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SNAME Honors Editor And 27 Authors At India House In New York

Irving W. Smith, author J.M. Gruber, author William I.H. Budd, author and control committee member Laskar Wechsler, control committee member Robert E. Yohe, author

W.O. Nichols, author W.L. Williams, author Philip Liu; (top row) left to right: author

E.A. Catlin, author E.E. Stephenson, author Harold W. Semar, author J.F. Sebald, author Burr Melvin, author Watt V. Smith, control committee member Ernst G. Frankel, publications committee chairman A. Dudley Haff, author A.O. White, and secretary of

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Robert G. Mende.

Esso And Hitachi

Sign Contract For

Four Huge Tankers

Contracts have been signed between

Esso Tankers Inc., an affiliate of

Standard Oil Company (New Jer- sey) and Hitachi Shipbuilding & En- gineering Co., Ltd. for the construc- tion of four 277,000-dwt tankers.

The tankers will be built by Hi- tachi in Japan for delivery late 1973 through late 1975. The vessels will have the following measurements and characteristics: length, 1,066 feet; breadth, 173 feet; draft, 72 feet, and operating speed, 15.4 knots.

The vessels will be propelled by 36,000-shaft-horsepower steam tur- bines and will be used in Esso's fleet in international tanker service.

State Of Maine Seeks

Boatbuilder/Manuf.

For Rockland Plant

The state of Maine is seeking a boatbuilder or marine equipment manufacturer to move into the for- mer Maine Shipbuilding plant in

Rockland, Maine.

Pursuing this quest, the Depart- ment of Economic Development has designed a descriptive flyer which presents in detail the 55,000-square- foot building on 26 acres with 720 feet of ocean frontage. The descrip- tion is available without cost from

Dept. ME/S, Suite 901, 20 East 46th

Street, New York, N.Y. 10017.

Todd Awarded $9.5 Million AML

Conversion Contract

American Mail Line has signed the first contract for subsidized ship work in the new fiscal year with Todd

Shipyards. The agreement calls for converting AML's C-4 Oregon Mail to a containership. The work will be done at Todd's San Pedro, Calif., shipyard.

Addition of a 105-foot midsection to give the ship capacity to haul 836 of the 20-foot containers will cost $9,463,323, according to the Maritime

Administration. The government's subsidy share of the total cost will be 41.5 percent, the same rate that prevailed earlier this year on eight similar conversions undertaken by

American President Lines.

Three Promotions At

Matson Navigation

Matson Navigation Company has promoted William E. Plymale to the position of manager of freight operations. He was formerly as- sistant general manager of freight operations.

Efren Sanchez has been promoted to container operations manager, and David J. Field Jr. has been promoted to fleet operations super- intendent. Mr. Sanchez was former- ly container operations superinten- dent and Mr. Field was regional op- erations superintendent in North- ern California.

At the ceremony commemorating the publication of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers 1 971 edition of "Marine Engineering," (seated) left to right: author

R.T. Pennington, author Charles D. Rose, editor Roy L. Harrington, president of the

Society Daniel D. Strohmeier, author and control committee chairman John R. Kane, author C.E. Habermann, control committee member John H. Lancaster, author J.W.

Market; (middle row) left to right: SNAME public relations chairman John R. Blackeby, author and control committee member Jens T. Holm, author C.L. Long, author G.W.

Soete, author and control committee member W.E. Jacobsen, author M.R. Gross, author

TJae Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held a cere- monial luncheon on September 29, 1971 at India House, New York

City, to honor the editor, the chap- ter authors and the members of the control committee of its recent- ly published 1971 edition of "Ma- rine Engineering."

Daniel D. Strohmeier, president of the Society, officiated.

Narrating the myriad technolo- gical advancements that have oc- curred since the publication of

Volumes I and II of the original "Marine Engineering" in 1942 and 1944 respectively, the 1971 edition is dramatically different in content from the original, having been completely rewritten. It covers na- val as well as merchant practice, is comprehensive, factual, and ac- curately represents the consensus of opinion of the marine industry.

Fulfilling its purpose, "Marine En- gineering" acquaints those already familiar with basic engineering fundamentals with the various en- gineering disciplines and applica- tions which make up marine engi- neering.

Technical editor Roy L. Harring- ton, who has carefully reviewed each chapter, 'has had 12 years of technical ship design experience in a major shipyard. His background and literary prowess qualify him to expertly 'bridge the academic and practicing professional points of view of the SNAME member- ship.

The 27 authors are highly com- petent engineers, each being a spe- cialist in his field. The sum of their experience and learning constitutes an all-inclusive book of marine en- gineering knowledge.

In addition, a control committee of 10 experts in the field has pro- vided sound guidance throughout all stages of the prepublication of the book.

At the book signing ceremony are left to right: editor Roy L. Harrington; author and chairman of the control committee

John R. Kane; and president of the Soci- ety Daniel D. Strohmeier.

Handsomely bound in rich red and containing 882 pages and many illustrations, this edition is priced at $30 for members and $45 for nonmembers (add $2.50 for over- seas handling). Copies may be or- dered from the publisher, The So- ciety of Naval Architects and Ma- rine Engineers, 74 Trinity Place,

New York, N.Y. 10006.

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