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Two Men Insulate Mokuhana In Conversion To Reefer Ship Conversion of the sugar-freighter MV Moku-hana to a refrigerator ship was accomplished by a two-man team with the use of CPR rigid urethane-foam insulation. The ship, 177 feet long, with a 35-foot beam, is now hauling 1 ^-million pounds of palletized frozen fish per trip from Alaskan ports to Se-attle, Wash., under the ownership of the Kay-ler-Dahl Company of Seattle. A Frick refriger-ation system, installed by Puget Sound Engi-neering, Inc., 4333 Leary Way N.W., Seattle, Wash., maintains the holds at a temperature of 0°F. The refrigeration features hydraulically driven compressors, using the ship's existing hydraulic system as a power source, and an automatic hot gas defrost system for the car-go holds. To convert the MV Mokuhana, approximate-ly 14,000 pounds of CPR 385 rigid urethane foam was sprayed in a four-inch layer on the bulkheads and overheads, and 6,000 pounds of CPR 323 were poured-in-place between the double decking (existing steel deck and new wood deck wearing surface). The urethane systems, supplied by the CPR Division of The Upjohn Company, 555 Alaska Avenue, Torrance, Calif., and applied by Ver-tecs Corporation, 12601-132nd Avenue, Kirk-land, Wash., were chosen because urethane foam's 95 percent closed-cell structure restricts water vaporation penetration. It will not im-part or absorb odors, mildew, or attract ro-dents. TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT: vines .pTIs^ot 7heV have not NOT SUPPLIED1 BY BALDT THE K--AS PM*T ( Bona fide U.S. Navy Light Weight Type [LWT]® Anchors were supplied by BALDT. The U. S. Navy Light Weight Type (LWT)® Anchor is the world's foremost light weight anchor engineered for the U. S. Navy to deliver a new standard of performance in any anchoring media. Its patent is still valid, and, unli-censed importation into the United States is prohibited. ? Specify Baldt, just to be on the safe side. WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, THEY HOLD. ^Incidentally, SEDCO has just recently purchased 30,000-Ib. U. S. Navy Light Weight LWT anchors and 3" high strength chain for their newest Rig, the 135-H, from BALDT. NABRICO Dredge Division Adds Gnuske And Graves To Staff Kenneth F. Graves Don C. Killom, manager of the newly formed Dredge Division of the Nashville Bridge Com-pany, has announced the appointment of Carl R. Gnuske, dredge consultant, and Kenneth F. Graves, dredge service consultant. Mr. Gnuske is a well-known expert in hy-draulic dredging, especially as related to re-covery of sand and gravel. Prior to joining the Nashville Bridge Company, Mr. Gnuske was consultant for the American Marine and Ma-chinery Company. Previously, he was dis-trict sales manager for Diamond Iron Works, Chicago, 111., and sales manager for Meckum Engineering Sales Company of Ot-tawa, 111. His wide experience has included consultation in sales of a variety of equipment, including portable hydraulic dredges, pumps, chain ladders, sand plant components and other related equipment. A resident of Streator, 111., Mr. Gnuske is a member of the World Dredging Association and the Ameri-can Legion, as well as several fraternal organi-zations. Mr. Graves is well-known in the dredging industry, having been associated with Dixie Dredge Corporation for the past year as plant manager. He was formerly with American Marine and Machinery Company where he served in various capacities over a period of seven years. These included shop superin-tendent, purchasing agent, customer service manager and field service manager. With the addition of these two highly quali-fied gentlemen, several decades of experience are added to the NABRICO Dredge Division. Marine Underwriters Elect New Officers Doane McCarthy Jr., vice-president of the Fireman's Fund American Insurance Com-panies, was re-elected president of the Ameri-can Institute of Marine Underwriters at the annual meeting held in New York City. The Institute, founded in 1898, is the national trade association of ocean marine insurers, represent-ing more than 100 insurance companies. Other officers re-elected at the meeting were first vice-president, Dale E. Taylor, executive vice-president of the Atlantic Companies; sec-ond vice-president, John B. Ricker Jr., presi-dent, Marine Office of America; executive vice-president, Carl E. McDowell, and treasurer, Robert W. Hahn, vice-president, Great Amer-ican Insurance Company. Directors elected for a three-year term in-cluded : David A. Arnott, ocean marine mana-ger, Aetna Insurance Company; G. Gordon Brown, vice-president, Crum & Forster Insur-ance Companies ; Thomas F. Hamill, secretary, personal accounts division, Aetna Casualty & Surety Company; Robert A. Murphy, director and vice-president, Chubb & Son Inc. and senior vice-president, Federal Insurance Com-pany, and Thomas M. Torrey, resident vice-president, Insurance Company of North Amer-ica. Carl R. Gnuske ANCHOR, CHAIN & FORGE DIVISION MAIN OFFICE AND PLANT P.O. BOX 350 - CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA 19016 PHONE 215 TR 4-8461 36 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News