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Third Generation Ro/Ro

Subject Of New York

SNAME Section Meeting

The New York Metropolitan

Section of The Society of Naval

Architects and Marine Engineers has announced that its first meet- ing of the 1978-79 season will be held at the Whitehall Club in New

York City on September 19, 1978.

The social hour will commence at 5:30 p.m., to be followed by din- ner and the technical presenta- tion. This meeting will also be past chairman's • night.'

The title of the technical paper is "Design of the Third Gener- ation Deep Sea Ro/Ro," and will be jointly presented by represent- atives from Mitsubishi Heavy In- dustries, Ltd., the shipbuilder, and Transatlantic Rederi, A.B., the owners of the vessel.

The paper will discuss general considerations and peculiarities in the design of ro/ro vessels, as well as the basic conception and development of the third gener- ation deepsea ro/ro-class ship.

Machinery arrangement, optimi- zation of hull form, and structural design and safety measures ap- plied for accidental damage, which required special investigation to satisfy the owner's advanced re- quirements, will also be discussed.

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John Smith Named

Yard Operations

Director At NASSCO

John W. Smith has assumed responsibility for yard operations at National Steel and Shipbuild- ing Company (NASSCO), San

Diego, Calif., succeeding John

McQuaide, who has retired after more than 40 years in the ship- building business. Mr. McQuaide has served as vice president of yard operations since 1973.

Mr. Smith joined NASSCO 30 years ago as machine shop fore- man, and was director of new construction until his recent pro- motion. As director of yard oper- ations, he will be responsible for new construction as well as four other departments—repair, main- tenance, foundry/galvanizing, and machinery.

NASSCO is one of the largest shipbuilding firms on the West

Coast. In addition to major Navy construction, the company cur- rently is completing the third in a series of 188,500-dwt San Diego-

Class tankers designed for the

Alaskan oil trade. The large tank- er is the first of two being built for Atlantic Richfield Company, and will be christened in October.

NASSCO is owned jointly by

Kaiser Industries Corporation and

Morrison Knudsen Company, Inc.

B&W $109.4-Million Award

Includes Work For Navy

The Babcock & Wilcox Com- pany announced it has received contract awards totaling $109.4 million from the Department of

Energy.

The orders include work for the U.S. Navy's nuclear-propul- sion program. Currently included among the nuclear-powered ships in the Navy are submarines, air- craft carriers, and cruisers.

The work will be performed at the company's Navy Nuclear

Fuel Division in Lynchburg, Va.

Babcock & Wilcox and its sub- sidiaries design, manufacture and market steam generating and as- sociated equipment, steel tubular products, refractories, automated machine tools, and erect energy systems and components. B&W's annual shipments exceed $1.8 bil- lion. B&W is a wholly owned sub- sidiary of J. Ray McDermott &

Co., Inc. 14 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News