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First USCG Cutter

Of New Class Commissioned

At Bollinger Machine Shop

Richard N. Bollinger, Vice Adm. Donald C. Thompson, and

Donald G. Bollinger gather at the Fleet Dedication held at the Coast Guard Base in New Orleans.

The first boat of the "B" Class of Coast Guard 110-foot cutters was recently commissioned in ceremonies at the Coast Guard Base in New

Orleans, La. WPB 1317, Attu, is the 17th of the

Island Class cutters, but the first of a second contract to produce 21 boats.

This contract is funded and administered by the U.S. Navy, but the boats are operated for service by the U.S. Coast Guard. A commission- ing pennant was reserved for each vessel of the class as part of a fleet dedication.

The ceremony and reception was hosted by

Rear Adm. Peter J. Rots, USCG Commander,

Eighth Coast Guard District. The 21 commis- sioning pennants were reserved by the Honora- ble Robert Livingston, member of the House of Representatives from Louisiana, and Vice

Adm. Donald C. Thompson, Commander,

Coast Guard Atlantic Area. Remarks were given by Dick Bollinger, president of Bollinger Ma- chine Shop & Shipyard, Inc.; Admiral Rots; and

Capt. Joseph F. King, U.S. Navy.

The 37 vessels of the Island class are used for drug interdiction, war mission, and search and rescue.

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Jered Brown Appoints

Schoenlein And Freye

To Management Positions

Kenneth 0. Schoenlein Deborah S. Freye

Jered Brown Brothers, Inc. has appointed

Kenneth O. Schoenlein as director of sales, and Deborah S. Freye as contracts manager.

Mr. Schoenlein rejoins Jered Brown Broth- ers after 10 years with Unidynamics in St. Louis,

Mo. He is a member of The Society of Naval

Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME).

Ms. Freye joins Jered Brown Brothers after seven years with Tidewater Consultants in Vir- ginia Beach, Fla. She is a member of the Nation- al Contracts Management Association.

Jered Brown Brothers, a Troy, Mich., engi- neering and manufacturing company, special- izes in shipboard equipment for the U.S. Navy, including aircraft, cargo, and weapons elevators; ship steering systems; submarine bow planes; anchor windlasses; and specialized handling sys- tems.

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Puerto Rico Marine Names

Cabarle And Wainwright VPs

Gerald P. Toomey, president of Puerto

Rico Marine Management, Inc. (PRMMI), agents for Navieras de Puerto Rico, recently announced two new high-level corporate ap- pointments.

Kenneth W. Cabarle was named vice presi- dent/planning, and Norman E. Wainwright was appointed vice president/information sys- tems.

Mr. Cabarle, previously vice president and chief financial officer of U.S. Lines, returns to

PRMMI. Between 1974-78 he served as

PRMMI's vice president/finance.

Mr. Wainwright, the new vice president/ information systems, joins PRMMI with over 22 years of experience in the computer/informa- tion-processing fields.

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