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THOMAS E.CUFFE

FIRST LASH SHIP FOR PFEL: The laying of the keel of the SS Thomas E. Cuffe at

Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, La., was marked by the presence of the men who pioneered the concept of LASH (lighter aboard ship handling) and the steamship line which will be first in the Pacific with the revolutionary 814-foot vessels. Top ranking officials of Pacific Far East Line, Inc., Avondale Shipyard executives, the man who designed the LASH cargo system, and a representative of the United States Maritime

Administration gathered for keel-laying ceremonies for the ship named after the first president of Pacific Far East Line. Scheduled for service in the fall of 1971, the SS

Thomas E. Cuffe will be the first of six LASH vessels owned and operated by Pacific

Far East Line, headquartered in San Francisco. The pioneering steamship line with the familiar California bear stack insignia on their 20 other ships honored their founding president by naming the first LASH ship after him, whereas all other PFEL ships have the word BEAR in their names. Seen above, from left are: Edwin Hartzman, executive vice-president of Avondale Shipyards; Jerome L. Goldman, president of Friede & Gold- man (designers of LASH); George J. Gmelch, vice-president, operations, of PFEL; Leo C.

Ross, president of PFEL; Henry Z. (Zac) Carter, president of Avondale Shipyards; and

Alexander M. Brown, representative of the Maritime Administration. Avonda'e is cur- rently constructing a total of eleven LASH ships; the other five are being built for

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WONtotE gree, and has a master of business administration degree from Har- vard.

Mr. Hammerstone, who served for 23 years with the United States

Navy, joined Westinghouse in 1965 at Sunnyvale as Poseidon program manager. He became program di- rector for the missile launching and handling department in 1967.

Albert L. Bethel, formerly ma- rine division general manager, was appointed recently as director of manufacturing for the company, with headquarters in Pittsburgh.

Bludworth Building Tug

For Jackson Marine

Bludworth Shipyard, Inc., Hous- ton, Texas, has received an order from Jackson Marine Corporation,

Aransas Pass, Texas, for the con- struction of a 118-foot by 33-foot by 19-foot-six-inch tugboat.

Designated Hull No. 7100, the twin-screw vessel, to be named Mr.

Richard, will be equipped with 2,000-total-bhp diesels.

Bart Elected President

Of Matson Terminals

Gordon E. Bart

The board of directors of Matson

Terminals, Inc., San Francisco,

Calif., has announced the election of Gordon E. Bart as president.

Mr. Bart has been vice-president and general manager of the termi- nals and stevedoring firm since

November, 1966. Before that, he served as assistant general manager for three years. He started with the company in 1959 as a project engi- neer. "TtitCZW 7HOI/&HT/TY/0HJ? Bf MCf TO RMZt * FTV/BirtK5 FPfl AHP

IHI DELIVERS ORE/OIL CARRIER: The Docebay, a 130,892-dwt ore/oil carrier, was recently delivered to the Seaman Shipping Corp. of Brazil at the Aioi Shipyard of IHI (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.) of Japan. The main specifications of the ship are: length (b.p.), 853 feet; molded breadth, 146 feet; molded depth, 74.8 feet; and draft, 52.8 feet. The main engine is an IHI-Sulzer 12RD90-type diesel engine of 27,600 bhp, and the ship runs at a service speed of 15.5 knots.

Tretout To Manage

New Zinc-Lock

Eastern Regional Office

Mare W. Tretout

The Zinc-Lock Company of

Emeryville, Calif., has announced the opening of its eastern regional offices and warehouse. The new facilities are located at 320 Market

Street, Kenilworth, N.J.

In addition, Eugene B. Rode, general manager of the Zinc-Lock

Company, announced the appoint- ment of Marc W. Tretout as east- ern regional manager. Mr. Tretout is a graduate in business admini- stration from Ithaca College. He is a member of the National Associ- ation of Corrosion Engineers, The

Society of Naval Architects and

Marine Engineers, and the Wash- ington Paint Technical Group.

The Zinc-Lock Company, manu- facturers of marine and industrial protective coating systems, is a subsidiary of Gulf Resources &

Chemical Corporation, Houston,

Tex. The main plant is located at 6460 Hollis Street. Emeryville,

Calif. 94608.

Westinghouse Names

Cabral Gen'l Manager

Of Marine Division

Herbert J. Cabral

Herbert J. Cabral has been ap- pointed general manager of West- inghouse Electric Corporation's marine division with headquarters in Sunnyva'e, Calif.

James E. Hammerstone succeeds

Mr. Cabral as manager in Sunny- vale of the Westinghouse missile launching and handling department, part of the company's underseas division. Mr. Hammerstone was department program director.

Mr. Cabral joined Westinghouse in 1946 in Pittsburgh, and came to

Sunnyvale in 1948. In 1958 he was placed in charge of Polaris launcher field installation and testing. In 1963 he became deputy project manager, missile launching and handling. From 1967 to 1968 he was a member of the staff of Thomas

J. Murrin, executive vice-president, defense, in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Mr. Cabral was graduated from

California Institute of Technology with an electrical engineering de- 42 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News