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Barge Construction Equitable Equipment Co., Inc. of New Or-leans, La., was contracted by Moore Terminal & Barge Co., Monroe, La., to build a deck barge. The 1,900-dwt deck barge will measure 200 feet by 50 feet by 11 feet. Hillman Barge & Construction Co., Pitts-burgh, Pa., will build 20 deck cargo barges for undisclosed interests. Each of the 20 barges will have dimensions of 140 feet by 39 feet by 9 feet and be of 800 dwt. Jansen Marine Corp., Troutdale, Ore., will build a 148 foot by 50 foot by 12 foot crane barge for Schnitzer Leasing, Inc., Portland, Ore. The 1,600-dwt barge has been designated Hull No. 2024. R. G. Le Tourneau, Inc., Vicksburg, Miss., is to build an offshore, oil-well drilling barge for Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling Co., Tulsa, Okla. The barge will be equipped with 5,000-bhp diesel electric machinery and will be about 5,000 gt. Maxon Construction Co., Tell City, Ind., will build four 1,400-dwt deck cargo barges for Kanawha Sand Co., Parkersburg, W. Va. Designated Hull Nos. 1105, 1106, 1099 and 1100, each will have dimensions of 160 feet by 50 feet by 12 feet. Reliance Marine Transportation & Construc-tion Corp., Kingston, N.Y., will build a 1,000-dwt deck cargo barge for stock purposes. Des-ignated Hull No. 775, it will have dimensions of 130 feet by 40 feet by 11 feet 3 inches. Zigler Shipyards, Inc., Jennings, La., was contracted to build six deck cargo barges by J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., Harvey, La. Each barge is to be of 2,000-dwt and will have dimensions of 160 feet by 54 feet by 13 feet. The barges have been designated Hull Nos. 197 through 202. Messina Italy 24 Molo Noriberga Telex: 98030 Phone: 44801 (day & night) Cables: Rodriguez Ship Repairers-Hydrofoils and Speed Boat Builders Floating Dock ? Graving Dock ft.364.2"-62.4"-18.4" ft. 492.1"-5607 "-26.2 " Graving Dock under completion ft. 862.10 "-118.1"-29.6" All kinds of ship repairs by highly qualified personnel Moore And McCormack Co., Inc. Elects Three New Directors William T. Moore, chairman of the board of Moore and McCormack Co., Inc., has an-nounced the election of the following three new directors to the board: Geo. T. Scharffenberg-er, president and chief executive officer, City Investing Company; A. Lightfoot Walker, chairman and chief executive officer, Rheem Manufacturing Company, and William E. Stockhausen, partner in the law firm of Satter-lee, Warfeild & Stephens. In addition to the newly elected members, the present board consists of William T. Moore, chairman; Lawrence F. Fiske; Thornton Hall; Lawrence C. Marshall and Robert E. O'Brien. Mr. Scharffenberger is chairman of the board of the Gateway National Bank, El Segundo, Calif., a director of General Development Corp., Wabash Magnetic Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Computer Sciences Corp., Management Science Corp., Diebold Technology Venture Fund, Property Corp., and Cayman Corp. Mr. Walker is president and a director of Rheem International Inc., director of City In-vesting Company, Marine Midland Grace Trust Co., a trustee of the U.S. Council of the Inter-national Chamber of Commerce and a member of the advisory board of the Institute of World Affairs. William E. Stockhausen is president and di-rector of Nassau Hospital and a member of the American Bar Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York. N.Y. City Now Owns Brooklyn Navy Yard Ownership of the New York Naval Shipyard (better known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard) was officially transferred to the City of New York by the U.S. Government in mid-February. The ceremonies marking the transfer brought to culmination over two years of negotiations between the city and the government. Mayor John Lindsay gave Secretary of Com-merce Maurice H. Stans the city's formal offer to pay $23.5-million for the base, its 40 large buildings and its enormous drydocks, cranes and piers. However, negotiations are being conducted in Washington in an attempt to have the title transferred to the city on a 'no-cost' basis. Presently, four small industries are function-ing in the yard on occupancy permits granted by the Navy. The big operation for the facility is the pre-viously announced shipbuilding project by Sea-train Lines Inc. This operation would use 45 percent of the yard's facilities. Actual control of the facilities has been assigned by the city to Commerce, Labor, and Industry Corporation of the County of King, to be known as CLICK. This group will de-velop the complex as an industrial park. The Navy is retaining 25 acres within the 265-acre facility including the barracks and parade grounds. Steamship Agent And Line Being Acquired By Food Firm Chester, Blackburn & Roder, Inc., steamship agents and brokers, and Atlantic Lines, Ltd., an affiliate, will become part of Proteus Foods & Industries, Inc., a fishing and seafood processing concern. Shareholders of Proteus and the Ches-ter-Atlantic group must approve the proposed merger and a favorable tax ruling must be ob-tained. Under the agreement approved by directors of the two groups, Proteus would pay a maximum price of $13.5-million in cash and Proteus shares, in return for all shares of the Chester-Atlantic companies. 28 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News