d m i r a l Kidd Guest Speaker At H a m p t o n Roads SNAME M e e t i ng

The members of the Hampton Roads Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers were honored to have Adm. Isaac C. Kidd Jr., USN (ret.), former Commander in Chief, Atlantic, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, as guest speaker at a recent meet- ing. More than 120 members and guests attended the meeting, including Society president Lester Rosenblatt.

Admiral Kidd, in an informative and authoritative talk, discussed the problems that face the logisticians in the event of any major conflict in Europe or elsewhere in the world. He noted the importance of the marine industry in providing the logistic support, the ship designs, and the major techniques that would be essential in any mobilization schedule.

In an emergency, with only some 570 U.S.-flag commercial ships available, Admiral Kidd said we would have to depend very heavily on ships of the 15 NATO nations to assist in this gigantic effort. If all NATO nations cooperated and made available every ship under their flags, perhaps as many as 6,000 could be made available. Opposition should be expected, and it should be fierce.

The loss of supply ships, escorting warships, and protecting aircraft could be enormous. Thus, the tasks of the logistician are seen by Admiral Kidd as enormously difficult and challenging.

Before adjourning the meeting, Section chairman Alfred Kurzenhauser announced the election results for the 1980-81 season. Section officers will be: Donald E.

Kane Jr., chairman; Donald L.

Blount, vice chairman; and Roy L. Harrington, secretary-treasurer.

Martin W. Steffens was elected to the Executive Committee for three years.

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