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American Ship Names Knapp Vice President For Shipbuilding/Repair Walter J. Knapp, a veteran of 34 years in marine construction, has been elected group vice-president for shipbuilding and ship repair at The American Ship Building Co., it was announced by George M. Steinbrenner III, chairman and chief executive officer. Mr. Knapp has been vice-president-operations since March, 1967. Mr. Knapp be-comes the first of four group vice-presidents who will head divisions of American Ship under a new or-ganization plan announced at the company's annual meeting. The remaining three groups, for which vice-presidents will be named soon, are: transportation, cargo and material handling; metal fabri-cating and building materials, and marine technology and pollution control. Mr. Knapp, a native of Staten Island, New York, began his ma-rine career as an apprentice ship-fitter with United Shipyards, Inc. Between then and the time he join-ed American Ship, he worked at the New York Naval Ship Yard, and Federal Shipbuilding & Dry-dock Co. In 1948 he joined American Ship and subsequently became manager of the company's yards in Buffalo and Toledo, before being named vice-president of yard operations in 1967. Baker, Carver & Morrell And General Standard Combine Operations Alec M. Choremi Baker, Carver & Morrell, Inc. es-tablished in 1827, and General Standard and Marine Corporation, marine suppliers since 1948, have announced the combining of their businesses under the name of Bak-er, Carver & Morrell, Inc., at 170 John Street, New York. The merger of the two com-panies will provide facilities and services not previously available and will handle all phases of the marine supply field. Included with provisions, cabin, deck and engine items will be the availability of all types of engine, winch, pump and generator spare parts and allied equipment. C. M. Carver will continue as president and director while Alec M. Choremi, in addition to being executive vice-president, will also be a director. Holland-America Elects Dubbelman Manager - -c> John F. A. Dubbelman Holland-America Line has an-nounced the appointment of John F. A. Dubbelman, formerly a spe-cial assistant to management, as manager of its Freight Department in New York. Mr. Dubbelman joined the com-pany's Freight Department in Rot-terdam in 1950. After spending four years there gaining experience in several divisions, he was trans-ferred to the New York freight of-fice. Later he became assistant to the freight traffic manager. Assigned to the Holland Inter-America Line in 1957, Mr. Dubbel-man remained there until 1960 when he was transferred to San Francisco and later to Los Angeles. Moving back to New York in 1964, he was promoted to assistant man-ager of the North Atlantic Division and in January, 1966, was named manager of the Documentation Di-vision. One year later he was named special assistant to manage-ment. get the job done right JACKSON MARINE ROPES ... for the really big marine jobs Tying up the big ones requires a hawser that can take it. And, come back for more! Two husky new JACKSON ropes ideal for these heavyweight tasks, yet which are manageably lightweight and easy to handle, are the P-J Combo and P-C Combo. These fine new top-quality com-bination ropes are designed for the toughest marine tasks and stand up over a lengthy lifetime of rugged use. See your JACKSON distributor or write us. t rope progress Rope Makers Since 1829 Now in the U.S. .. . YOUR DIRECT LINE TO JAPAN for ship machinery The new Ship Machinery Division of Japan Trade Center, New York, puts you immediately in touch with manufacturers of Japanese ship machinery and marine equipment (or their U.S. distributors). End searching for sources and time-consuming long-range correspondence. Product and service information on machinery and equipment for all types of vessels, from small pleasure craft to giant transports. No charge or obligation?this is a service of the Japan Ship Machinery Export Association and JETRO (the Japan External Trade Organization). Phone, write or visit us at our new quarters. Ask for brochure MR. Ship Machinery Division JAPAN TRADE CENTER 437 Fifth Avenue New York, N. Y. 10016 (212)683-1730 SHIP REPAIR Dependable 24-Hour Service REPAIRS & CONVERSIONS TO ALL TYPES OF FLOATING EQUIPMENT 3 BERTHS at YARD Topside Repairs At Unloading Docks PORTABLE EQUIPMENT FOR COMPLETE REPAIRS BENDER Ship Repair, Inc. 265 S. Water Street, Mobile, Alabama 36602 1-205-433-3675 CABLE ADDRESS: BENSRI Master Ship Repair Contracts With All Government Maritime Agencies^^^m 40 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News