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All American Marine

Selects Vasquez As VP

And Assistant Manager

Jerry Vasquez has been ap- pointed vice president and assistant manager of All American Marine

Slip (AAMS). He is in charge of underwriting and selective claims for offshore, energy-related risks.

Mr. Vasquez has been assistant vice president of underwriting since 1982. He began his career with

AAMS in 1973 as an underwriter at its New York home office and be- came senior underwriter five years later. In 1979, Mr. Vasquez was made administrative assistant to the president, and in 1981, assistant manager.

All American Marine Slip, man- aged by Marine Office of America

Corporation, a unit of Continental

Insurance, is a syndicate of insur- ance and reinsurance companies that insures high-value, offshore en- ergy risks.

Lindenau Yard Offers

New Gas Carrier Designs —Literature Available

The Paul Lindenau shipyard in

Kiel, West Germany, has developed a family of gas carriers with capaci- ties ranging from 1,600 to 15,000 cubic meters. The company calls these vessels, which are fully pres- surized and semi-refrigerated, "the most advanced and economical gas carriers in the world."

The Lindenau gas carriers are said to have the following features: low fuel consumption due to the yard's ship lines; excellent mainte- nance concept; ease of construction; optimal draft/trim/stability condi- tions; and high flexibility of gas transportation.

For free brochures containing full details and drawings of this family of gas ships,

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NAMS Annual Meeting

To Be Held In N.Y. City,

April 16-18

The National Association of Ma- rine Surveyors, Inc. (NAMS) will hold its 1986 Annual Meeting and

Seminar at the Halloran House,

Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y.,

April 16-18.

The general session on Thursday,

April 17th, is open to nonmembers of the marine industry. Workshops are slated for Friday, April 18th.

Members from 50 states and over- seas will attend.

For information on membership contact: Robert E. Christover- son, secretary, NAMS, Premium

Point, New Rochelle, N.Y. 10801, (914) 576-6080.

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Peterson Builders Delivers

ARS-51, Grasp, To Navy

Peterson Builders, Inc. of Stur- geon Bay, Wis., held successful ac- ceptance trails for the second 225- foot steel vessel of the new class of

Navy Auxiliary Rescue/Salvage ships, ARS-51, Grasp. The trial in- cluded included performance tests for all ship systems and operational equipment.

Having passed her acceptance trials with flying colors, ARS-51 was delivered to the Navy at Little

Creek, Va., the first week of Decem- ber. The lead ship of the ARS Class (ARS-50, Safeguard) is already at her homeport of Pearl Harbor, Ha- waii. The third and fourth ships of the class are in their completion stages at Peterson Builders and will be delivered this year.

Peterson Builders also held suc- cessful acceptance trials for another

Navy ship in the same week. YP- 682, seventh of the 108-foot wooden yard patrol training craft built by

PBI, passed her trials with excel- lence.

For further information on Peter- son Builders,

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