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National Steel Launches USS Frederick-Third Of 17 LST's Building At NASSCO Principals at the launching of the USS Frederick were, left to right: Vice Adm. J. V. Smith, USN, commander, Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet; Capt. John M. Danielsen, USN, force chaplain, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet; the Hon. Charles McC Mathias Jr., U.S. Senator, Md.; Mrs. Kleber S. Masterson Jr., matron of honor; Mrs. Kleber S. Masterson, sponsor; the Hon. J. Glenn Beall Jr., U.S. Congressman, 6th District, Md.; Rear Adm. Norbert Frankenberger, USN, commander, Son Francisco Bay Naval Ship-yards; Vice Adm. Kleber S. Masterson, USN, director, Weapons Systems Evaluation Group, Department of Defense; John V. Banks, NASSCO's executive vice-president, and Charles Collins, president. County Commissioners, Frederick, Md. The USS Frederick (LST-1184) tank landing ship, was recently launched at Ways No. 1 at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, Calif. Immediately fol-lowing the launching, the keel was laid for the USS San Jose (AFS-7). As the graceful new ship slid into the water to the tune of Anchors Aweigh, several hundred balloons floated up from the deck. Mrs. Kleber S. Masterson, wife of Vice Adm. Kleber S. Masterson, USN, director, Weapons Systems Evaluation Group, Department of Defense, sponsored the new ship. She was assisted by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Kleber S. Masterson Jr., a resident of Coronado, who served as matron of honor. Others on the launching program were the Hon. J. Glenn Beall Jr., (U.S. Congressman, 6th District, Md.) ; the Hon. Charles McC Mathias Jr., (U.S. Senator. Md.) ; the Hon. John E. Derr, Mayor of Frederick, Md.; Rear Adm. N. Frankenberger, USN, Commanding Officer, San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyards; Capt. John M. Daniel-sen, USN, Force Chaplain, Am-phibious Force, Pacific Fleet; John V. Banks, NASSCO executive vice-president, and John M. Murphy, NASSCO vice-president-sales. The Frederick is of a new class of tank landing ships designed to provide, under assault conditions, the fastest and most efficient means of landing tanks, artillery and com-bat vehicles. The Frederick will be 522 feet long, have a 69 foot beam, and a full load displacement of 8,000 tons. The Frederick is the third of 17 new-design LST's under construc-tion at NASSCO. Within minutes after the Fred-erick was waterborne, Capt. A. F. Betzel, USN, Commander. Service Group One, laid the keel for the USS San Jose, (AFS-7) combat store ship. The San Jose is the seventh combat store ship to be built by NASSCO for the U.S. Navy. Approximately 3,000 people witnessed the colorful launching and keel-laying ceremony. Dravo To Design And Build 5000-HP Towboat For Ohio Barge Line Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, has been awarded a contract to de-sign and build a 5,000-hp towboat for Ohio Barge Line, Inc., Pitts-burgh. The vessel, to be the most pow-erful in the company's fleet, will be the sixth towboat built by Dravo for Ohio Barge Line in the past four years. It is scheduled to be delivered in December. The new vessel will be pow-ered by two 2,500-hp marine turbocharged, aftercooled engines driving through reverse-reduction gears. Overall dimensions will be 168 by 40 by 11 feet. M. Spalding Toon, president of Ohio Barge Line said the twin-48 AEIL Appoints Guido Assistant Vice-President John W. Guido has been appoint-ed assistant to Dennis A. Meenan, vice-president for freight traffic of American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, it was announced. Mr. Guido joined American Ex-port Lines in 1948 and served in various freight traffic and sales positions. Most recently he was as-sistant to the general freight traffic manager. He was born in North Bergen, N.J., and attended school in Union City. Mr. Guido is a member of the Foreign Commerce Club of New York and the National Defense Transportation Association and is active in the scouting program in North Bergen. He is a veteran of two years' service in the United States Marine Corps. Land-Bridge Elects George W. Anderson Chairman Of Board The election of Adm. George W. Anderson, USN (ret.) as chairman of the board was announced by The Land-Bridge Corporation, 11 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10004. Adm. Anderson served as chief of Naval Operations and as chair-man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and was United States ambassador to Portugal. The Land-Bridge Corporation was recently established in New York to develop the transportation of commercial cargoes in contain-ers between the Far East and Eu-rope using the United States as a 'land-bridge', as a shorter and su-perior route than the Suez or Panama Canals. Zecharia Sitchin, president of Intercontinental Trailsea Corpor-ation, is serving as president of The Land-Bridge Corporation and James R. Anderson (no relation), president of Anderson Commercial Corporation, is the vice-president. The board of directors, in addi-tion to the above-named officers, includes Isaac Charchat, president of United Cargo Corporation ; Ken-ton R. Cravens, chairman of the ex-ecutive committee, Mercantile Trust Company of St. Louis, and Maxwell M. Rabb, counsel to Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. ITT And Decca Ltd. Reach Agreement On Two Decca Groups International Telephone and Tele-graph Corporation and Decca Ltd., have announced that agreement had been reached under which ITT would purchase Decca Systems, Inc., and a half interest in Decca Radar, Inc. Decca Systems, Inc., is the U.S. distributor of the air navigation products of The Decca Navigator Company Ltd. of London. It also does some manufacturing under license from Decca. ITT is buying voting shares in Decca Radar, Inc., equal to the number held by Decca. The main business of DRI is the distribution in the U.S. of marine navigation products of the Decca Navigator Company Ltd. and Decca Radar, Inc. Under a long-term license agree-ment DSI, to be renamed ITT Navigator Systems Inc., will con-tinue to market the air navigation products of the Decca Navigator Company Ltd., both by U.S. man-ufacture and by importation from Decca. ITT Navigator Systems Inc. will also have manufacturing rights for the United States for Decca Navigator marine products. DRI will be renamed ITT Decca Marine Inc. and under long-term distribution agreements will con-tinue its present activities and also intends to distribute in the U.S. certain marine products of ITT. screw, diesel boat will join a fleet of 250 barges, two harbor boats and five 4,000-hp-class towboats built by Dravo. Ohio Barge Line is one of the largest haulers of iron and steel articles on the inland waterways, and also transports large quantities of dry bulk and liquid commodities. The new boat's 9-foot-diameter. 5-blade propellers will be made of high-tensile stainless steel. Their speed will be 213 rpm, with top in-board rotation. Operating draft, with 100,000 gallons of fuel oil aboard, will be 8x/2 feet. Navigation and communications equipment will include radar, swing indicator, Fathometer and radio telephones. There will be two steer-ing gear systems, one for steering and one for flanking. Living and sleeping facilities will accommodate 14 persons. HARBORMASTER UNITS PROPEL OFFSHORE WORKOVER RIG?Ranger I, owned and operated by Walker-Huthnance and recently completed at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont yard, is self-propelled by two 500-hp Murray & Tregurtha Model F7RP-379 Cat powered Harbormaster units. Complete remote control and alarm systems assure precise control of the vessel while underway and during the critical positioning around the jacket-type well structures to be serviced. The Harbormasters were sold through Murray & Tregurtha's Gulf Coast representative, W. R. Henderson & Co., of Houston. Maritime Reporter/Engineering News