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Fast Rugged CREWBOATS Equity 32' to 100' Water Taxis Equity Standard Stock Water Taxis afford you proven design and performance?Rugged construction withstands heavy j seas offshore. Prompt de-livery. EQUITABLE EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC. 410 CAMP ST.. DEPT. U NEW ORLEANS. LA. 70130 504/525-9744 TELEX. 058-354 CABLE: EQUITY Other Equity Stock Standards include: Tugs 45' to 95' Deck cargo barges: 120' Packaged ice plants 5.000 & 10,000 pound derricks Special floating equipment built to order | MAY WE SERVE YOU? We sell every item pictured in this ad, plus more than 10,000 more! Oceanautic Appoints Melson Vice-President Capt. Lewis B. Melson Capt. Lewis B. Melson, USN (ret.), has been named vice-presi-dent of Oceanautic Manufacturing & Research Company, 9051 Blue Ash Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242, according to Robert E. Levinson, the firm's president. Formerly associated with U.S. Navy Oceanographic research, Cap-tain Melson. will be responsible for the company's operations in its manufacture and marketing of new-underwater tools and equipment. Since joining the Navy in 1941, he held a variety of research and management positions. Captain Melson initiated and directed the first two Sealab experiments. His most recent assignments prior to leaving the Navy were as mainte-nance and repair officer for the Military Sea Transportation Sys-tem in the Pacific. Captain Melson holds a bachelor of science in civil engineering and a master of science in mechanical engineering degrees from Oregon State University. He is a graduate of the Navy's post graduate school in naval architecture and industrial management. ^Blue W^TER MARINE SUPPLY, mc P. O. Box 5457 1000 Broadway at Channelside Houston, Texas 77012 U.S.A. (713) 928-3121 TELEX: 775-183 time charter to the Military Sea Transportation Service and, Mr. Sutphen states, they will continue under MSTS charter. E. J. Heine, U.S. Lines' execu-tive vice-president, said that the transaction terms involve the ulti-mate change of names of the ships. Mr. Sutphen has for many years been active in the brokerage and chartering business in New York. Captain Howard was formerly with U.S. Lines. Some months ago John J. Mc-Mullen, president of U.S. Lines, in-dicated that he would like to re-move a number of the company's older ships from the operating sub-sidy program of the Maritime Ad-ministration. A condition of the sale, accord-ing to the Maritime Administra-tion, is that the new owners have no corporate tie-up, direct or other-wise, with the original owners. The U.S. Lines has already ar-ranged the sale of five relatively new modified ships with consider-able container capacity to Farrell Lines. Last year, according to the Mari-time Administration, the company's fleet numbered 38 vessels under the subsidy program, including the big passenger liner United States. New Firm Buys General Cargo Ships From U.S. Lines The United States Lines has re-leased plans under which the firm will dispose of older general cargo ships. The line is selling eight C-2 freighters built during World War II to a newly formed company. This sale is part of U.S. Lines' long-range plan to concentrate on containership operation. So far, the company has already sold the World War II-built American Leader and American Scout to newly formed American Leader, Inc., and is in the process of transferring title of six similar ships to the same owner. American Leader, Inc., is headed by Preston L. Sutphen Jr. Operat-ing manager of this firm is Capt. William L. Howard. The company is located at 17 Battery Place. New-York, N.Y. Actual operating company of the organization is Americargo, Inc., also a newly established firm. The six other vessels in the trans-action are the American Packer, American Miller, American Pilot, American Importer, American For-warder and American Scientist. According to the Maritime Ad-ministration, the vessels are selling from $300,000 to $400,000 depend-ing on the year of construction. All eight ships are now under at the enormous selection of U. S. Coast Guard and U. L. Marine Type Listed RECEPTACLES, PLUGS, FIXTURES and FITTINGS you'll find in the (SAJLQB) catalog Write for it . . . IT'S FREE! 11 Pauluhn Electric Mfg. Co., Inc. 422 Broome St., New York, N.Y. 10013 Phone: (212) 226-3897-8 YOU'LL BE SHOCKED... 70 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News