who was released from a local hospital after being treated for hypothermia, was indeed very lucky. “If it had happened on August 15 instead of December 15, it could have been different,” Willumsen said. Because in the summer there are more boats in the water, the small craft might not have attracted much attention. “It’s also ironic that if he had been a little further away, we might not have seen him because another quarter mile down there’s a sandbar that would have blocked the view,” the captain added. “He was lucky because weather conditions were favorable. There were no ripples on the water and there was no ice yet. It was a perfect scenario for noticing a boat and spotting a victim in the water.” Company protocol at North Ferry is to train every week, alternating man overboard and fire drills, Willumsen said, so when the time came to perform a rescue, “it felt very normal.” Besides the Menantic, North Ferry operates two other ferries, the Mashomack and the Manhanset. The crewmembers of all three North Ferry vessels are members of the MM&P Atlantic Maritime Group.

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Weeks Marine Welcomes New Hopper Dredge Magdalen

The newest vessel in the Weeks Marine fleet—the Magdalen–was delivered in December. MM&P members crew the Weeks Marine hopper dredges: the RN Weeks, the BE Lindholm and now the Magdalen. “All 34 permanent seafaring jobs created are net new jobs as no vessel is being taken out of service,” the company said in a press release. It added that many other family-wage jobs will be created on the sites at which the new hopper dredge—one of the largest in the United States—will soon be operating. After passing her sea trials and regulatory inspections, on Dec. 28 the Magdalen sailed from Panama City, Fla., on her maiden voyage to the East Coast. “Magdalen is self-propelled and will bring formidable pumping power to off-load beach quality sand or other materials for land reclamation,” the company said in the statement. Dredge joined the Weeks Marine fleet in December. The crew of the new dredge will get to work immediately on one of Magdalen MM&P members crew all three of the company’s hopper dredges. the state of North Carolina’s most important projects: protection of Highway 12 in the Buxton area of the Outer Banks. “As the single largest investment in Weeks’ 99-year history, I am pleased that the Magdalen’s first project will be finishing up a project vital to North Carolina and to visitors from around the world,” said company President Richard S. Weeks. “We work hard to identify and understand growing markets in the United States and are constantly evaluating new opportunities to meet new demand,” said Weeks’ Executive Vice President Eric Ellefsen. “We are particularly attentive to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ program and have been pleased by the strong growth in our second home, Louisiana, as the state fights coastal erosion and the loss of valuable wildlife habitat.” The addition to the fleet of the Magdalen effectively doubles Weeks’ hopper dredging capacity, the company said. “We are all excited to see this world-class vessel in action,” said Weeks’ Vice President-Equipment Charlie McCaskill. The Magdalen is “a game-changer for our company,” he added. “MM&P congratulates Weeks Marine on their newest vessel,” said MM&P Great Lakes & Gulf Vice President Tom Bell. “We look forward to working closely with them on the Magdalen and all their hopper dredges.”

Greetings From Matson Kauai!

Women are increasingly choosing careers in the maritime industry, but it’s still infrequent to find oneself part of a crew that includes a significant number of female mariners, says MM&P’s Beth Brindle. When the occasion arose recently aboard Matson Kauai, she organized this photo, which includes professional mariners who belong to three different maritime unions. (Left to right) MM&P members Chief Mate Miri Skoriak and Third Mate Beth Brindle; AB Yvette Cavan (Sailors’ Union of the Pacific); Matson Port Engineer Molly Catherine Paul and Second Assistant Engineer Amanda Sedano, both members of the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association. “It was great sailing with a bunch of ladies, and RARE,” Brindle said.

4 The Master, Mate & Pilot - January | February 2018 MSC Accepts Delivery of USNS City of Bismarck

Military Sealift Command accepted delivery in December of the expeditionary fast transport ship USNS City of Bismarck. Licensed deck officers represented by the MM&P Federal Employees Membership Group (FEMG) are at the conn of the new expeditionary fast transport (EPF) vessel. The 10th and 11th vessels in the EPF Spearhead class, now under construction, will be named the USNS Burlington and the USNS Puerto Rico. The EPFs are 338-foot-long aluminum catamarans, complete with a 20,000-square-foot mission bay area that can be quickly reconfigured. They feature a flight deck capable of landing a CH-53 helicopter, a slewing stern ramp for vehicle access to the mission deck and seating for 312 passengers. All EPFs are designed to transport 600 short tons of military cargo 1,200 USNS City of Bismarck. In 2017, the Navy also took nautical miles at an average speed of 35 knots. delivery of USNS Yuma. They have a crew of 26 civil service mariners, with airline-style seating for 312 embarked troops and fixed berthing for an additional 104 military personnel.

MM&P Members at City of Chicago Ratify New Contract

Members of the MM&P Great Lakes & Gulf Membership Group who work for the City of Chicago have ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement. (Left to right) William Schmidt, Matt Cleveland (attorney), MM&P Great Lakes & Gulf Vice President Tom Bell, Tom Courtney and Robert Lund. (Not pictured: Gordon Steiner.)

Maersk Kensington Port Call

MM&P Atlantic Ports Vice President Don Josberger met with the licensed deck officers aboard Maersk Kensington when the vessel called at Port Elizabeth last fall. (Left to right) Bob Perkins, Chris Kalinowski, Don Josberger and Nick Williams.

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Crew Change on Great Moments in History Horizon Enterprise

“Every man in this Allied Command is quick to express his admiration for the loyalty, courage and fortitude of the officers and men of the Merchant Marine. We count upon their efficiency and their utter devotion to duty as we do our own; they have never failed us yet and in all the struggles yet to come we know that they will never be deterred by any danger, hardship MM&P Pacific Ports Vice President Lars Turner met or privation. with licensed deck officers aboard Horizon Enterprise in the Port of Honolulu on Dec. 7. Chief Mates Eric When final victory is ours there is no Fortin (left) and Tom Ryan were both on board; in the photo below, Turner (right) with Captain Kent Flick. organization that will share its credit more deservedly than the Merchant Marine.”

GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

(A plaque with this inscription hangs on the wall at MITAGS)

Snapshot From the Port of Honolulu

Horizon Reliance departs Honolulu on Dec. 12 in this photo taken by MM&P Pacific Ports Vice President Lars Turner.

6 The Master, Mate & Pilot - January | February 2018 Tests Show Ease of Hacking ECDIS, Radar, Machinery

Security company Naval Dome has demonstrated what it says is the maritime industry’s nightmare security scenario with a series of cyber penetration tests on systems in common use aboard tankers, container ships, super yachts and cruise ships. The news was first reported by Maritime Executive. The tests demonstrated the ease with which hackers can access and over-ride ship critical systems. With the permission and under the supervision of system manufacturers and owners, Naval Dome’s cyber engineering team hacked into live, in-operation systems used to control ships’ navigation, radar, engines, pumps and machinery. While the test ships and their systems were not in any real danger, Naval Dome was able to shift the vessels’ reported position and mislead the radar display. Another attack resulted in machinery being disabled, signals to fuel and ballast pumps being over-ridden and steering gear controls manipulated. Experts warn systems can be hacked through a process that begins “We succeed in penetrating the ECDIS system simply by by sending an infected e-mail to a shipboard computer. sending an e-mail to the captain’s computer,” said Asaf Shefi, chief technology officer at Naval Dome and former head of the Israeli connects the radar to the ECDIS, Bridge Alert System and Voyage Naval C4I and Cyber Defense Unit. Data Recorder, to hack the system. “We designed the attack to alter the vessel’s position at a critical “We succeeded in eliminating radar targets simply by deleting point during an intended voyage during night-time passage them from the screen,” Shefi said. through a narrow canal. During the attack, the system’s display “At the same time, the system display showed that the radar looked normal, but it was deceiving the officer of the watch. The was working perfectly, including detection thresholds, which were actual situation was completely different than the one on screen. If presented on the radar as perfectly normal.” the vessel had been operational, it would almost certainly have run A third controlled attack was performed on the Machinery aground.” Control System (MCS). In this case, Naval Dome’s team chose to According to Shefi, the Naval Dome hack was able to alter penetrate the system using an infected USB stick. draft/water depth details in line with the spurious position data “Once we connected to the vessel’s MCS, the virus file ran itself displayed on screen. and started to change the functionality of auxiliary systems,” he “The vessel’s crucial parameters—position, heading, depth and said. “The first target was the ballast system and the effects were speed—were manipulated in a way that the navigation picture startling. The display was presented as perfectly normal, while the made sense and did not arouse suspicion,” he said. “This type of valves and pumps were disrupted and stopped working.” attack can easily penetrate the antivirus and firewalls typically used “We could have misled all the auxiliary systems controlled by in the maritime sector.” the MCS, including air conditioning, generators, fuel systems and “The captain’s computer is regularly connected to the internet more.” through a satellite link, which is used for chart updates and for Naval Dome says that viruses infecting ship systems can be general logistic updates,” he explained. “Our attacking file was unwittingly transferred by system manufacturers. transferred to the ECDIS in the first chart update. The penetration “As manufacturers themselves can be targeted, when they take route was not too complicated: the attacking file identified the control of onboard computers to carry out diagnostics or perform Disk-On-Key use for update and installed itself. So once the officer software upgrades, they can inadvertently open the gate to a cyber- had updated the ECDIS, our attack file immediately installed itself attack and infect other PC-based systems on board the ship,” Shefi onto the system.” says. In a second attack, the test ship’s radar was hit. While the radar is widely considered an impregnable, standalone system, Naval This article was reprinted, with permission, from the Dec. 21, 2017 edition of Dome’s team used the local Ethernet Switch Interface, which MarEx newsletter. Copyright 2017, Maritime Executive. All rights reserved.

