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Nassco Launches Ninth In Series Of 17 LSTs

Dignitaries present for the occasion, shown left to right, were Andrew E. Gibson, Mari- time Administrator, U.S. Department of Commerce; Vice-Adm. J. Victor Smith, USN,

Commander, Amphibious Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet; John V. Banks, NASSCO executive vice-president; Mrs. Gordon L. Aliott, sponsor; The Honorable Gordon L. Allott, U.S.

Senator, Colorado; Mrs. Donald G. Brotzman, matron of honor and wife of U.S. Cong- ressman Donald G. Brotzman, second Congressional District, Colorado; Rear Adm. Harry

C. Mason, USN, Representing Commander, Naval Ships Systems Command; and Capt.

H.A. Gerdes, USN, Supervisor Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, USN, 1 1 ND.

The Boulder (LST-1190), ninth in a series of 17 LSTs to be built at National Steel and Shipbuilding

Company, San Diego, Calif., under a $250-million Navy contract, was launched on May 22.

Following the launching, Capt.

Richard J. Coad, USN, Commander

Amphibious Squadron Two, laid the keel of a sister ship, LST-1194,

USS La Moure County.

First ship of the fleet to be named for the city and county of

Boulder, Colorado, the new LST was launched under the sponsor- ship of Mrs. Gordon L. Allott, wife of United States Senator Gordon L.

Allott of Colorado. Mrs. Donald G.

Brotzman, wife of United States

Congressman Donald G. Brotzman,

Second Congressional District of

Colorado, served as matron of honor.

Others who participated in the activities, included The Honorable

Gordon L. Allott, United States

Senator (R), Colorado, as main speaker; Rear Adm. Harry C. Ma- son, USN, representing Naval Ship

Systems Command; Capt. John M.

Danielsen, USN, Force Chaplain,

Amphibious Force, United States

Pacific Fleet; Capt. Henry A.

Gerdes, USN, Supervisor of Ship- building, Conversion and Repair,

USN, 11 ND, San Diego; John V.

Banks, NASSCO executive vice- president; and John M. Murphy,

NASSCO vice-president, sales.

The Boulder (LST-1190) is a

Newport-class tank landing ship, having a greatly increased combat vehicular lift and landing capability over those of World War II. Ships of her class afford the fastest and most efficient means of landing tanks, artillery and assault vehicles under combat conditions. The normal method of unloading will be over the ramp to pontoon cause- way, and then to the beach. A stern ramp is also provided for loading and unloading amphibian vehicles in deep water.

Maritime Arbitrators

Announce Elections

The Society of Maritime Arbitra- tors, New York, held its seventh annual meeting at the Whitehall

Club, New York City, and elected the following officers: president,

Ferdinand E. Sauer, general man- ager, Chilean Nitrate Sales Corp.; vice-president, Michael Van Gelder, president, M.A. Van Gelder, Inc.; treasurer, Edward Schilling, La- morte Burns & Co., insurance ad- justers; secretary, John M. Rey- nolds, comptroller, Association of

Ship Brokers & Agents, Inc. Elect- ed to the board of governors for two years were: Jones F. Devlin

Jr., retired vice-president, United

States Lines, now marine con- sultant ; Hendrik L. Busch, retired executive vice-president, Skaarup

Shipping; and Max J. Ramsden

Wolfson, maritime consultant.

This organization is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and improvement of practice in the mar- itime industry's arbitration pro- cedure. Its membership includes executives, both active and retired, in all branches of the maritime field.

It will accept disputes of all kinds, except labor, arising from such things as charter party contracts, shipbuilding and ship repair con- tracts, salvage contracts, etc.

To stimulate a better and broad- er concept of maritime arbitrations, a workshop course of six sessions is given annually. It is open to the public, although membership in the

Society is normally limited to men with at least 10 years of service in either junior or senior executive positions.

Rowan Drilling Barge

Contract To Levingston

A contract for the construction of a posted-type submersible drilling barge, capable of drilling to depths of 30,000 feet, has been awarded to

Levingston Shipbuilding Company,

Orange, Texas.

The barge, to be built for Rowan

Drilling Company, Houston, Tex- as, will be fitted initially with liv- ing quarters for domestic opera- tions. However, provisions for ocean towing and quarters expanT sion for foreign operations have been included in its design.

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