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Zidell To Build Four Barges Equipped With Star Iron Cranes Zidell Explorations, Inc., Port-land, Ore., has won a $2-million contract to build four steel barges, rated for unlimited ocean service, at its Portland yard, according to Emery Zidell, president. The barges will be built for Star Iron & Steel Co. of Tacoma, which holds a $6.5-million contract to de-liver them, outfitted, to the U.S. Xavy. Each barge will be 140 by 70 feet and more than 12 feet deep. Includ-ing crane foundations and base, which Zidell will build, each will contain 700 tons of steel. The rela-tively great weight is due to the exceptionally heavy construction specified by the Navy. Zidell will deliver in Tacoma at the rate of one unit a month begin-ning in June. Star Iron & Steel will equip each barge with a 100-ton lift capacity crane and also install power-gen-erating equipment, machinery and lighting in the below-deck engine rooms. Although the Navy has made no announcement of the intended end use for the barges, it is presumed that they will be employed in load-Lockstad Patented Chain Pipe Covers Cut Labor Costs ? Now in use by all leading vessel operating companies Prevent flooded chain lockers, eliminate hazardous and expensive methods of pouring concrete. Lockstad has developed a new cover which secures in place in matter of minutes and can be removed in seconds. Cover makes a complete thorough seal around the ring of the chain pipe. Used for vertical or caspen type windlasses. Our company representative will supervise each initial installation. \*c&4tad Inc. 179 West 5th Street ? Bayonne, N. J. 07002 ? Call 201 339-1351 West Coast: M. J. Gigy & Associates ? 467 6th Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94103 ^milium ATTENTION! MARINE ENGINEERS FALK GEAR REDUCER uble reduction gear type, to 1 ratio. Max. 410 HP @ 0 RPM. Flooded system pe lubrication. Model GDFT. Gov't cost: 7,068. DENISON HYD. 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ASSISTANT GUARANTEE SUPERINTENDENT LITTON'S Ingalls Shipbuilding Division invites you to COME ABOARD! A degree in engineering or naval architecture will be helpful? but not necessary, if you have sufficient experience in ship repair and design. This unusually interesting position involves representing our ship-yard, at management level, at guarantee surveys, conferences and negotiations with shipowners and the Navy. We offer a starting salary commensurate with experience and background, plus excellent company benefits and the assurance of future advancement. Please send resume and salary history in confidence to Mr. A. W. Riggert. ? UTTON INDUSTRIES Ingalls Shipbuilding Division P.O. Box 149 Pascagoula, Miss. 39567 An equal opportunity employer k A ing operations from ships and docks overseas. Built to American Bureau of Shipping as well as Navy and Coast Guard specifications, the four will qualify for 'Star A-l' ratings, which will permit their being tow-ed anywhere. Vancouver Tug Elects Lindsay Vice President J. Rod A. Lindsay The appointment of J. Rod A. Lindsay as vice-president of Van-couver Tug Boat Co. Ltd., Van-couver, B.C., and subsidiary com-panies was announced by Capt. J. C. F. Stewart, president and chief executive officer, following a meet-ing of directors. A veteran of 20 years in the tug-boat industry, Mr. Lindsay served in the Vancouver Tug fleet and subsequently held various shoreside executive positions prior to his ap-pointment as general manager in 1956. As vice-president, he will re-tain the responsibilities of general manager. Mr. Lindsay is currently president of the B. C. Towboat Owner's Association, and a past president of the Plimsoll Club of Vancouver. Matson Containerships On Order In Germany To Have B&W Boilers The key components of the power-plants for two American-flag contain-erships that Matson Navigation Co. is having built in West Germany, have been awarded to the Babcock & Wil-cox Co., of New York, according to an announcement by B&W. The firm has contracted to supply four marine boilers ? two for each vessel ? with the Bremer-Vulkan Shipyard of Bremen. The boilers, B&W said, will be de-signed and built in conformance with the requirements of the U.S. Coast Guard as well as other ship regula-tory agencies. Under the contract, the design of the boilers and major com-ponents will be supplied by B&W. However, boiler components of a less critical nature will be fabricated by the West German shipyard in accord-ance with B&W design and details. The two Matson containerships will be registered under the American flag and are scheduled for operation on the trans-Pacific container route of the unsubsidized ship line. The company is also building two high-speed con-tainerships at the Bethlehem Steel Corp's Sparrows Point shipyard for operation both on its trans-Pacific and Hawaiian route. 66 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News