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New Podcast Focuses on U.S. Maritime Industry

Maritime Administrator Mark Buzby discusses the challenges facing our industry in the most recent edition of a new podcast that focuses exclusively on maritime. The podcast is hosted by MM&P Vice President Gulf Ports- Government Affairs Klaus Luhta and is available on iTunes. In the most recent edition, “A Leader’s Leader,” Buzby talks about the current state of the American maritime industry and the challenges ahead. “Admiral Buzz, as he is affectionately called, has prepared all his life for this job,” Luhta says. “His philosophy is to take care of your people first. Give them the tools they need to do the job. Then get out of the way.” As head of the Maritime Administration, Buzby advises and Adm. Mark Buzby being interviewed by MM&P’s Klaus Luhta. assists Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao on commercial maritime matters, the U.S. maritime industry and strategic sealift. He also maintains liaison with public and private organizations involved in the maritime industry. In the interview, he discusses some of the challenges facing our industry and how he plans to address them: http://klausluhta.libsyn.com/ Some previous instalments of the podcast are: “The Truth About the Jones Act,” “An Interview with Congressman John Garamendi” and “A Shipbroker’s Life.”

Hats Off to USNS Tippecanoe! Photo Credit: Military Sealift Command The officers and crew of Military Sealift Command (MSC) fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe have been honored for exemplary performance in the area of energy and water conservation. The ship has been chosen to receive the Secretary of the Navy’s Energy and Water Management Award at the Platinum Level. “Your efforts set the example for our fleet to follow as MSC becomes more vigilant, constantly seeking ways to improve our energy conservation,” wrote MSC Commander Rear Adm. Dee Mewbourne in a letter to Tippecanoe’s master Captain Steven Perdue, a member of MM&P. “Thank you for your exemplary stewardship. Keep up the great work.” “We were deeply honored to win this award and a bit surprised as we were just following the standard practices and policies set forth by MSC, along with applying Fleet replenishment oiler Tippecanoe will basic good engineering,” said Chief Engineer Samuel Battles, a member of the Marine receive the Secretary of the Navy’s highest Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA). award for energy and water management. “All of the ships are burning low sulfur fuel now to cut down on the harmful emissions,” Battles said. “There’s no real secret for the ship’s performance beyond the crew’s dedication to energy efficiency, attentiveness and hard work.” “We’re not sure when the admiral or someone from the staff will present the ship with the actual award,” Perdue said, “but that will be one more milestone that Tippecanoe has accomplished during her illustrious career with MSC.” The Department of the Navy’s Energy and Water Management Awards Program is designed to promote excellence in the areas of energy efficiency, energy management, renewable energy, new technology, energy training innovation and energy awareness. Tippecanoe was chosen, MSC said, for having the lowest-in-class combined underway and not underway fuel consumption rate by area of responsibility; for having below-average underway and not underway burn rates for the class overall; and for exhibiting significant improvement in both underway and not underway burn rates despite spending the entire year in the Far East, which is the most energy- intensive area of responsibility.

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Union Officials Visit Pilot Boat New York

Regional pilots meetings in New York City last fall provided an opportunity for union officials to meet with members of the Pilots Membership Group and the Atlantic Maritime Group (AMG). In the photo, MM&P President Don Marcus (left) and Atlantic Ports Vice President Don Josberger (right) with Neil Somma, an AMG member who works as a steward aboard the Pilot Boat New York. The regional pilots meetings included a tour of New York Harbor organized by the New York/New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots.

DOT Drug Testing Now Includes Semi-Synthetic Opioids

The Coast Guard has issued an advisory stating that the to the marine employer as a negative. If not, the MRO will report Department of Transportation (DOT) Drug Testing requirements the result as positive.” have been changed to include semi-synthetic opiates. “When a marine employer or sponsoring organization receives DOT has amended the drug-testing program to add a positive drug test result from an MRO, the marine employer or hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone and oxycodone to sponsoring organization is required to remove the mariner from the “Opioids” section of the drug-testing panel. performing regulated safety-sensitive duties and provide a list of The agency said that in addition to the previous DOT drug qualified Substance Abuse Professionals to the mariner.” testing panel that tests for marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, “In accordance with 46 CFR 16.201(c), marine employers and phencyclidine and opiates, mariners in safety-sensitive positions sponsoring organizations are required to report positive test results will be tested for the additional semi-synthetic opioids named of credentialed mariners to the U.S. Coast Guard.” above. For more information: https://tinyurl.com/semisyntheticopioids. It said common names for these semi-synthetic opioids include OxyContin, Percodan, Percocet, Vicodin, Lortab, Norco, Dilaudid and Exalgo. “If a mariner tests positive for any of the semi-synthetic opioid drugs after Dec. 31, 2017, then as with any other drug test result that is confirmed by the laboratory, the Medical Review Officer (MRO) will conduct an interview with the mariner to determine if there is a legitimate medical explanation for the result. If the mariner has a valid prescription, it must be provided to the MRO, who will then determine if the prescription is valid. If a legitimate medical explanation is established, the MRO will report the result

10 The Master, Mate & Pilot - January | February 2018 WASHINGTON OBSERVER

The Time to Act Is Now!

Government Shutdowns… Partisan On National Maritime Day in 2017, Warfare… Legislative Chaos… Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao stated that, Resignations “The United States merchant marine plays a key Each time we think the situation in our Nation’s role in defending our country and making the Capital can’t possibly get any worse, it does. world a better place… We will never forget that Today, once again, we are forced to stand back America’s merchant mariners are the first to be and watch as our country’s elected officials play to sent in time of need.” their radical fringe bases instead of legislating. We not only agree with and appreciate the This may make for interesting television and Secretary’s remarks, but believe very strongly that provide hilarious material for late night talk shows Congress and the Administration are missing and Saturday Night Live, but it does nothing to C. James Patti a real opportunity to revitalize the U.S.-flag help our industry or increase the number of maritime merchant marine, to put Americans back to work jobs. aboard U.S.-flag vessels and, above all, to ensure Of course, this isn’t the first time we have been faced with dire that our country has the U.S.-flag commercial sealift capability conditions in Washington, D.C. In fact, the situation has been needed to support the Department of Defense (DOD) whenever more or less the norm for quite some time. and wherever needed. Our ability to change things for the better is limited, except in A Shortage of Mariners one very key area: our involvement in the upcoming November 2018 midterm elections. And this is where every MM&P The major issue threatening our ability to meet strategic sealift member comes in: whether you have been supporting the Political requirements is the growing shortfall in the number of qualified Contribution Fund (PCF) or not, the time to act is now. U.S.-citizen mariners available to crew the government and We need the resources to help members of Congress in both privately owned vessels that DOD needs in time of war or political parties who share our disappointment with the way things international emergency. are being done in Washington and who share our commitment to In March 2015, Gen. Paul Selva, then-commander, United strengthening the U.S.-flag merchant marine. States Transportation Command, told Congress that the Many of our longtime friends and supporters in Congress are “reduction in government-impelled cargoes due to the drawdown facing extremely difficult reelection campaigns against opponents in Afghanistan and reductions in food aid… are driving vessel who are well-funded by outside organizations with the ability to owners to reflag to non-U.S.-flag out of economic necessity. With make unlimited expenditures on their behalf. The overwhelming the recent vessel reductions, the mariner base is at a point where majority of these outside groups take positions contrary to what future reductions in U.S.-flag capacity put our ability to fully is in the best interests of our industry. They have been involved activate, deploy and sustain forces at increased risk.” in campaigns to repeal the Jones Act and take away funds from At Congressional hearings last year, Gen. Darren McDew, then- the Maritime Security Program (MSP). At their core, they are commander, United States Transportation Command, and Joel anti-labor, and despite their “Buy America” rhetoric, they seek to Szabat, then-executive director, U.S. Maritime Administration, eliminate the programs and policies that encourage the operation both warned that there is a shortage of approximately 2,000 of U.S.-flag ships. mariners. They stated that the shortfall puts our industry on the We cannot stand on the sidelines and make it easy for these edge of not being able to meet sustained requirements beyond the groups and the people they helped elect to Congress—people who first four or five months of a conflict. are beholden to them—to destroy our industry and outsource We must reverse the dangerous decline in the American American maritime jobs. maritime manpower pool and put American mariners back to It is imperative that every MM&P member, pensioner and work aboard U.S.-flag commercial vessels. If we do not, our employee stand up and be counted by contributing to the MM&P nation will effectively be handing over to foreign-flag vessels and PCF. We must do everything we can to help our friends and their foreign-citizen crews our national security and the safety of supporters keep their jobs as they fight to help us keep ours! American troops deployed overseas. continued on page 12

