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rigorous requirements in future contracts." Mr. Peterson, joined Electric Boat division in 1957 after 12 years as a naval officer in the submarine service. He has held various posi-tions in engineering including pro-pulsion systems design supervisor, division value engineer and most recently assistant manager of over-haul systems management. He holds engineering degrees from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and George Washington Univer-sity and is presently enrolled in the master of business administration graduate program at the Univer-sity of Connecticut. World's Largest Catamarans To Be Built By Nippon Kokan Litton Elects Gray Senior Executive V-P Illinois in 1941 and an M.S. degree at the same University in 1947. He served four and a half years in the U.S. Army during World War II, three and a half of which were overseas. He attained the rank of captain and received both the Silver Star and the Bronze Star for gallantry in action. Roling Named Manager Marine Development For Maxim Silencers Model of world s largest catamaran ferry \ The world's largest catamaran ferries, two 2,200-gt vessels, will be built for Kansai Steamship Co. of Osaka, Japan, by Nippon Kokan, the nation's only integrated ship-builder-steelmaker and only build-er of the twin-hulled ferries. Hiroo Ikematsu, NKK's New York naval architect, said the ves-vels will each have a capacity for 50 large trucks, 10 small trucks, 50 passenger cars and accommoda-tions for 450 passengers. Vehicles will be driven on and off the ferries over wide ramps. To be built at NKK's Shimizu Shipyard near Tokyo, the vessels be built by Nippon Kokon's Shimizu yard. will have a speed of 19.2 knots. They will enter service in the fall of this year, between Kobe and Ta-kamatsu, a distance of some 112.5 miles on Japan's Inland Sea. Since 1960, Nippon Kokan has delivered 20 catamarans, including two exported to Burma in 1965. All of these are in the less-than-500-gt category, so the 2,200-gt vessels represent a significant advance in capacity and speed. The Kansai catamarans will have four ballast pumps, each with a rated capacity of 450 tons per hour for rapid attainment of optimum vessel trim. PAST CHAIRMEN'S NIGHT at the New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers saw 13 past chairmen in attendance. Shown above are, left to right, seated: W. I. Signell, Section secretary-treasurer; H. de Luce, chair-man of SNAME committee on sections; H. J. Karsch, Section papers' chairman; W. W. Robinson, editor of Yachting, author of the paper presented at this meeting entitled "What to Look for in Pleasure Craft?Sail and Power"; R. G. Mende, Section chair-man; J. J. Henry, president, SNAME; M. D. Macpherson, Section vice-chairman, and Capt. M. H. Gluntz, USN (ret.), secretary, SNAME. Standing (dates given are years each person served as chairman): N. R. Former, Section meetings committee chairman; L. Rosenblatt (61-62), R. Schoen, 3rd (67-68), P. H. Hadley (63-64), E. D. Story (65-66), H. L. Walker Jr. (59-60), D. C. MacMillan (51-52), W. Lumbard (50-51), Capt. L. S. McCready, USMS (54-55), G. H. Copenhaver (53-54), R. P. Giblon (55-56), H. R. Glennon Jr. (60-61), E. A. Catlin (62-63), C. A. Narwicz (64-65), and C.W. Wilson, Section membership committee chairman. Electric Boat Forms Engineering Department For Quality Assurance Harry E. Peterson Jr. A new department of engineer-ing quality assurance has been established at Electric Boat divi-sion of General Dynamics. It will be responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of data produced by the division's engineering department and for conformance of data to specifications, standards and con-tracts. Covered by the new activity are such items as drawings, technical reports, technical manuals, materi-al purchase specifications, design reviews, and standards governing the design work itself. Named to head the new depart-ment is Harry E. Peterson Jr. In announcing the step, Joseph D. Pierce, Electric Boat division general manager, noted that "the Navy is increasing its emphasis on assurance of the quality of engi-neering technical data. It is neces-sary that a program be established to fulfill the engineering quality assurance requirements in existing contracts and the expected more Harry J. Gray has been elected to the new position of senior execu-tive vice-president of Litton Indus-tries, it was announced by presi-dent Roy L. Ash. Mr. Gray in his new capacity will have the following activities re-porting to him: the Marine Group, headed by Senior Vice-President Ellis Gardner; Industrial Systems and Equipment Group headed by Senior Vice-President Austin Good-year; and the Machine Tool Sys-tems and Products Group headed by Vice-President Thomas Morris. Mr. Gray was previously respon-sible, as executive vice-president, for the business systems and equip-ment activities which will now be directed by Ralph H. O'Brien, Lit-ton senior vice-president. Mr. Gray is in his 15th year with the com-pany and is a member of the Litton board of directors. Prior to his ap-pointment as executive vice-presi-dent in October 1967, he served the company as senior vice-president for finance and administration. He joined Litton in 1954, and he became a corporate vice-president in 1959. At that time he organized Litton's Components Group, and under his direction until 1965, com-ponent operations expanded from a single facility to a multi-divisional operation encompassing many ad-vanced areas of component tech-nology. Mr. Gray received a bachelor of science degree at the University of Herb D. Roling Joseph LaBarbera, president of AMF Beaird, Inc., a subsidiary of American Machine & Foundry Company, Shreveport, La., an-nounced recently the appointment of Herb D. Roling as manager of marine market development for Maxim silencer products. Mr. LaBarbera stated that AMF Beaird has long recognized its ob-ligation to the marine industry, since its acquisition of the Maxim Silencer Company in 1960. Mr. Rol-ing will begin a new effort toward improved products for the indus-try. Mr. Roling previously was asso-ciated with AMF Cuno Division, Meriden, Conn., as manager of Maxim evaporator marine sales. From 1937 to 1952 he was associ-ated with Gibbs & Cox, naval archi-tects in New York. Maxim silencer products manu-factured by AMF Beaird are known the world over and include wet-and dry-type marine engine sound-attenuation devices, spark arrestor and heat-recovery silencers. March 1, 1969 33