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Propeller Club

Port Of New York

Elects Officers

O. John Weber, president of

United States Hydrofoils Co., Inc., was reelected for his third term as president of the Propeller Club of the United States, Port of New

York. His reelection took place at the annual meeting of the mem- bership on Monday, May 11, 1970 at the Downtown Athletic Club.

At the same time Douglas Man- sell, general manager Hoboken

Yard, Bethlehem Steel Corpora- tion, was reelected vice-president of the 47-year-old marine organiza- tion. Warner Lumbard was reelect- ed secretary-treasurer.

Thomas S. Chapman of Bethle- hem Steel Corporation was elected a member of the board of governors for a one-year term ; and Joseph G.

Barkan, executive vice-president of American Export Isbrandtsen

Lines, Inc., was elected a governor for a two-year term.

Thomas J. Smith, president of

Farrell Lines, Inc., was elected to the board of governors for a three year term; and Charles L. Dutoit of J.J. Henry Company, Inc., J.

Ward O'Neill of Haight, Gardner,

Poor & Havens, and Richard C.

Schnepf of Mobil Oil Corporation were reelected governors for a three year term.

Future plans of the Propeller

Club, Port of New York, call for the hosting of the American Mer- chant Marine Conference, and the

National Propeller Club Conven- tion in New York in 1974.

Nashville Bridge Elects

Wesley A. King VP

Wesley A. King

The board of directors of Nash- ville Bridge Company, Nashville,

Tenn., has announced the election of Wesley A. King as vice-presi- dent. Mr. King continues as chief engineer, a position he has held since 1969. He has served his com- pany in various engineering re- sponsibilities since 1957, and in 1959 he was the project engineer on the Saturn Gantry.

Mr. King, who is a native of

Chattanooga, Tenn., received his

B.S. degree in civil engineering at the University of Kentucky and did graduate work at the Univer- sity of Tennessee. He served in the

European theatre of World War II with the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

Mr. King's professional affilia- tions include: Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers; Ameri- can Welding Society, Nashville,

Tenn. (past president) ; Society

American Military Engineers; A.I.-

S.C. Bridge Committee (member) ;

A.I.S.C. Sub-Committee on Towers (member) ; Tau Beta Pi Honorary

Fraternity. He is a licensed pro- fessional engineer in the states of

Tennessee and Mississippi, and is listed in Marquis' Who's Who in

South and Southwest.

Nashville Bridge Company is a subsidiary of The American Ship

Building Co., Inc. of Lorain, Ohio.

Newport News Awarded $10-Million Contract

To Jumboize Tanker

A $10-million contract to jum- boize the tanker Baltimore Trader for American Trading & Production

Company, New York, has been awarded to Newport News Ship- building and Dry Dock Company,

Newport News, Va.

The tanker will be increased in length from 575 feet to 800 feet.

Her present capacity of 190,000 barrels of oil will be increased more than double to 460,000 barrels.

A new 600-foot forebody for the tanker will be constructed by New- port News and joined to the ex- isting stern structure.

Keel-laying of the new section is scheduled for this Fall with de- livery scheduled for the Summer of 1971. meet your nEUI

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