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As history has proven, American mariners never fail to sail into We ask Congress and the Administration to support the harm’s way when our country needs them. There is no guarantee— annual funding levels for this program as authorized by and no reason to believe—that foreign crews would do the same. Congress ($300 million in each of FY 2018 and 2019) so It is essential that the Administration and Congress focus on that vessel operators can continue to upgrade and modernize stopping further losses of U.S.-flag vessels and further outsourcing their fleets of militarily useful vessels and continue to operate of American maritime jobs. these vessels under the U.S. flag with American mariners. Below are several areas in which Congress and the Administration can take action to address the situation. Support F Cargo Preference: U.S.-flag cargo preference shipping for these programs, policies and new initiatives represent the requirements mandate that a percentage of U.S.-government- guiding principles that we use to determine who receives support financed exports and imports be transported on privately from the MM&P PCF. owned U.S.-flag commercial vessels. But all too often, federal shipper agencies, intentionally or otherwise, fail to comply Recommendations with the requirements, denying U.S.-flag vessels and American F Maritime Security Program: America’s commercial sealift maritime workers their lawful share of taxpayer-financed capability is based on the Maritime Security Program (MSP) cargoes. It is important to understand that every U.S.-flag and its fleet of 60 privately owned, militarily useful U.S.-flag vessel has military utility because all of them provide the commercial vessels and their U.S. citizen crews. Since 2009, employment base necessary to maintain the cadre of American privately owned U.S.-flag commercial vessels and their civilian merchant mariners that DOD needs. Implementation of U.S.-citizen crews have transported more than 90 percent cargo preference requirements helps guarantee that American of the sustainment cargo needed to support U.S. military maritime jobs will not be outsourced to the benefit of foreign operations and rebuilding programs in Iraq and Afghanistan. workers and that the dangerous decline in the number of The vessels enrolled in MSP—all of which are crewed by American mariners will not worsen. The Administration’s U.S.-citizen civilian mariners—carried 99 percent of these stated policies of Hire American and Buy American should cargoes. also include Ship American. We ask Congress and the Administration to continually monitor the activities of all federal shipper agencies to ensure they fully comply with the letter and the spirit of the U.S.-flag cargo preference shipping requirements.

Any question as to the applicability of cargo preference to cargo moving under a federal program or financed with federal funds should be decided by the Maritime Administration. The cargo preference laws are broadly written and should be broadly applied.

12 The Master, Mate & Pilot - January | February 2018 We ask Congress and the Administration to make clear to F The Jones Act: The Jones Act, another cornerstone of all federal agencies and departments that the Maritime American maritime policy, requires that vessels engaged in Administration has the final say on questions relating to U.S. domestic commerce be owned and crewed by Americans the applicability of cargo preference, and to ensure that the and built in U.S. shipyards. According to a recent study by Maritime Administration fully exercises this authority. PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the Jones Act generates 500,000 high-quality American jobs, produces an economic output F Bilateral Shipping Agreements: The negotiation of bilateral in the United States of more than $10 billion annually and cargo-sharing agreements between the United States and its provides critical homeland security, economic and national trading partners is an important way for our government security benefits to our nation. The oceangoing vessels engaged to respond to the fiscal and economic subsidies available to in the Jones Act trades provide important employment foreign-flag vessels. The subsidies impede the ability of U.S.- opportunities for American mariners, thereby contributing to flag commercial vessels to carry a greater share of U.S. exports the maritime manpower pool. and imports. Today, it is estimated that the U.S.-flag fleet carries a mere 2 percent of all the cargo entering and leaving We ask Congress and the Administration to affirm their support our country, and none of the liquefied natural gas and oil for this critically important law and to oppose efforts to repeal it. products that the United States exports. If we are going to revitalize our industry, we need people in We ask Congress to encourage the Administration to use its Congress who understand its importance to the military, economic authority to negotiate meaningful bilateral cargo-sharing and homeland security of the United States. agreements to ensure that U.S.-flag vessels with U.S.-citizen We need legislators who care about preserving and creating jobs crews carry a greater portion of America’s foreign trade. for American mariners and who will oppose policies that result in the outsourcing of American jobs. F Reactivating the Export-Import Bank: Since 1934, We need people in Congress who will stand with us against the the Export-Import Bank has provided direct loans, loan efforts of foreign shipping interests and “free traders” who will guarantees, working capital guarantees and credit insurance sacrifice America’s security and American jobs to enhance their own to encourage foreign purchases of U.S.-made products. It economic interests. helped facilitate more than $37 billion in export sales in FY We need every MM&P member, pensioner and employee to 2013, supporting more than 200,000 American jobs. Equally stand up and be counted by contributing to the MM&P PCF. important, a percentage of Export-Import Bank financed We need to do everything we can to help our friends and exports must be shipped on U.S.-flag commercial vessels, supporters keep their jobs as they fight to help us keep ours! providing an important source of cargo for the U.S.-flag fleet. To learn more about the MM&P PCF, contact me at jpatti@ miraid.org or send an e-mail to [email protected] We urge Congress and the Administration to take the steps necessary to enable the Export-Import Bank to resume its activ- ities on behalf of American businesses as a way to generate jobs for American workers in the U.S. manufacturing and service industries, including the U.S. maritime industry.

www.bridgedeck.org - The Master, Mate & Pilot 13 Masters, Mates & Pilots Plans Administrator’s Column

PATRICK MCCULLOUGH

Schedule of Meetings Summary of Benefits and Coverage Form As required by law, the Plan has updated the Summary of The first Trustees meetings for 2018 took place on Feb. 13-15. In Benefits and Coverage form for the Plan year 2018. The the next edition of The Master, Mate & Pilot, I will summarize Plan mailed these forms to participants along with the notice some of the actions taken by the Trustees at their meeting. informing the participants of the annual open enrollment. Important Reminders If you would like to review PDF copies of these forms, they Please contact an MM&P Health & Benefit Plan advisor if: have been posted on the MM&P website. From the home page, • your address has changed; bridgedeck.org, please click on the “MM&P Plans” button, and • you have been legally separated or divorced; or then on the button that reads “H&B Forms.” The Summary of • your spouse is working and is now covered by that Benefits and Coverage form is listed after the Summary Plan employer’s health benefit program. Descriptions. And please remember: • report any accidents aboard ship to the Plan Office; Be a Wise Consumer • once you retire and are eligible for Medicare, you must take When Shopping for a Medical Provider Medicare Part A and Part B; Using a provider contracted with CIGNA/ • you must submit a copy of your Medicare card to the Plan MULTIPLAN minimizes your out-of-pocket costs and Office; saves both you and the Plan money. You can go to our • dependent children over the age of 19 must have their Adult website to find a provider in your area (http://www. Dependent Form on file with the Plan Office to be covered bridgedeck.org/forms/hbproviders-print.pdf). under the Health & Benefit Plan. If you have a provider you like who is not Medicare Part D Update contracted, contact the Plan Office for a nomination form. You Since 2006, the Health & Benefit Plan has applied for and can bring it to your provider to complete and mail to CIGNA. received a subsidy for a percentage of the prescription drug Here are some examples of potential charges to you and the costs incurred by Medicare-eligible Offshore pensioners and Plan of contracted providers versus non-contracted providers (in dependents. these examples, the Major Medical Deductible and the Non- Each year, the Plan must file an application for the subsidy PPO deductible have already been met): with the Center for Medicare Services (CMS). The subsidy is equal to approximately 28 percent of the cost of the prescription 1. Personal Care Physician visit non-contracted: Charges drug benefit. For calendar year 2018, the Plan’s application $275; Plans Allowance $100 payable @ 90% = $90. Your to receive the subsidy has been approved. For 2017, the Plan responsibility $185.* expects to receive approximately $898,000 in subsidies, which helps defray the costs of providing this benefit to our retirees. Same visit to a contracted provider: Charges $275; The MM&P Plan’s prescription drug program has been Contract Amount $125 payable @100% after $15 co-pay, and continues to be comparable to the coverage offered by which is your responsibility. the Medicare Part D Program. In September 2017, we sent members the required annual notice that explains that the Plan’s Your savings from using a contracted provider are $170.* prescription coverage is “creditable” for 2018. For 2018, all participants have such creditable coverage.

