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SANDERS & S^i HOMAS Consulting Engineer*?Naval Architects?Marine Engineers? Port facilities?Handling Equipment 1st Federal Bldg., Pottstown, Pa. 19464 Philadelphia, Pa. ? Pittsburgh, Pa. ? Washington, D.C. Conrad Industries' Method Of Launching Work Barge GEORGE G. SHARP CO. NAVAL ARCHITECTS MARINE SURVEYORS MARINE ENGINEERS SYSTEMS ANALYSTS 100 CHURCH ST., NEW YORK, N.Y. 10007 (212) 732-2800 GEORGE SLIFER NAVAL ARCHITECT CONSULTING ENGINEER - MARINE SURVEYOR 4061 Alhambra Dr. W. ? 359-9095 JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 32207 PHILIP F. SPAULDING & ASSOCIATES Naval Architects Marine Engineers . . . Mechanical Engineers 65 MARION ST., SEATTLE 4, WASH. MAin 2-4934 202-737-5200 SPECIALTY SHIPS UNLIMITED, INC. 1 000 Vermont Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 DESIGNERS OF OIL SKIMMING SHIPS & EQUIPMENT MARINE CONSULTANTS ? INSTRUMENTS R. A. STEARN INC NAVAL ARCHITECTS & MARINE ENGINEERS 100 Iowa Street Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin ricliamrcl i*. tauhler NAVAL ARCHITECTS/MARINE ENGINEERS 44 COURT STREET/BROOKLYN,NEW YORK 11201 (212) 522-2115 H. M. TIEDEMANN & COMPANY, INC. NAVAL ARCHITECTS?MARINE ENGINEERS SURVEYORS?CONSULTANTS?R&D 74 TRINITY PLACE 2'24 CAMPITREET "T NEW YORK, N. Y. 10006 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA WHitehall 4-5532 504-525-6266 WEATHER Exclusively for the Maritime Industry WEATHER ROUTING, INC. 90 Broad Street, New York 4, N.Y. Tel.: HA 5-9644 Cable address: WEATHERWAY Midland Insurance Co. Appoints W.F. Immen William F. Immen has been appointed to the newly created post of port specialist by the Midland Insurance Company of 29 Broadway, New York, N.Y. In his new assignment, Mr. Immen will act as a coordinator of Midland's claim, engineer-ing and underwriting services and port ac-counts involved with shipping and stevedoring activities. Mr. Immen, a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, holds a mast-er's license and served as a first officer for sev-eral years. Before joining Midland he was as-sociated with two firms active in the marine insurance field. ?pnp ??n mm The above photo sequence indicates the unique tilt-table launching system used by Conrad Industries of Morgan City, La. The ARC-23, a 120-foot by 30-foot by 7-foot-3-inch barge built for A. R. Crane Jr., was constructed inside the fabrication building. Upper left photo shows part of the yard force which built the barge with Parker Conrad (far right), president of Conrad In-dustries, and Frank Elliot (center foreground), barge building superintendent, prior to launching. Upper right view shows barge being pulled over rollers of the launch-ing system. Lower left photo shows the barge being tilted into the Atchofalaya Bay. The lower right view shows the barge retrieval after launching. The heavily constructed barge will be used along the inland waterways of south Louisiana and in shallow water. It is equipped with spuds, operated by an Amer-ican 90B three-drum hoist. The barge was designed by Mr. Conrad. Pratt & Whitney Makes Four Key Promotions Four key promotions at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft's Turbo-Power and Marine Depart-ment have been announced by William J. Closs, TP&M general manager. Francis W. Powers has been promoted to manager, market planning, a new position in-volved with planning the overall activities of the Turbo-Power and Marine Department in the expanding industrial and marine market for aviation-type gas turbines. Austin B. Crouchley has been promoted to marketing manager and replaces Mr. Powers in this position. Kenneth H. Truesdell has been promoted to manager, systems support, a new position es-tablished to expand after-sales support activi-ties for the large number of worldwide cus-tomers. William L. McGaw has been promoted to the new position of manager, engineering op-erations. Mr. Powers received degrees in mechanical engineering and business administration from the University of Minnesota. He joined Pratt & Whitney Aircraft as an experimental test engineer in 1942 and has been marketing man-ager of the Turbo-Power and Marine Depart-ment for the past two years. Mr. Crouchley obtained a bachelor of sci-ence and mechanical engineering degrees from Tufts University. He joined Pratt & Whitney Aircraft as a senior sales engineer in 1962 and was a regional marketing manager in the Tur-bo-Power and Marine Department before his promotion to marketing manager. Mr. Truesdell obtained a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the Wor-cester Polytechnic Institute. He joined Pratt & Whitney Aircraft as a sales engineer in the Turbo-Power and Marine Department in Au-gust, 1965. Prior to his new assignment, Mr. Truesdell was regional marketing manager. Mr. McGaw obtained his bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Car-negie Institute of Technology. He also has done post graduate work at Hillyer College and the University of Connecticut and was graduated from the Management Development Program at the Rensselaer Polytechnic In-stitute-Hartford Graduate Center. Mr. McGaw joined Pratt & Whitney Aircraft as an experi-mental test engineer in 1940 and was assigned to the Turbo-Power and Marine Department in 1960 as senior project engineer. New York City Requests Ferryboat Design Proposals From Six Naval Architects Six New York naval architectural firms have been requested to submit design proposals for three new Staten Island ferryboats. The in-vitation to compete for the design contract was issued by New York City's Marine and Avia-tion Department. Charles G. Leedham, commissioner of the Marine and Aviation Department, said that the naval architects were given a free hand in sub-mitting designs. The only restrictions imposed were the bow radius, to fit existing facilities, and the capability of carrying 6,000 passengers. The three new ferryboats will replace three of the Miss New York class boats. The re-placement was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation of $13.4-million. The naval architectural firms requested to submit proposals were: Gibbs & Cox, Inc.; John J. McMullen Associates. Inc.; J. J. Henry Co., Inc.; M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc.; George G. Sharp, Inc., and Kindlund and Drake. Twin City To Build Twin-Screw Towboat Twin City Shipyard, Inc., St. Paul, Minn., has received an order from Twin City Barge & Towing Co. also in St. Paul, for a twin-screw towboat. The vessel is to measure 85 feet by 24 feet by 9 feet and be equipped with 1,200-total-bhp diesels. It will be named Windy City. September 1, 1969 49