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Clutch, Gear and Engine Operation using Shaft Brake Fast Maneuvering Complete Propulsion Control Package for Diesel Power 500 H. P. to 6000 H. P. FOR SYSTEM QUOTATION ? Contact ? MATHERS CONTROLS INC. 902 N.W. BALLARD WAY SEATTLE, WASH. 98107 Phone (206) 782-6265 WESTINGHOUSE TURBINE RENEWAL PARTS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ANYWHERE Authorized Marine distributor for Westinghouse Turbine Renewal Parts, Port Electric maintains a complete stock of replacement parts in its own warehouse for immediate delivery. Authorized Marine Distributors tor: Westinghouse: Turbine. Controller and Motor Renewal Parts Cutler-Hammer: Controller Parts Clark: Controller Parts A/so available: Replacement Parts for Monitor. Reliance. Crocker Wheeler, and others. PORT ELECTRIC Turbine Division OF PORT ELECTRIC SUPPLY CORP. 155-157 Perry Street, New York. N. Y. 10014 Call (212) 255-4530 SHIP SERVICE OUR SPECIALTY Worldwide Salvage Firms Agree On International Joint Venture Three of the world's leading salvage compa-nies have completed a working agreement whereby they will offer salvage and marine engineering services on a worldwide basis, operating as an international joint venture. The three firms, with combined assets in excess of $30-million, are: Murphy Pacific Marine Salvage Company of the United States; Ulrich Harms G.m.b.H. & Co., of Hamburg, Germany, and Risdon Beazley Ltd. of Southampton, England. Independently, each of these firms is the largest salvage company in their own country and will continue their own domestic opera-tions. Combined they will form the world's largest salvage organization with operational headquarters at Southampton, England, and Murphy Pacific as management sponsor. Equipment available will include powerful salvage tugs, the biggest fleet of salvage cranes in the world?lifting between 400- and 1.000-tons each?and a fleet of coastal and ocean recovery vessels. Webb Alumni Sets June 14 For Homecoming And Meeting The 1969 Webb Institute of Naval Architec-ture Homecoming has been scheduled for Saturday, June 14 at the Webb Campus in Glen Cove. New York. Following the annual meeting, alumni, their wives and friends are cordially invited to gath-er for a reception and dinner. As in the past, the activities will be held outdoors on the terraces overlooking Long Island Sound. The homecoming will again give alumni and their friends an opportunity to revisit the campus and inspect the past improvements and proposed new library wing with lecture hall. It will also permit the alumni and their wives to renew old acquaintances and meet with many of the students and faculty. Webb alumni should also mark their calen-dar for Wednesday evening, November 12. 1969 for the Fall Banquet. The meeting will be held at the Hotel Warwick on the Wednes-day evening preceding The Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers meeting, which has been rescheduled to Thursday and Friday only instead of the previous three-day sched-ule. For further information, contact Pete Bethge, secretary-treasurer, Room 300, 20 Ve-sev Street, New York, N.Y. 10007, telephone (212) 732-7863. New Bern To Build Excursion Vessel Bids for the construction of a 75-foot 6-inch passenger excursion vessel were received re-cently by Coast Engineering Co., naval archi-tects, Norfolk, Va. New Bern Shipyards. Inc., New Bern, N.C., was awarded this contract at a price of $95,832. This vessel is being built for Capt. Robert Federico and a completion date of July 1, 1969 has been set. Three Shipping Firms Relocate N.Y. Office Universal Shipping Corp., Retla Steamship Co.. and International Overseas Transport Co. have announced that they have moved their offices to 1133 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. The three firms, which share quarters, were previously located at 95 Broad Street. New York. I MARINE CONSTRUCTION ? REPAIRING Hillman BARGE & CONSTRUCTION CO. GRANT BUILDING, PITTSBURGH 19, PA. 54 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News