14 The Master, Mate & Pilot - January | February 2018 Pension Plan – Adjustable Pension Plan 2. Visit to a non-contracted specialist: Charges $300; Plans Allowance $175 payable @ 70% = $122.50. Your Annual Verification of Pensioner Benefits responsibility $177.50.* To safeguard pension benefits for all participants and their qualified spouses, as they have over the past few years, the Same visit to a contracted specialist: Charges $300; Trustees require all pensioners to verify on an annual basis that Contract Amount $275 payable @100% after $25 co-pay, they have received their pension benefits for the previous year. which is your responsibility. The annual verification of pensioner benefits form must be notarized and returned to the Plan Office. If the pensioner Your savings from using a contracted provider are: resides in a city with an MM&P Port Office, the MM&P $152.50.* Port Official can sign the form instead of a notary. It is our understanding that you may also be able to have this form 3. Surgery for arthroscopy of the knee performed at a notarized at your bank or financial institution for little or no cost non-contracted ambulatory surgical center: Charges to you. $14,768.87; Plans Allowable $3,342 payable @ 70% = Please be advised that the Plan needs to receive this form, $2,339.40. Your responsibility $12,429.47. properly completed, by the time you are scheduled to receive your May pension benefit payment. We will have to withhold Same procedure performed at a contracted provider: that benefit payment, and all future payments, until the properly Charges $14,768.87; Contract Amount $3,000 completed form is received. payable @ 90% = $2,700. Your responsibility $300. If you have any questions, please contact a Plan Office benefit advisor at 410-850-8625 or 410-850-8636. Your savings from using a contracted provider are $12,129.47. Pension Plan 4. Inpatient stay at non-contracted hospital: Charges Missing Participants $123,000; Plans Allowable $62,000 (minus $3,000 out-of- The Plan tried to get in touch with the following participants in pocket and $150 admission deductible); Plan reimburses 2017, and they have not responded to the Plan. $58,850.Your responsibility $64,150 (the difference between charges and what the Plan reimbursed). 2017 Pension Confirm Forms Needed for Plan Year 2016 Same hospital stay at a contracted provider: Charges Violeta Rivera Luis Rodriguez $123,000. Contract Amount $50,000 (minus $3,000 out- Roland Nalette Virginia Waters of-pocket and $150 admission deductible). Plan reimburses

(100%) $46,850. Your responsibility $3,150 (the difference between the contract rate and what the Plan reimbursed). 2016 Pension Confirm Forms Still Needed for Plan Year 2015 Your savings from using a contracted provider are: $61,000.** William King Harry Woodard

If you have any questions regarding these examples, please If you know where these individuals have moved, or if you have contact the Plan Office: 410-850-8612. a phone number, please contact the Pension Plan benefit staff at the Plan Office at 410-850-8636. *Your responsibility will increase if your $250 Major Medical and $150 Non-PPO deductible have not been met for the calendar year. ** In example 4, your responsibility would increase by $3,000 if your out-of-pocket deductible had not been met for the year and by $150 if your admission deductible had not been met for the year.

www.bridgedeck.org - The Master, Mate & Pilot 15 NEWS FROM MITAGS

28 Members Complete New Chief Mate Courses

New courses that are specifically aimed at chief mates seeking to build on their professional skills were completed by 28 MM&P members last year. The new courses—Chief Mate Operations I and the Maersk-Specific Chief Mate Operations II—were both introduced at the end of 2017. The Chief Mate Operations Course consists of one week of general chief mate training. The Maersk-Specific Chief Mate Operations Course consists of one week of company-specific training. Under the current requirements for MM&P-contracted ships operated by Maersk and E-Ships, all relief MLL Chief Mates must have successfully completed the company-specific course within the previous five years. An APL company-specific course is expected to be ready for launch this summer. “We believe this program will greatly assist our members in successfully navigating the steep learning curve from second mate to chief mate,” says MM&P Atlantic Ports Vice President Don Josberger. “The program will ensure that our employers continue to obtain the MM&P standard of motivated and well-prepared second and chief mates.” Bob Kimball coordinates the Chief Chief Mate Operations I includes modules on: maintenance and ship repair; coatings; Mate Operations courses at MITAGS. container operations; stability and trim; safety management systems; and union contracts. In Chief Mate Operations II, the Maersk-specific course, the focus is primarily on company- specific software. All the courses are coordinated by MITAGS instructor Bob Kimball. Participants in the courses, Kimball says, are seeking to build on and expand their professional skills. “They are people who say ‘I want to be the best chief mate I can be,’” he says.

Happy Retirement Mel! Congratulations on Completing Advanced Firefighting!

Mel Foster, who has been a part of the MITAGS/CCMIT community for 45 years, retired at the end of 2017. His co-workers MM&P members Joe Williamson and Natalie Jones, and gave him a retirement party, where he was awarded a framed MM&P’s Honolulu Representative Randy Swindell, completed commemorative photo of the property that, as lead maintenance the advanced firefighting class at the Pacific Maritime Institute in technician, he had maintained so well for so many years. We wish June. The MM&P MATES Program purchased Fremont Maritime you all the best in your retirement, Mel! You will be missed! Services in 2017, along with the India Tango Marine Fire Fighting Training Programs. The acquisition substantially increased the number of fire-fighting courses and programs available for trust and tuition-paying students at MITAGS-PMI.

16 The Master, Mate & Pilot - January | February 2018 Directory of MM&P Offices

International Headquarters MM&P Health & Benefit, Offshore Membership Group Miami/Port Everglades 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Vacation, Pension, Don F. Josberger Andrea Fortin Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1953 JEC and IRAP Plans Vice President-Atlantic Ports Representative Phone: 410-850-8700 540 East McNab Rd., Ste B Patrick McCullough Klaus Luhta Fax: 410-850-0973 Pompano Beach, FL 33060-9354 Administrator VP-Gulf Ports & Government Affairs www.bridgedeck.org MM&P Plans Phone: 954-946-7883 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite A J. Lars Turner Fax: 954-946-8283 International Officers Linthicum Heights, MD Vice President-Pacific Ports [email protected] 21090-1996 Donald J. Marcus Phone: 410-850-8500 New York/New Jersey President Fax: 410-850-8655 Boston 410-850-8700 ext. 122 Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522 Ron Colpus Don F. Josberger [email protected] [email protected] Thomas Sullivan Vice President-Atlantic Hours: Monday – Friday Steven E. Werse Representatives Jay Tripaldi 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET Marine Industrial Park Secretary-Treasurer Atlantic Regional Representative 12 Channel St., Suite 606-A 410-850-8700 ext. 116 570 Broad Street, Ste 701 Boston, MA 02210-2333 [email protected] Atlantic Maritime Group Newark, NJ 07102 Phone: 617-671-0769 Phone: 201-963-1900 Stephen H. Doherty Fax: 617-261-2334 Executive Offices Fax: 201-963-5403 Vice President [email protected] [email protected] 570 Broad Street, Suite 701 George Quick [email protected] VP-Pilot Membership Group Newark, NJ 07102 410-691-8144 Direct: 201-830-3407 Charleston Fax: 201-748-5151 [email protected] John Livingston Norfolk, Va. [email protected] Klaus Luhta Representative Mark Nemergut Paulina Czernek 1481 Tobias Gadson Blvd. VP-Gulf Ports & Gov’t Affairs Representative Representative Suite 2C 410-691-8139 Interstate Corporate Center Phone: 201-830-3406 Charleston, SC 29407-4794 [email protected] 6325 North Center Dr., Ste 100 [email protected] Phone: 843-766-3565 Frank Scopelliti Norfolk, VA 23502 Fax: 843-766-6352 International Comptroller Mike Riordan Phone: 757-489-7406 [email protected] 410-691-8134 Representative Fax: 757-489-1715 [email protected] Direct: 201-830-3409 [email protected] [email protected] Roger Lash Honolulu Paul Roura International Representative Randy Swindell Oakland 410-691-8142 Representative Representative [email protected] Direct: 201-963-1900 ext. 164 Jeremy Hope 521 Ala Moana Blvd., Ste 254 [email protected] Coast Agent Honolulu, HI 96813 Communications Rich Russo Phone: 808-523-8183 Representative City Representative Fax: 808-538-3672 548 Thomas L. Berkley Way Lisa Rosenthal Phone: 201-830-3408 [email protected] Oakland, CA 94612 Communications Director [email protected] Phone: 510-808-7068 410-691-8146 Fax: 510-808-7067 [email protected] Federal Employees Houston [email protected] mmpsf@bridgedeck Membership Group Klaus Luhta Legal Department VP-Gulf Ports & Government Affairs Randall H. Rockwood Gabriel Terrasa Vice President Nell Wilkerson Seattle International Counsel Executive Office Representative 410-691-8148 J. Lars Turner MM&P Headquarters 13850 Gulf Freeway, Ste 250 [email protected] Vice President-Pacific Ports 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Houston, TX 77034 Kathleen O. Moran Phone: 281-464-9650 Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 Representative Fax: 281-464-9652 LMSR Contact [email protected] 15208 52nd Ave. South [email protected] 410-691-8131 Suite 100 Robert P. Chiesa [email protected] Gov’t Crewing Coordinator Randi Ciszewski Seattle, WA 98188 443-784-8788 Government Fleet Representative Phone: 206-441-8700 [email protected] & CNO Pilot Representative Los Angeles/Long Beach Fax: 206-448-8829 MM&P Headquarters [email protected] 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Wendy Karnes [email protected] Membership Department Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 Representative Patrice L. Wooten Cell: 202-679-7594 533 N. Marine Ave., Ste A Director of Membership Fax: 732-527-0829 Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 410-691-8151 Phone: 310-834-7201 [email protected] Fax: 310-834-6667 [email protected]

