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Philadelphia Section, SNAME, Holds Joint Meeting With Welding Society Principals at the recent Philadelphia Section meeting were, left to right: K. C. Thornton, Section vice-chairman; M. Letich, discusser; G. H. Boyd, Section chairman; R. H. Hagan, author; D. McDevitt, discusser; C. Zeien, meeting coordinator, and G. A. Johnson, Section secretary-treasurer. The Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its Febru-ary meeting in conjunction with the Philadelphia Section of the American Welding Society. Richard H. Hagan, engineering manager, Aero/Hydrospace Division, Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com-pany, presented a technical paper, entitled "Design and Fabrication of Deep Diving Pressure Hulls." This paper describes the basic design parameters and the con-struction of the recently completed pressure hull for the Deep Sub-mergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV). A brief discussion on the design considerations used for externally loaded spherical vessels is present-ed together with the rationale used in selecting HY-140 as the pressure Dillingham Agrees To Acquire Foss And Pacific Tow Boat Co. Dillingham Corporation has agreed in principle to acquire the businesses and assets of Foss Launch & Tug Co., of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., and its affiliate, Pacific Tow Boat Co. of Everett, Wash., in exchange for Dillingham common stock, it was announced by Lowell S. Dillingham, president of Dillingham; Sidney D. Camp-bell, president of Foss, and Walter D. Wallace, president of Pacific. The acquisition is subject to ap-proval by Foss-Pacific shareholders and boards, as well as the Dilling-ham board of directors. The two companies are engaged primarily in towing operations on the Pacific Coast and in Alaska. On the con-summation of the transaction, the Foss-Pacific companies will con-tinue to operate under their present management as a part of Dilling-ham's Maritime Services Division. In 1968, Foss-Pacific and their sub-sidiaries had total revenues in ex-cess of $25-million. Foss, a pioneer towing company, was founded by Andrew and Thea Foss in Tacoma, Wash, in 1889. The companies operate a fleet of over 250 tugs, workboats and April 1 / 1969 hull material for DSRV. A descrip-tion of the fabrication techniques, including material processing, ma-chining, welding, fixturing, and testing is given with particular emphasis on the problems inherent to each operation. Because of the quite rigid design requirements, tolerance control played an impor-tant part in delivering a vessel suit-able for its intended 5,000-foot op-erating depth. The meeting was coordinated by Charles Zeien, vice-president, engi-neering Sun Shipbuilding, and for-mal discussions were given by Mat-hew Letich, American Bureau of Shipping, New York City and David McDevitt, of the Naval Ship Research and Development Center, Washington, D.C. barges on Puget Sound, in Alaskan waters and the Pacific Ocean. Foss-Pacific will augment Dil-lingham's present maritime trans-portation services which currently operate between the Hawaiian is-lands, the West Coast of the United States and in Australian waters. Approximately 13 percent of Dil-lingham's 1968 revenues were de-rived from ocean-oriented activities which include oceanographic engi-neering, dredging, shipbuilding and ship repair, in addition to maritime transportation activities. Pott Industries Acquires Behm Companies Richard P. Conerly, president of Pott Industries, Inc., has announced that all of the stock of Behm Com-pany, Inc. and Behm Piping and Erection Company, Inc., had been acquired in an exchange for common stock of Pott Industries Inc. An ini-tial payment, of $1,103,264 represent-ed by 51,243 shares of Pott common stock, has been made. An additional payment, also in Pott common stock, may be required in 1972, dependent upon the earnings of the Behm com-panies for the preceding four years. Located at Osawatomie and Gree-ley, Kansas, the Behm companies are metal fabricators for the oil and chemical industries. The fabrication of pipe, pressure vessels, drums and towers for refineries, extruded nozzle, manifolds, headers and bends, pipe coils and heaters, is done in carbon and alloy steels, stainless, aluminum, clad materials, and a number of more exotic metals. Net income of $163,-000 resulted from $2,021,000 of sales in 1968. Pott Industries Inc. is engaged pri-marily in the construction and repair of towboats, barges, and other equip-ment used on the inland waterways and in the operation of barges and towboats on the Mississippi River System and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Carrier Promotes Shank To Product Manager * 'i" H Jere R. Shank Jere R. Shank has been appoint-ed product manager of transporta-tion refrigeration equipment for Carrier Air Conditioning Company, Syracuse, N.Y., according to Wil-liam LaGrange, special products group sales manager. A graduate of the University of Syracuse, Mr. Shank has special-ized in transportation, marine and military equipment production, and sales engineering, since joining Carrier in 1952. He is a member of the special panel on cargo contain-ers of the American Bureau of Shipping. Bethlehem Appoints C.R. Wise Manager Ship Repair Sales Clifford R. Wise Daniel D. Strohmeier, vice-presi-dent of shipbuilding for Bethlehem Steel Corporation, has announced the appointment of Clifford R. Wise as manager of ship repair sales. Mr. Wise is advancing from as-sistant manager of ship repair sales. He succeeds Lester S. Sparrell, who retired after more than 43 years of service with Bethlehem. Mr. Wise attended the U.S. Na-val Academy from 1936 to 1940. He joined Bethlehem at its Baltimore Key Highway ship repair yard in 1940 as an assistant ship superin-tendent. In mid-1942 he was ap-pointed general foreman in charge of ship repair. He was transferred to Bethlehem's New York office in 1945 as part of the ship repair sales force, specializing in foreign sales. In 1951 he was named assistant manager of ship repair sales. He is a member of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Maritime Associates, The Propeller Club, Whitehall Club, Downtown Athletic Club, and other organizations. He is also a member of the Board of Man-agers of the Seamen's Church In-stitute of New York. JEFFBOAT LAUNCHING: The 5,000-hp towboat R. W. Naye, seventh of Jeffboat's eleven-boat 5,000-hp series to go into service with the American Commercial Barge Line fleet, is shown above at her launching at the Jeffersonville, Ind., shipyard. Named for R. Wesley Naye, vice-president of ACBL and president of Jeffboat, Inc., the vessel was sponsored by Mrs. R. Wesley Naye. The new towboat will be outfitted and placed into service on the Ohio and Mississippi River systems, according to an announcement by Floyd H. Blaske, president of ACBL. Jeffboat and ACBL, together with its affiliate com-panies, form the Inland Waterways Services Division of Texas Gos Transmission Corp. 23