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Gladding-Hearn Delivers Dredge Tender For Seabees Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding Corporation of Somerset, Mass., recently delivered a steel-hulled dredge tender to the U.S. Naval Construction Bat-talion Center, Davisville, R.I. The boat is designed 'as a shallow draft tender for a 120-foot suction dredge which is to be used in conjunction with a training program for Sea-bee's personnel, and is fitted with pushing knees for moving pipelines, barges, etc. An A-frame derrick with a Beebe winch fitted on deck is capable of lifting 2,000 pounds. The 35-foot vessel has a 10-foot beam and is designed with a tunnel stern so that her draft is only 32 inches. The bow is in the form of a curved rake with J4"inch plate so that the boat may be driven right onto the beach which may be the only landing place in the dredges working area. Construction is on the rugged side, necessary for the strenuous work expected of dredge tend-ers. A three-inch solid half round is fitted along the sheer. The vessel is longitudinally framed and was sandblasted prior to painting with Devoe and Raynolds Cathacote system. Power is furnished by a GM-8V71 diesel en-gine, fitted with a 2J4 Capitol H YC gear which turns a 32-inch by 28-inch Columbian Style H propeller through a 2%-inch monel shaft fitted with monel sleeves. A Fernsturn keel cooler is employed to prevent clogging of engine water from silt or sand. A 32-volt electrical system is used. Standard Oil Of Indiana Orders 226,000-DWT Tankers From Astilleros De Cadiz Through its subsidiary, the International Oil Co., New York, Standard Oil of Indiana has ordered two 226,365-dwt oil tankers from Astil-leros de Cadiz of Spain. Each tanker will have di-mensions of 997 feet inches by 166 feet by 85 feet 10-Hs inches, and will be equipped with a 30,-000-bhp diesel engine. The carriers, designated Hull Nos. 93 and 94, will be operated by the In-terhemisphere Transport Co. American Ship Names Gavin Sproul Engineering Mgr., Marine Operations George M. Steinbrenner III, chairman and chief executive officer of The American Ship Building Co., Lorain, Ohio, has named Gavin Sproul manager of engineering for the com-pany's marine operations. Mr. Sproul, who joined American Ship as a design engineer in 1963, has recently been project engineer on the huge new 858-foot ore carrier being built for U.S. Steel Corpo-ration. He will continue in that assignment in addition to the new, broader duties. Mr. Sproul was born in Glasgow and studied naval architecture there at the Royal College of Science and Technology. He worked for the Fairfield Shipbuilding Co. in Glasgow be-fore emigrating to Canada in 1961. MarAd To Request Proposals For Standard Ship Designs Maritime Administrator Andrew E. Gibson told the House Fisheries and Wildlife Sub-committee on June 19 that the Maritime Ad-ministration would soon ask for proposals from shipyards, naval architects and others for a series of plans for standard ship designs. This request is part of an administration effort to bring down the cost of new tonnage through standardization of ship type and larg-er scale production. Until now, Mr. Gibson stated, standardiza-tion has only been achieved when more than one subsidized operator could be brought to agree on the same or nearly the same type ship and a multiple vessel contract could be let. This contemplated change would give op-erators a choice of effective, pre-designed ships from which to choose. Almont Shipping Names E.E. Ball President Ernest E. Ball has been named president of Almont Shipping Co., operators of a bulk cargo terminal at Wilmington, N.C., it was announced by W. S. R. Beane, board chairman of the firm. Mr. Ball, who began his new du-ties early this month, was president of Eliza-beth River Terminal, Inc. of Norfolk, Va., where he also served as chairman of the Nor-folk Marine Terminal Association and as chair-man of the Middle Atlantic Ports Dockage Association. Mr. Ball graduated from Dartmouth Col-lege, with graduate studies at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration and Co-lumbia University. He served as a naval offi-cer aboard destroyers during World War II and Korea. Atlantic-Richfield Negotiating For 120,000-DWT U.S. Tankers The Atlantic-Richfield Co. is negotiating with two U.S. shipyards for the construction of five 100,000- to 120,000-dwt tankers. Both shipyards are offering vessels of their own design. According to the report of the negotiations, a contract for three of the tankers will be awarded by September 1. An option to order the other two will be taken at the time of the award. Atlantic-Richfield will use the tankers to move Alaskan North Slope crude oil to domestic re-fineries. They would operate between Valdez, and Bellingham, Wash. American Export Acquires National Equipment Rental Stockholders of American Export Industries, parent company of American Export Isbrandt-sen Lines, have approved a merger with Na-tional Equipment Rental Ltd., which leases computers, aircraft and other forms of equip-ment. The action was taken at separate special stockholder meetings of both firms in Dover, Del. AEI President Jakob Isbrandtsen, pre-dicted that the merger will provide the com-bined enterprise with greater growth oppor-tunity. Under the program of merger, National Equipment Rental will become a wholly owned subsidiary of American Export Industries, which is itself developing an integrated, inter-modal transportation system. MARITIME REPORTER/Engineering News provides advertisers with the only complete coverage of shoreside buyers?larger than any other marine publication in the United States. Union Barge Line Corporation has an-nounced the appointments of William A. Mc-Cormick as superintendent of maintenance and Rudolph J. Dermotta as Pittsburgh port engi-neer. Mr. McCormick joined Dravo Corporation, parent firm of the barge line, in 1955 and most recently served as safety engineer for Union. In his new position, he will be responsible for repairs and maintenance of the Union Barge Line fleet, which includes ten diesel towboats and nearly 400 barges. Mr. McCormick holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical en-gineering from the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Dermotta joined Dravo in 1936 and most recently served as chief engineer on the towboat Peace. In his new position, he will be responsible for the barge line's port facili-ties at Neville Island, Pa., and for fleet repairs and maintenance on the Ohio River. Bethlehem Submits Low Bid To Convert Four Texaco Tankers Bethlehem Steel Company's Key Highway yard, Baltimore, Md., submitted the lower of two bids received by Texaco Inc. for the conversion of four 20,000-dwt North Dakota class tankers. The specifications called for the jumboizing of the ships to 42,000 dwt and other conversion work. The cargo tank sections and bows would be re-newed, with the sterns and midship houses re-tained. When converted, the ships would be assigned to the Gulf Coast-East Coast service. Excello Gets Order For Commercial Submarine Excello, Inc., Silver Springs, N.Y., will build a commercial submarine for Ocean Systems, Inc., Reston, Va., a subsidiary of Union Carbide Corp. The vessel will have measurements of 22 feet by 7 feet by 8 feet, and will be able to dive to depths of 2,000 feet. It has been designated Hull No. 1 and will be named O.S.I. Union Barge Line Promotes McCormick And Dermotta William A. McCormick Rudolph J. Dermotta 72 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News