www.bridgedeck.org - The Master, Mate & Pilot 17 Tampa Association Maryland Pilots Crescent River Port Pilots Port Everglades Pilots Laura Cenkovich Eric Nielsen Allen J. “AJ” Gibbs Todd J. Cooper Representative President President Cheryl A. Phipps 4333 S 50th St. 3720 Dillon St. 8712 Highway 23 Co-Directors Tampa, FL 33619 Baltimore, MD 21224 Belle Chasse, LA 70037 P.O. Box 13017 Phone: 813-247-2164 Phone: 410-276-1337 Phone: 504-392-8001 Port Everglades, FL 33316 Fax: 813-248-1592 Fax: 410-276-1364 Fax: 504-392-5014 Phone: 954-522-4491 Hours: 9:00 AM-2:00 PM ET [email protected] [email protected] Galveston-Texas City Pilots Puget Sound Pilots Biscayne Bay Pilots Pilot Membership Group Christos A. Sotirelis Eric vonBrandenfels Andrew D. Melick P.O. Box 16110 101 Stewart St. - Suite 900 George A. Quick Chairman Galveston, TX 77552 Seattle, WA 98101 Vice President 2911 Port Blvd. Phone: 409-740-3347 Phone: 206-728-6400 3400 N. Furnace Rd. Miami, FL 33132 Fax: 409-740-3393 Fax: 206-448-3405 Jarrettsville, MD 21084 Phone: 305-374-2791 Phone: 410-691-8144 Fax: 305-374-2375 Hawaii Pilots Association Sabine Pilots Fax: 410-557-7082 [email protected] Boston Pilots Tom Heberle Mark D. Taylor President Presiding Officer Richard Stover East Coast Regional Rep. Pier 19-Honolulu Harbor 5148 West Pkwy. Groves, TX 77619 President P.O. Box 721 Phone: 409-722-1141 Timothy J. Ferrie 256 Marginal Street, Bldg 11 Honolulu, HI 96808 Fax: 409-962-9223 201 Edgewater St. East Boston, MA 02128 Phone: 808-532-7233 www.sabinepilots.com Staten Island, NY 10305 Phone: 617-569-4500 Fax: 808-532-7229 Phone: 718-448-3900 Fax: 617-569-4502 www.hawaiipilots.net Saint Johns Bar Pilots Fax: 718-447-1582 [email protected] Canaveral Pilots Houston Pilots W. Hardee Kavanaugh President Ben Borgie Mark Mitchem Gulf Coast Regional Rep. 4910 Ocean St. Mayport, FL 32233 Doug Brown Presiding Officer Phone: 904-249-5631 Richard D. Moore Co-Chairmen 203 Deerwood Glen Drive Fax: 904-249-7523 8150 S. Loop E. Houston, TX 77017 Box 816 Deer Park, TX 77536 [email protected] Phone: 713-645-9620 Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 Phone: 713-645-9620 [email protected] Phone: 321-783-4645 San Juan Bay Pilots [email protected] Key West Bar Pilots Association Stephen Rivera West Coast Regional Rep. Charleston Branch Pilots Michael McGraw President Kip Carlson P.O. Box 848 P.O. Box 9021033 Pier 9, East End Whit Smith Key West, FL 33041 San Juan, PR 00902-1033 San Francisco, CA 94111 6 Concord St. Phone: 305-296-5512 787-722-1166 Phone: 415-362-5436 P.O. Box 179 Fax: 305-296-1388 [email protected] Charleston, SC 29401 St. Lawrence Seaway Pilots Phone: 843-577-6695 Mobile Bar Pilots John R. Boyce Alaska Marine Pilots Fax: 843-577-0632 J. Christopher Brock President William Gillespie Columbia River Bar Pilots President Richard Tetzlaff President P.O. Box 831 MM&P Branch Agent P.O. Box 920226 James Brady Mobile, AL 36601 P.O. Box 274 Dutch Harbor, AK 99692 100 16th St. Phone: 251-432-2639 733 E. Broadway Phone: 907-581-1240 Astoria, OR 97103-3634 Fax: 251-432-9964 Cape Vincent, NY 13618 Fax: 907-581-1372 Phone: 503-325-2641 Phone: 315-654-2900 [email protected] Northeast Marine Pilots Fax: 315-654-4491 Columbia River Pilots E. Howard McVay Aransas-Corpus Christi Pilots San Francisco Bar Pilots Christopher D. Eckardt 243 Spring St. Jay Rivera MM&P Delegate Newport, RI 02840 Joseph Long P.O. Box 2767 13225 N. Lombard Phone: 401-847-9050 Port Agent Corpus Christi, TX 78403 Portland, OR 97203 Toll Free: 1-800-274-1216 Kip Carlson Phone: 361-884-5899 Phone: 503-289-9922 MM&P Representative Fax: 361-884-1659 Pilots Association for the Pier 9, East End San Francisco, CA 94111 Coos Bay Pilots Bay & River Delaware Associated Branch Pilots Phone: 415-362-5436 Charles L. Yates J. Ward Guilday Fax: 415-982-4721 Mike Lorino Jr. President President 3813 N. Cswy Blvd., Ste 100 686 North Front St. 800 S. Columbus Blvd. Metairie, LA 70002 Coos Bay, OR 97420-2331 Philadelphia, PA 19147 Phone: 504-831-6615 Phone: 541-267-6555 Phone: 215-465-8340 Fax: 541-267-5256 Fax: 215-465-3450

