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N.Y. Maritime College Graduates 124 Cadets The State University of New York Martime College, oldest institution of its kind in the United States, held its 113th graduation ex-ercises on June 3. These colorful outdoor cere-monies were held in the Pentagon of the Mari-time College's Fort Schuyler, Bronx campus, and more than 1,000 persons attended. The graduation class, numbering 124 young men, is one of the largest to receive degrees in the long history of the Maritime College and its predecessor organizations. Bachelor of en-gineering degrees were conferred on 42 Mari-time College cadets; 44 received the degree of bachelor of science, 17 received bachelor of science (nuclear) and the degree of bachelor of science (meteorology and oceanography) was conferred on 21. Rear Adm. Edward J. O'Donnell, USN (ret.), president of the Maritime College, pre-sided over the commencement exercises; and Robert J. Blackwell, deputy Maritime Admin-istrator, U.S. Department of Commerce, de-livered the principal address. In addition to the diploma and degree, each cadet received a federal license as third mate or third assistant engineer in the American merchant marine. More than 90 percent of the graduating cadets were commissioned as ensigns in the U.S. Naval Reserve, and 14 others have ac-cepted commissions in other branches of serv-ice?ten in the U.S. Coast Guard, two in the Air Force and two in the Environmental Sci-ence Services Administration. Western Offshore II To Drill In Hudson Bay This Summer The first offshore drilling test in the frigid waters of Northern Canada's Hudson Bay will be conducted by one of Fluor Corporation's deep-water drilling vessels, Western Offshore II, during the ice-free months this summer, according to Ross McClintock, president of Western Offshore Drilling and Exploration Company. The drilling barge, under contract to Aqui-taine Company of Canada, Ltd., was outfitted in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for arctic operation. The contract with Aquitaine calls for drilling two wells at sites on a block of more than 60-million acres of offshore lands covered by Canadian federal government permits. Other companies involved in the acreage are Atlantic Richfield Company, Sun Oil Company, Ltd., Camerina Oil and Gas, Ltd., Elf Oil Explora-tion and Production Canada, Ltd., and Cana-dian Fina Oil, Ltd. "Timing and international logistics present a number of problems under this particular contract," Mr. McClintock said. "Ships, equip-ment, supplies, and people must be moved into the area from a number of points around the world. The two wells must be drilled and men and equipment removed before ice forms in the fall." The Los Angeles-based Western Offshore II, under tow by the Dutch towboat Missis-sippi, will leave Halifax about the middle of this month for Hudson Bay. Depending on the ice breakup, the vessels will rendezvous later in the month at Cape Chidley, Newfoundland, with the Canadian tugboat, Foundation Vigi-lant, at least two European supply boats, and the local icebreakers. The international convoy of cold-water drill-ing and service vessels will then enter the Hudson Strait and proceed to the drill site, some 250 miles due east of Churchill, Mani-toba, on the west shore of the Bay. Churchill is the supply base for the project. Men and material are being gathered at the base to support the 100-day operation. Mr. McClintock said that all men, equipment and vessels must leave the location and return to the seaward mouth of the Hudson Strait by mid-November in order to avoid the severe icing that starts at that time. "The contract was awarded to Western Off-shore on the basis of many years' experience with the extreme weather conditions of Alas-kan waters," Mr. McClintock said, "as well as considerable experience in deepwater drilling." One of the critical problems to be faced by his group, he said, is communications which affect the departures and arrivals at various locations of a group of vessels in order to have icebreaker support available at all times when required. The operation must stay in contact with Canada's Department of Transport and its various ice-reporting services, including ves-sels operating in Hudson Bay, Halifax Central, Frobisher Bay Aircraft, and the Churchill base. Fluor's Western Offshore is one of the world's largest offshore oil-well drilling con-tractors and is presently conducting operations in Alaska, West Africa, the Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Mexico. Western Offshore was the first drilling contractor to commence offshore-drilling operations in Cook Inlet, Alaska, and has continually conducted operations in that area. 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