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American Legion To Present Distinguished Service Awards To Two Steamship Executives On May 3, 1969, at the Statler Hilton Hotel, New York City, the American Merchant Ma-rine Post No. 945, American Legion, with headquarters at One Broadway, New York, will present the Legion's Distinguished Serv-ice Award to James A. Farrell Jr., chairman of the board, Farrell Lines, Inc., and Gen. John M. Franklin, chairman of the board, United States Lines. These awards are in recognition of their long dedicated service to the American Mer-chant Marine over a period of many years. The American Merchant Marine Post No. 945, American Legion, was chartered under the name United States Lines Post No. 945 in 1920 and later changed to the present name. Composed entirely of shipping men ashore and afloat, this post has always been in the forefront in the activities relative to keeping our merchant marine strong, modern and effi-cient. This year's awards is the beginning of an annual event to choose the most outstanding men in American shipping to receive the high-est award the American Legion can offer for outstanding service in all fields of endeavor. Whitehall Brokerage Acquires Charles M. Schmitt & Co., Inc. Nicholas J. Crisa, president of Whitehall Brokerage, Inc., 17 Battery Place, New York, N.Y. 10004, has announced the acquisition of Charles M. Schmitt & Co., Inc., effective May 1, 1969. James Walsh, former president of Charles M. Schmitt & Co., Inc., with whom he has been associated for the past 31 years, will act in the capacity of vice-president. Charles Schmitt has been in the insurance brokerage business for the past 60 years and will act in the capacity of insurance consultant. These gentlemen, along with Roy J. Ross, executive vice-president; Joseph Martuscello, vice-president, and Richard J. Laba, secretary and manager of the Claims Department, are ex-perienced in all commercial lines, both marine and otherwise of insurance. diameter is given to the longest and heaviest full-molded bearing ever manufactured by Byron Jackson. This bear-ing is designed for the MV'i-inch propeller shaft of a seagoing tug and has an overall length of 56 inches. Weight of this special flanged brass bearing is approx-imately 1,200 pounds. Byron Jackson builds a complete line of marine bearings for all types of boats and vessels, from the smallest inboard runabouts up to battleships. For further information on stock sizes and special-order bearings, contact: BJ Marine Bearings, P.O. Box 2709, Terminal Annex, Los Angeles, Calif. 90054. Seatrain Planning 3-For-l Stock Split Joseph Kahn, chairman of the board of Sea-train Lines, Inc., has announced that the board of directors had approved a three-for-one stock split subject to approval of the shareholders. It is anticipated that a special meeting of shareholders will be held on May 7, 1969 to authorize the necessary amendment to increase authorized shares to 30 million. If approved, the new shares will be distributed on or about May 23 to shareholders of record on May 9. Mr. Kahn also said that the company had applied to the New York Stock Exchange for the listing of its capital shares. NSSC Issues RFP For Six Harbor Tugs RFP N00024-69-R-0605-(Q) has been issued by Naval Ship Systems Command for the con-struction of three medium harbor tugs (YTM) and three small harbor tugs (YTL), to the following nine shipyards: Bender Welding & Machine Co., Inc., Mobile, Ala.; Blount Ma-rine Corp., Warren, R.I.; Equitable Equipment Co., Inc., New Orleans, La.; General Ship & Engine Works, Inc., East Boston, Mass.; Hal-ter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La.; J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Wash.; San Diego Marine Construction Co., San Diego, Calif.; Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Inc., Tacoma, Wash., and Zigler Shipyards, Inc., Jennings, La. Moore-McCormack Promotes Lavelle Moore-McCormack Lines, Incorporated, has announced the appointment of Walter A. La-velle to the position of advertising and public relations manager. Mr. Lavelle joined Mooremack in November 1947 and was chief photographer for the line from 1954 to 1961. In 1961, he was assigned to the Public Relations and Advertising De-partment. Mobil Assigns New Name To Marine Trade Department The marine trade department of Mobil Sales and Supply Corporation has been renamed the marine sales department, according to Richard G. Coffin, general manager. The new department will continue to sell Mobil's marine fuels and marine lubricants worldwide and provide technical service and assistance to ship owners, operators and per-sonnel. King Tonnage Rotor Improved For Night Use B. W. King, Inc. of New York, has an-nounced the issuance of a recent patent which greatly improves the use of the water-level indicator or rotor (the King Displacement Rotor) for displacement measurement. The recently issued patent has a lighted dial which makes possible accurate use of the rotor at night. The rotor gives accurate freeboard measure-ments even in rough weather and, thus, can be used day or night, even in rough water, to measure ships and barges. B. W. King, Inc. recently reported that over a million tons of cargoes had been measured in a two-year period by the firm using the original rotor instrument. Now, with the lighted dial, the use of the rotor will expedite tonnage meas-urements. B. W. King, Inc., is located at 17 Battery Place, New York, N.Y. 10004. Kelvin Hughes America Appoints Taylor And Read To New Management Positions Presley Taylor Frank D. Read Kelvin Hughes America Corporation, a lead-ing manufacturer of marine electronic equip-ment for pleasure, fishing, and commercial vessels, recently announced the appointment of two staff members to new management posi-tions. Presley Taylor has been appointed general manager, and Frank D. Read has been named service manager of the Annapolis, Md., headquartered concern. Prior to the appointment as general mana-ger, Mr. Taylor had been marine division man-ager of KHAC since August, 1959. Mr. Read, KHAC's new service manager, joined the or-ganization in November, having been previous-ly associated with RCA Radiomarine. The new positions were announced recently by Mr. Benton Hall Schaub, president of Kel-vin Hughes America Corporation. The new changes are in line with an overall strengthen-ing of Kelvin Hughes North American service and marketing operations for their broad line of marine radar, loran, depth sounders and other electronic equipment. IFBs Issued By MarAd For Steel Seiner The Maritime Administration. 441 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20235, is receiving bids for the construction of a 70-foot 1 ^2-inch steel seiner for Sardine Carriers, Inc. Anyone interested in submitting a bid should request an IFB from Sardine Carriers, Inc., c/o John Gilbert Associates, Inc., 58 Commercial Wharf, Boston, Mass. Bids are to be received by the Maritime Administration on April 23. Greenville To Build Twin-Screw Towboat Greenville Shipbuilding Corp., Greenville, Miss., has been contracted by Campbell Barge Line, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., for the construction of a twin-screw towboat. Powered with 1,700-total-bhp diesel machinery, the towboat will have the following dimensions: 90 feet by 24 feet by 10 feet. New Data Sheet Describes M&T Harbormaster Units A new catalog sheet featuring condensed information about Murray & Tregurtha Har-bormaster propulsion units, has been released by the firm. Photographs with accompanying descriptions show various unit installations. Ranging from 50 to 2,500 hp, M&T Harbor-master has a model to answer any need involv-ing marine propulsion, dynamic positioning or maneuvering. The sheet includes a compre-hensive chart giving specifications on all models. A copy of this date sheet can be obtained from: Murray & Tregurtha, 80 Hancock Street, Quincy, Mass. 02171. BUILDS THEIR LARGEST?A final check of the outside 60 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News