18 The Master, Mate & Pilot - January | February 2018 Sandy Hook Pilots Western Great Lakes Seattle Pacific Maritime Region John J. DeCruz Pilots Association Timothy Saffle Pension & Benefit Plans New York President John Swartout VP-Pacific Maritime Region Richard J. Schoenlank President Dan Twohig Columbia Northwest New Jersey President 1111 Tower Ave., P.O. Box 248 Representative Marine Benefit Trust 201 Edgewater St. Superior, WI 54880-0248 Pacific Maritime Region Staten Island, NY 10305 Patrick McCullough Phone: 715-392-5204 15208 52nd Ave., South, Ste 100 Phone: 718-448-3900 Administrator Fax: 715-392-1666 Seattle, WA 98188 Fax: 718-447-1582 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite A Phone: 425-775-1403 Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1996 United Inland Fax: 425-775-1418 Phone: 410-850-8500 [email protected] Savannah Pilots Association Membership Group Fax: 410-850-8655 [email protected] Robert T. (“Trey”) Thompson III Thomas Bell Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522 [email protected] Master Pilot VP-Great Lakes & Gulf 550 E. York St. Wilmington Hours: Monday-Friday Timothy Saffle P.O. Box 9267 Raymond W. Shipway 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET VP-Pacific Maritime Region Savannah, GA 31401-3545 Regional Representative Phone: 912-236-0226 533 N. Marine Ave. Northwest Maritime Fax: 912-236-6571 Cleveland Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 Pension Trust Phone: 510-808-7066 Thomas Bell Southeast Alaska Pilots Fax: 510-808-7064 Randy G. Goodwin VP-Great Lakes & Gulf [email protected] Account Executive Kathleen Fleury 1250 Old River Rd. 3rd Floor P.O. Box 34203 President Cleveland, OH 44113 Seattle, WA 98124 1621 Tongass Ave. - Suite 300 Phone: 216-776-1667 MIRAID Phone: 206-441-7574 Ketchikan, AK 99901 Fax: 216-776-1668 C. James Patti Fax: 206-441-9110 [email protected] Phone: 907-225-9696 President Fax: 907-247-9696 1025 Connecticut Ave., NW Southwest Marine Health, [email protected] Juneau Suite 507 Benefit & Pension Trust www.seapa.com Washington, DC 20036-5412 Shannon Adamson Phone: 202-463-6505 Dora Vele Regional Representative Fax: 202-223-9093 1200 Wilshire Blvd., 5th Floor Southwest Alaska Pilots 229 Fourth St. [email protected] Los Angeles, CA 90017 Ronald A. Ward, II Juneau, AK 99801 Toll-Free: 1-888-806-8943 President Phone: 907-586-8192 P.O. Box 977 Fax: 907-789-0569 MM&P Federal Credit Union Homer, AK 99603 [email protected] Maritime Institute of Kathy Ann Klisavage Technology & Graduate Phone: 907-235-8783 Manager Fax: 907-235-6119 Oakland MM&P Headquarters Studies (MITAGS) [email protected]. 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Raymond W. Shipway Glen Paine Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 Regional Representative Executive Director Phone: 410-691-8136 Tampa Bay Pilots 548 Thomas L. Berkley Way 692 Maritime Blvd. Fax: 410-859-1623 Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1952 Allen L. Thompson Oakland, CA 94612 Toll-Free: 1-800-382-7777 Main Phone: 410-859-5700 Executive Director Phone: 510-808-7066 (All U.S. and Puerto Rico) Admissions: 1-866-656-5568 1825 Sahlman Dr. Tampa, FL 33605 Fax: 510-808-7064 [email protected] Res Cntr: 1-866-900-3517 Phone: 813-247-3737 [email protected] BWI Airport Shuttle Fax: 813-247-4425 MM&P Maritime (avail. 24 hours a day): Portland Advancement, Training, 1-866-900-3517 Ext. 0 Virgin Islands Port Nick Sorber Education & Safety Program School: 410-859-5181 Fax Authority Pilots Regional Representative Residence: 410-859-0942 Fax Patrick McCullough Executive Director: [email protected] John Amaro 2225 N. Lombard St. - No. 206 Portland, OR 97217 Administrator Admissions: [email protected] President www.mitags.org 6877 Upper Wintberg Phone and Fax: 503-283-0518 [email protected] Glen Paine St. Thomas, VI 00802 Executive Director 340-998-2260 Pacific Maritime [email protected] San Juan, Puerto Rico Institute (PMI) Former Atlantic & Gulf Eduardo Iglesias Region Health, Pension Bill Anderson Virginia Pilot Association Regional Representative Director and Education, Safety 1729 Alaskan Way, S. Seattle, J. William Cofer 1055 Kennedy Ave. Ste 914 & Training Funds WA 98134-1146 President San Juan, PR 00920 Phone: 206-239-9965 3329 Shore Dr. Phone: 787-724-3600 MM&P Plan Office Fax: 206-441-2995 Virginia Beach, VA 23451 Fax: 787-723-4494 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite A Toll-Free: 1-888-893-7829 Phone: 757-496-0995 Hours: Monday-Friday Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1996 9:00AM – 1:30PM ET Phone: 410-850-8500 [email protected] [email protected] Fax: 410-850-8655 www.mates.org Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522

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PENSIONERS

Jenaro Asteinza, shipping out of East Coast ports. He last Arnie Kelso, sailed as a sailed for Central Gulf Lines as chief mate aboard the Green San Francisco Bar pilot. Ridge.

John M. Dolan, shipping out of West Coast ports. He last sailed for APL Maritime Ltd. as master of the APL Korea.

Bren G. Donofrio, shipping out of West Coast ports. He last sailed for Matson Navigation Company as third mate Michael E. O’Connor, aboard the Mahi Mahi. shipping out of West Coast ports. He last sailed for APL Maritime Ltd. as chief mate aboard the APL Philippines. Melvin R. Foster Jr., retired from the MM&P Atlantic & Gulf Membership Group, MITAGS Engineering James N. Pappas, Department. shipping out of East Coast ports. He last sailed for Sealand Services Inc. as master of the Newark Bay.

Gary D. Hurt, shipping out of West Coast ports. He last Joseph Shary, sailed for American Ship Management as master of the shipping out of East Coast ports. He last President Truman. He has been a Puget Sound pilot since sailed for Farrell Lines as second mate aboard the Patriot. 2001. He has been a Tampa Bay pilot since 1986.

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Laszlo Bolkeny, 78, Oct. 26, 2017. A resident of Vancouver, as well as the National Rifle Association. He is survived by his Wash., and a pensioner since 2000, he last sailed for Sargent partner of 50 years, Elke Paasch, his brother Frank, nieces, great- Marine Inc. aboard the MV Asphalt Commander. nieces and a great-nephew. David J. Elmore Jr., 93, Oct. 7, Wallace S. Morrow III, 88, Sept. 30, 2017. A resident of East 2017. A resident of Durham, N.C., Sandwich, Mass., and a pensioner since 1987, he last sailed for and a pensioner since 1965, he last OMI Corporation Inc. as master of the OMI Dynachem. His sailed for Moore McCormack Lines family remembers him as a “true example of the high standards as master of the Robin Goodfellow. MM&P members have and that they represent all over the After retiring from the sea, he world.” He is survived by his daughter Gayle and son David, became a real estate agent, first in grandchildren Jennipher, Matthew and Christopher, his sisters South Africa and then, after his and many nieces and nephews. return to the United States in 1987, Ralph T. Mueller, 88, Oct. 9, 2017. A resident of Dunedin, Fla., in North Carolina. He worked at and a pensioner since 1994, he last sailed for American Foreign the Chapel Hill Country Club and later for realtor Fonville Shipping aboard the Admiral William M. Callaghan. He enjoyed Morrisey. He was always trying to make people laugh. He the company of friends, a cold beer and keeping current with loved the University of North Carolina’s football and basketball news and politics. He is remembered as very charitable, patriotic, teams, as well as the Carolina Panthers. He is survived by his and intelligent. His is survived by his brother Fred and nieces children Coaina Nel, Susan Davey and David B. Elmore, and his Patricia Warthen, Marjorie Cozzi and Janice Mueller. grandchildren Matthew Davey, Benjamin and Justine Davey and Ethan Nel. Asbjorn E. Oscarsen, 94, Oct. 18, 2017. A resident of San Francisco, Calif., and a pensioner since 1985, he last sailed for John L. Gray, 74, Nov. 16, 2017. A resident of Tampa, Fla., Keystone Shipping aboard the Spirit of Liberty. and a pensioner since 2015, he last sailed for Horizon Lines Inc. aboard the Horizon Ned Lloyd. Jose Sanchez Rodriguez, 69, Sept. 20, 2017. A resident of Carolina, Puerto Rico, and a pensioner since 1993, he last Harry Ingebrigtsen, 98, Nov. 2, 2017. A resident of Pleasanton, worked for McAllister Brothers as a marine engineer. He is Calif., and a pensioner since 1992, he last sailed for Sealand remembered for his love of sports and watching television. He is Services Inc. aboard the Sealand Trader. survived by his wife and children Maribel and Jose. Carl M. Larkin, 92, Sept. 28, 2017. Norman L. “Tom” Tomlin, 94, A resident of Shasta, Calif., and a Sept. 12, 2017. A resident of pensioner since 1987, he last sailed Tacoma, Wash., and a pensioner for American President Lines Inc. since 1973, he last sailed for Victory aboard the SS President Taft. He Carriers Inc. aboard the SS Longview is remembered as a man of great Victory. In his 30-year career, he honesty, quick wit, intellect and transported munitions during World loyalty. He had a superb sense of War II and served in the Korean humor, an eidetic memory and an and Vietnam wars. He and his wife endless sense of curiosity. In later Betty purchased a fiberglass hull life, he enjoyed 17 years of rich companionship with his beloved and built a 46-foot sailboat that they greatly enjoyed. He liked friend Marianne Olstad. Survivors include his four daughters; working with wood and built the interior of his motor sailor, Kathleen Add, Laura, Joan Marie and Jeanine; 12 grandchildren, including all the cabinetry. He had an infectious smile and was five great-grandchildren and more on the way. always ready with a joke to make others laugh. As a member of August P. Lazzaro, 90, Nov. 13, 2017. A resident of Gibraltar the Tacoma and Day Island Yacht Club, he was awarded Man and a pensioner since 1988, he last sailed for Sealand Services of the Year. Survivors include daughters Norma Lee and Mary, Inc. aboard the SS Long Beach. granddaughters Kristin and Jennifer, great-grandson Zachary and Peter Marozas, 92, Nov. 9, 2017. A resident of York, Pa., and niece Shelly. a pensioner since 1996, he last sailed for Sealand Services Inc. John B. Winterling, 92, Oct. 15, 2017. A resident of Mill aboard the Sealand Kodiak. He was a veteran of the United States Valley, Calif., and a pensioner since 1994, he last sailed for Navy. He was a member of the York Barbell and the Old Timers, Sealand Services Inc. as master of the New Orleans.

28 The Master, Mate & Pilot - January | February 2018 Honor Roll of PCF Contributors MM&P salutes the union members, pensioners and employees who are making our voice heard in Washington, D.C.

