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Special-Purpose Ship For Paper Products Delivered To Peralta Carriers By Japanese The William R. Adams will operate between U.S. and Europe carrying St. Regis Paper products out if Jacksonville, Fla., and general cargo on return voyage. The William R. Adams, a new ship named for the president of St. Regis Paper Company, was christened by Mrs. Adams at cere-monies held at the Namura Ship-yard Company, Osaka, Japan, early in October. In December the ship arrived in Jacksonville, Fla., to take on its first cargo. The St. Regis officials who were present at the ceremonies were: Mr. Adams; Reginald L. Vayo, group vice-president-international; Michael J. Walsh, assistant vice-president-traffic of New York; Victor T. Grabar, regional market-ing manager-Pacific International Division of Tacoma, Wash., and their wives. Armando de Peralta, president of Peralta Carriers Corporation of New York, owner of the ship, accompanied the St. Regis group. St. Regis has contracted with Peralta for the transportation of approximately 120,000 tons of cargo annually from its southern kraft paper and linerboard mills through Jacksonville, Fla., to United Kingdom and Continental range ports. Peralta has designed the vessel specifically for the trans-portation of kraft linerboard and paper. The 14.000-ton ship is 482 feet long, 67 feet wide with a speed of 16 knots. The modern design of the ship includes a flume stabilizer to mini-mize roll of the vessel, five revolv-ing electro-hydraulic cranes of 10-ton capacity each, as well as materials handling equipment de-signed especially for the safe load-ing and unloading of the cargo. It is expected that the ship will make one trip a month with a cargo of 9-10,000 tons of kraft linerboard and paper. Passenger accommodations in-clude an owner's apartment and two double staterooms which are air conditioned throughout. The ship is equipped with the latest navigational, safety and automatic control equipment. The Adams was the first ship to call at the first wharf built at Blount Island, Jacksonville's port of the future which was opened in late November. "I'LL, THINK OF SAMER/Z/A/E/" ALAMO 3004 COMMISSIONING?Participating in the recent commissioning of the propane-propylene barge Alamo 3004 at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont, Texas, shipyard, were, left to right: J. O. Crooke, general manager of the Beaumont yard, Ed A. Smith, president of Alamo Barge Lines and vice-president of Alamo Chemical Trans-portation Co., hir wife, who commissioned the barge, Mrs. J. O. Crooke, Mrs. W. A. Stockard, and her husband, Mr. Stockard, who is president of Alamo Chemical Trans-portation Co. and vice-president of Alamo Barge Lines. Constructed as a box barge for an integrated tow movement, the Alamo 3004 is the fifth LPG barge of this class built by the Bethlehem yard for the Alamo organization. The barge has an overall length of 355 feet, width of 53 feet, depth of 12 feet 9 inches, and its three cylindrical steel tanks have a capacity of approximately 1,176,000 gallons. Lohmann & Stolterfoht Appoints Arnold Co. U.S. Representatives Lohmann & Stolterfoht, subsidi-ary of Mannesmann Aktiengesell-schaft, a leader in designing and producing gear units, shaft cou-plings, clutches, journal and thrust bearings for marine and industrial applications, has announced the appointment of W.B. Arnold Co. Inc. of Hoboken, N.J., as its exclu-sive sales and engineering repre-sentatives in the United States. Representing the companies dur-ing the negotiations were H. M. Hierzig and G. Rosier, directors for Lohmann & Stolterfoht and William B. Arnold, president of W. B. Arnold Co. Inc. Mr. Arnold said, "This agreement, in conjunc-tion with agreements in force at the present time with other over-seas companies, gives our company an enviable opportunity to provide the American-based marine indus-try with engineering service from 'stem to stern' on new construc-tion, ship modification, jumboizing and repairs in the U.S. and abroad." In addition to Lohmann & Stol-terfoht, Arnold is the exclusive sales and engineering representa-tive for the pump and compressor division of fiamworthy Engineer-ing, Ltd., Poole, England; Clarke-Chapman & Co., Ltd., Gateshead, England ; Hydraulics & Pneumatics Ltd., Wolverhampton, England, and Strom-Ljusne, Ljusne, Swe-den. A sister company, Propellers, Inc., Hoboken, N.J., represents Escher Wyss, G.M.B.H., manufac-turers of controllable pitch pro-pellers. NEW THREE-FLOOR LIBRARY was recently dedicated at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y. The library is named after the late Rep. Schuyler Otis Bland, who was called 'father of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936.' Acting Maritime Administrator James W. Gulick accepted the building for the government. The new building was erected under the direction of Rear Adm. Gordon McLintock, Academy superintendent. Greetings were presented by Dr. Mason W. Gross, president of Rutgers University, the chairman of the Academy Advisory Board, and Rep. John M. Murphy, chairman of the Congressional Board of Visitors. 46 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News