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K.J. Funk Named VP-Sales,

E.F. Carrigan Sales

Director For Jeffboat

Kelmar J. Funk has been ap- pointed vice president of sales for

Jeffboat, Inc., and Eugene F. (Gene) Carrigan has been named director of sales. The men previ- ously held the positions of direc- tor of sales and sales representa- tive, respectively.

Jeffboat, a major builder of barges and towboats for the in- land waterways shipping indus- try, is a unit in the Inland Water- ways Services Division of Texas

Gas Transmission Corporation. Its shipyard is located on the Ohio

River at Jeffersonville, Ind.

Mr. Funk joined Jeffboat in 1956, working in production until becoming a sales representative in 1974. He was named director of sales in 1976. Production-related positions he held include planning manager, production control su- pervisor, production manager, and production analyst.

Mr. Carrigan, who also has had a substantial amount of produc- tion experience at the shipyard, joined Jeffboat in 1968 as marine repair superintendent. He ad- vanced to the position of marine repair manager in 1971, serving in that capacity until becoming sales representative in 1977.

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Units of The Coastal Corporation

Thomas A. King Named

New Superintendent Of

Merchant Marine Academy

Capt. Thomas A. King has been appointed superintendent of the

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at

Kings Point, N.Y. The announce- ment was made by Samuel B.

Nemirow, Assistant Secretary of

Commerce for Maritime Affairs.

He succeeds Howard F. Casey, who has served as acting super- intendent since October 1979.

Capt. Thomas A. King

Captain King, a 1942 graduate of the Academy, served in the merchant marine during World

War II. He earned his master's license in 1945, becoming one of the youngest officers to command a merchant ship. He came ashore in 1949 to join the Maritime Ad- ministration.

Since 1970 -Captain King has served as MarAd's Eastern Re- gion director, based in New York

City. In this capacity he admin- istered Federal programs that as- sist the U.S. shipping, shipbuild- ing, and port industries in a 17- state region stretching from

Maine to Florida. He also was re- sponsible for maintenance of the

National Defense Reserve Fleet in the James River at Fort Eustis,

Va.

New Guide On Repair

Of Shafts And Other

Machinery Components

Published By ABS

The American Bureau of Ship- ping (ABS) has published the 1980 edition of the Guide for Re- pair and Cladding of Shafts. This

Guide, which supersedes the 1975 edition, contains ABS recommen- dations for the repair, welding, and cladding of tailshafts and stern tube shafts.

The procedures outlined in the

Guide are also considered appli- cable to the welding and cladding of lineshafts, rudder stocks, pint- les, and other hull and machinery components.

The cost of the Guide for Re- pair and Cladding of Shafts is $4 in the United States and $5 else- where. Copies can be ordered from the Book Order Section,

American Bureau of Shipping, 65 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10006, or from other ABS offices.

Sales and other local taxes should be added to the cost of the Guide where required.