Klaus D. Luhta Gabriel A. Terrasa Mark A. Cooper P Richard A. Madden In Memory of Luis Ramirez Michael F. Cotting P Charles W. Malue P Athena I. Thomas Scot A. Couturier George E. Mara In Memory of the Sailors lost on the Brett T. Cowan Donald J. Marcus* USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain John M. Cox Larry D. Aasheim In Memory of Captains Tim Brown Joe Mark Tuck Vincent J. Cox P Murray G. Alstott* P Brett J. Marquis J. Lars Turner David W. Crawford Gerald William Anderson Richard W. May P Jed J. Tweedy Thomas B. Crawford Ray S. Armitstead P Eugene W. Mayer Jr. P Matthew S. Twomey Rexel S. Dagdag Evan B. Barbis Patrick McCullough Roy K. Valentine Jr. Cornell J. Daia Robert C. Beauregard* John J. McEntee Steven D. Watt Robert A. Dalziel P Thomas E. Bell Sean T. McNeice George A. Werdann Jr. George M. Darley David H. Boatner Andrew J. Merrill* Steven E. Werse* In Memory of Charlie Darley Robert Brian Burke David A. Mociun William J. Westrem* Nicholas S. Deisher Joseph A. Byrne Philip D. Mouton P West S. Wilson Thomas A. Delamater Kenneth J. Carlson Jr. C. Michael Murray Chris Glenn Woodward* Honoring The “Texas Clipper” Randi Ciszewski In Memory of Chuck Emery George N. Zeluff Jr.* P Nancy A. Donnelly Raymond F. Conrady P Douglas J. Nagy In Memory of Captain Tim Brown In Memory of Georgia O’Neill Paul Costabile P Edward B. Newman John T. Duff P Kevin G. Coulombe Paul H. Nielsen P In Memory of Captain Robert Lowen Robert Darley P Joseph O. O’Connor* P Dorothy Dunn P In Memory of Charlie Darley Michael E. O’Connor In Memory of Darrell Dunn Stephen H. Doherty Glen M. Paine Edward D. Engemann P In Memory of Jamie Ela Peter J. Parise III Jeffrey D. Adamson P Stephen R. Erland Sean M. Doran Georg E. Pedersen* P Douglas B. Adriance Robin A. Espinosa Ruth England P In Memory of Captains Walter K. Allison P Malvina A. Ewers P In Memory of Robert England Thomas O’Callahan & Steve Stabley Jenaro A. Asteinza P In Memory of Franklin Ewers John W. Farmer III* P D. Scott Putty P Bruce M. Badger P Elisa A. Finan William W. Fransen George A. Quick* Matthew P. Bakis Keith W. Finnerty Bradley D. Goodwin Ronald M. Radicali Albert Mike Balister Ryan K. Foster Edward Gras P Lloyd S. Rath P Andrew Banks James E. Franklin P Edward W. Green* Michael A. Rausa Edward S. Batcho Jr. P In Memory of Captains Harold J. Held John P. Rawley John E. Belcourt Ken Fisher & William Hurley Christopher S. Hendrickson Scott B. Reed Theodore E. Bernhard Jan M. Fraser P James F. Hill* Robert A. Reish Geoffrey Bird P Eric R. Furnholm David H. Hudson Michael Riordan John H. Bloomingdale Kenneth N. Gaito Jeff H. Idema* David M. Romano James K. Boak IV P Nicholas P. Garay Eduardo E. Iglesias Paul D. Rooney P James P. Brennan P Patrick N. Glenn Steven M. Itson Lisa Rosenthal Jeffrey C. Bridges William D. Good Jr. P Donald F. Josberger Craig A. Rumrill Patrick J. Broderick In Memory of William Good, Sr. Christopher G. Kavanagh Timothy C. Saffle Richard S. Brooks P Gregory A. Goolishian Jr. John Kelly P George W. Schaberg P Michael C. Browne Gerald M. Gordon P William L. Kennedy* P John J. Schaeffner Michael A. Buckley John A. Gorman P Salvas Kerageorgiou P John L. Schiavone P Neil J. Caldwell Peter S. Grate In Memory of Captain Robert Page Henry L. Schroeder P James A. Carbone P Gregory P. Gretz John H. Kerwin P Paul T. Schulman Konstantinos Catrakis P Robert Groh P Henry C. Knox-Dick P Steven P. Shils* P Hao C. Cheong Mike F. Gruninger George W. Koch Jr. P Raymond W. Shipway Bent L. Christiansen P Jorge Gutman Damian Krowicki Thomas E. Stone* Dale Clark Daniel S. Hall Richard W. Larocque Tore Stromme P Anthony Colla P Michael K. Hargrave P Ryan W. Leo William B. Sullivan Dean R. Colver P Jacob B. Harlow * These active and retired members have contributed $1,000 or more. P These pensioners or survivors are singled out for special mention. www.bridgedeck.org - The Master, Mate & Pilot 29 Samuel W. Hartshorn Jr. P Frank E. Reed Jr. Charles E. Booher P Denny Dennison John J. Healey Howard M. Roberts Katherine A. Bowman Edward J. Deslauriers P Andrew W. Hetz Angel J. Rodriguez William H. Boyce Timothy J. Dickson Larry O. Higgins Steven M. Rose Phillip A. Brady III Bernard J. Diggins P Roland E. Hobson Coleman D. Rosenberg Frank W. Branlund P John M. Dolan Richard G. Hoey Bruce Rowland Allan R. Breese P Leendert Don P Long Huynh Edward B. Royles P Anders K. Brinch Lyle G. Donovan George S. Ireland III P Dennis L. Ruff Michael S. Brown P Jerome J. Dorman P John P. Jablonski P Kenneth T. Ryan Wardell E. Brown P Melodystar Dorsey In Memory of Captain Joseph Jablonski Thomas M. Ryan Douglas K. Buchanan Dale S. Dubrin P Thomas P. Jacobsen P Koutaiba A. Saad James M. Buchanan Brendan P. Duggan Joseph V. Jimenez Donald R. Sacca Jonathan D. Buffington Geoffrey Dunlop P Eric S. Kelm Michael A. Santini Lawrence E. Bunting Jason K. Edwards Clyde W. Kernohan Jr. P Edmund J. Santos Jr. Bert D. Burris Christopher J. Edyvean Robert T. Kimball P Robert H. Schilling P In Memory of Charlie Burris Marwan A. Elsamny Richard J. Klein P John F. Schmidt Eugene E. Cabral P David K. Engen P Christopher E. Kluck Mitchell Schoonejans Eoin F. Callinan Glen E. Engstrand Linsey A. Knight Travis A. Shirley Paul D. Calvin Marc D. Ennis James E. Kobis George J. Single Todd J. Campbell P Eric L. Eschen P Jonathan F. Komlosy Gerald V. Smeenk P Lindsey S. Carlson William J. Esselstrom Michael L. La Maina Brendan Sean Smith Hans E. Carlsson P Skip A. Evans Noah W. Landau Robert R. Spencer P In Memory of Captain Alvin Merig Stanley J. Fabas David A. Leech Carl W. Stein Michael J. Carolan David T. Fadoul Douglas M. Lord Einar W. Strom P Joseph F. Carpenter Shawn L. Farrell P John T. Lutey David A. Sulin P William R. Carr Dennis J. Fennelly P P Lawrence T. Lyons Stacey W. Sullivan Dylan E. Carrara Harry Filkins P P George P. MacDonough Jefferson L. Thomas Chriss B. Carson Bret Fleager Michael Maclean Richard N. Thomas Joseph J. Carson Robert E. Foley Edward T. Markuske John S. Tucker P Scott Carson Timothy Forsyth Donald U. Marshall Jr. P Charles P. Carubia Donald J. Foster Daniel C. Twohig P Robert G. Mattsen Joseph D. Ward Juan C. Carvajal Matthew A. Franzek Thomas C. McCarthy Paul R. Casken J. Peter Fritz P P Sark K. Wetzel P P Joseph T. McCawley Ronald C. Wilkin Thomas J. Catalanotto Alain Ali Froutan Brent A. McClaine John C. Chapman P Stephen G. Fuccillo P Kahai H. Wodehouse P Charles L. McConaghy Patrice L. Wooten Hao Hong Cheong David S. Fulton Ann Marie McCullough Stanislaw Chomicz Christopher C. Zimmerman Lillian M. Gallo Jaeyoung McGarry Christiaan R. Christiansen Mark S. Garcia Daniel F. McGuire P Ejnar G. Christiansen P Allen Garfinkle P Paul F. McQuarrie P Alexander J. Clark P Nicholas K. Gasper Andrew C. Miller Elizabeth Marie Clark P Nicole Geideman Joseph E. Miller Garrett H. Clark P Joshua M. Gilbert Steven J. Miller Stephen J. Clearwater Joseph J. Gleason Steven R. Moneymaker Timothy D. Clearwater Howard Goldberg P George B. Moran Robert G. Abbott James L. Clements Joseph D. Graceffa P P John M. Morehouse Richard A. Abrams Paul E. Coan Kyle P. Grant P Jaime Morlett Scott F. Abrams Robin A. Colonas Earl N. Gray Paul A. Mospens Shannon C. Adamson John Connor P Paul A. Gregware Jr. P Daniel Murphy P Christopher J. Aiello Russell C. Cooper Paul J. Grepo P Timothy M. Murray Owen B. Albert Gary J. Cordes P John B. Groth II Lawrence J Neubert P Frederick W. Allen P Thomas J. Cortese David C. Haa P George B. Nichols P John Allen P David E. Cox P Timothy J. Hagan Nicholas J. Nowaski Andrew J. Altum John F. Cronin P Brandt R. Hager James P. Olander P Salvador E. Alvarado Todd C. Crossman P Samuel F. Halley James E. O’Loughlin P Robert N. Anderson P Edward Crowe P Kenneth J. Halsall P Cornelius C. O’Malley P Noel E. Anthonysz Andrew Cullen P Dianna L. Hand Robert P. O’Sullivan P Timothy M. Arey Erik V. Cutforth Gerard Hasselbach P Michael B. O’Toole Alan J. Arsenault Omar X. D’Abreu Charles E. Hendricks Antonios Papazis P Michael W. Bacher Wilbur J. Dahn Raymond Hennessey Michael Victor Parr Dennis S. Badaczewski II Robert K. Damrell P Patrick J. Hennessy C James Patti Bruce H. Baglien Gregory V. Danaher Michael C. Herig Vasilios L. Pazarzis P Christopher D. Baker Andrew M. Davis William H. Hermes P Steven A. Perry Charles K. Barthrop P Joseph J. Davis James D. Herron P Ernest C. Petersen P Steve J. Batchelor Jr. P Leopold A. Dawson P William Hewig Paula C. Phillips Olgierd C. Becker Benjamin J. Day Edward B. Higgins Jr. P Rick Pietrusiak Brice B. Behringer Stephen A. Dejong Lawrence W. Hill Norman A. Piianaia P Derek J. Bender Marguerite Delambily P Alan G. Hinshaw P Bradley P. Plowman David L. Bennett In Memory of Robert Delambily Daniel R. Hobbs P Jonathon S. Pratt Jeffrey L. Bentley Joseph F. Delehant P John Alden Hobson Stephen F. Procida P Jennifer M. Bono Freedom K. Dennis William T. Hoffman

* These active and retired members have contributed $1,000 or more. P These pensioners or survivors are singled out for special mention. 30 The Master, Mate & Pilot - January | February 2018 Clifford E. Hoitt Robert C. McCarthy P Alfred S. Polk Joseph M. Surmann P Kurt Holen P Richard B. McCloud P Joseph L. Pospisil Jr. P Travis Sutton David J. Hood Michael J. McCormick P Carmon L. Pritchett P Ernest Swanson P Robert B. Howard P Thomas D. McDorr P Kevin C. Quinn In Memory of Captain Robert Lowen David N. Hutchinson P James P. McGee Andrew B. Rahner Chris D. Sweeny P William H. Imken Kevin J. McHugh P Thomas W. Ramsden Randy Swindell P P John P. Jackson Jr. William M. McKinley Christian Francis Ranosa Thomas F. Taylor P Patrick C. Jacobs Steven A. McKittrick William R. Ransford P P P Brandon M. Teal Allen H. Jensen David A. McLean Bruno P. Ravalico P P P P Antoine I. Tedmore J. Kevin Jirak John J. McNally John P. Redfearn Thomas D. Tetard P Christian Johnsen Francisco J. Medal Robert Reese In Memory of Captain Raymond Wood Douglas W. Jones Francis X. Meier Jr. Walter A. Reimann P Brian D. Thomas P Erik P. Jorgensen P John W. Melcher Mark D. Remijan P Christopher R. Kalinowski Kurt A. Melcher Keith W. Restle P David William Thompson Timothy R. Kalke Daniel A. Mello Judson B. Reynolds P Deatra M. Thompson Eleftherios G. Kanagios P Matthew F. Merrill Ronald E. Riley Samuel R. Thompson P Georgios C. Kanavos P Stephen P. Meyers P Steven P. Roberto P Stephen N. Thompson P Steven W. Kanchuga P Eric Thomas Michael Randall H. Rockwood Gary E. Tober Edward Kavanagh P Mark P. Michals John M. Rodriguez Sean Paul Tortora Charles S. Keen P Doris F. Miller P Juli A. Rodriguez Daniel Alan Tripp Michael R. Kiernan Bruce D. Mitchell P Christopher D. Roszel Daniel C. Tucker P Brian J. Kiesel Michelle Mitchell Ryan R. Rubio James L. Turman P Roger C. Kirk James L. Mixon David C. Ryan P Stephen Leonard Turn James D. Kitterman P Jose Montero P Roberto H. Salomon P Jaime C. Ugaddan Robert E. Klemm P Cesar A. Montes P Philip F. Same Esteban E. Ugarte Kathy Ann Klisavage John D. Montgomery James J. Sanders Edith Valasquez P Lowell J. Knudsen P Kyra Moon Scott D. Saunders In Memory of Jose Valasquez Brian M. Koppel Dale A. Moore P Paul B. Savasuk Timothy J. Van Ahnen David K. Kopra Edward Morehouse John D. Schampera Stephen R. Vandale Michael S. Kozlowski Eric W. Morton Christopher D. Schlarb Robert Vasko P P P Fredric C. Kutch Brian A. Mossman Gary R. Schmidt Dimitar S. Vassilev Anthony C. Lafayette P John Moustakas P Gary W. Schrock P P Peter R. Veasey George K. Landon Dwight Moyer Jason N. Scoran Dean C. Ventimiglia Mark C. Landow Kirk D. Mueller Joseph D. Seller P Mitka A. Von Reis Crooks William Charles Laprade Darrin N. Muenzberg Matthew J. Serio Nancy L. Wagner Thomas P. Larkin John W. Muir Rafik A. Shahbin John E. Larson P Kellen S. Murphy Plamen M. Shapev Honoring MM&P Women Officers Steve J. Lasnier Christopher F. Murray Daniel S. Shelton Joseph P. Waldera Roch E. Lavault P Curtis G. Murray P Lovitha M. Shelton Jack K. Walker Bradford M. Lawhon Nicholas Nastasi Robert H. Sienel John J. Walkup Zachary D. Lemite Kimberleigh Navradszky Harold V. Sipila P Gregory S. Walsh Joshua D. Leonardi Eric B. Nelson P Ernest P. Skoropowski P Harold G. Walsh P Samuel P. Lesko P Kenneth Nelson P William R. Slaughter P Peter P. Walton Gary W. Lightner P Michael E. Nelson P Frederick Smith P William R. Walwork Thomas N. Lightsey Jr. P Mark J. Nemergut P Glen E. Smith P Andrew A. Wargo P Ian S. Lim Douglas A. Nemeth Joseph S. Smith Ruffin F. Warren Christian D. Livi Joseph W. Neudecker III P Michael D. Smith Anderson P. Warwick P Robin R. Llewellyn Michael L. Nickel P Richard D. Smith Jerome P. Watts Jonathan O. Londynsky Gregory S. Oelkers Nick Sorber Tucker J. Weisleder Curtis I. Love Peter R. Ohnstad Jr. P Wanda Spry Eugene K. Whalen P Peter J. Luhn Hans P. Olander Joseph B. Stackpole P Gordon S. White P P P Braxton B. Lumford Jeffrey W. Olmstead Egon K. Stage Peter H. White P P P John J. Lynskey Eugene A. Olsen Peter P. Stalkus Michael Wholey P P M Scott Macaulay Shawn D. Ouellette James K. Staples Aaron M. Widerman Timothy F. Maginn Robert R. Owen P Erik G. Stark P P P Rachel A. Widerman William J. Mahoney Jeffrey J. Oyafuso George Stauter Paul A. Willers P Jerzy Malec Steven A. Palmer A.H. Stegen P P P Stanley Williams Lewis M. Malling John A. Papazoglou Gordon L. Steiner P Nicholas A. Marcantonio Michael G. Parenteau John G. Stewart James T. Willis John A. Willis P Karynn D. Marchal David E. Partikian Thomas P. Stewart P Peter Marozas Christine E. Pekara Glenn D. Strathearn P Denis J. Wilson John P. Marshall James G. Pelland Peter K. Strez James G. Wilson Daniel J. Martin Madeline A. Petrelli Christopher L. Stringer Steve Wines Hedi B. Marzougui Ioannis M. Petroutsas P Joshua C. Sturgis Jon C. Winstedt P Jessica Mastrella Ashleigh M. Phillips Andrew C. Subcleff P Nathan A. Woodward Edward T. 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