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Newport News Announces Four New Appointments Francis V. Daly Robert A. Manley James A. Bunch Mr. Bunch has served continuously in the pipe department since he joined Newport News as an apprentice in 1929. The depart-ment was known then as coppersmiths. He was promoted to supervisor in 1936, as-sistant foreman in 1942 and foreman in 1955. Mr. Bunch is a member of the Propeller Club. Mr. Saunders, who served as assistant fore-man since 1957, entered the shipyard's appren-tice school in 1939. Upon completion of his training as a pipefitter in 1943, he was ad-vanced to supervisor. After duty in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946, he returned to work in the shipyard's pipe department. Mr. Saunders is a member of the Engineers Club of the Virginia Peninsula and the Ap-prentice Alumni Association. Offshore Engineering Firm Formed By Mitsui Interests S. Tanaka, president of Mitsui Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd., and T. Mizukami, president of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., have an-nounced the formation of a joint firm for the development of offshore natural resources and other offshore projects. The new firm has been named Mitsui Ocean Development & Engi-neering Co., Ltd. (MODEC). Its address is P.O. Box 116, Kusumigaseki Building, Tokyo, Japan. MODEC, according to the announcement, is intended primarily to furnish engineering and technical services to firms engaged in offshore development projects. The two organizing firms, together with other companies in the Mitsui group, will assist MODEC with the knowledge and experience they have gained in this field. R. S. Plummer, general manager of New-port News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., has announced four new company appointments. Francis V. Daly has been named manager of facilities and process engineering, Robert A. Manley was named to succeed Mr. Daly as manager of the welding engineering and non-destructive testing de-partment, James A. Bunch has been named foreman for installation methods and proced-ures, and Thomas E. Saunders succeeds Mr. Bunch as foreman of the pipe department. Mr. Daly has been manager of welding engi-neering and non-destructive testing at New-port News since 1958. In his new position, which was established with his appointment, he will be responsible for all activities of the shipyard's plant engineering and facilities di-visions, as well as long range plant improve-ment and process engineering. Mr. Daly is a 1936 graduate of Boston Col-lege. He joined Newport News Shipbuilding in 1940 as a staff engineer. He was named as-sistant welding engineer in 1956 and welding engineer in 1958. In 1962 he was given the added assignment of overseeing the company's non-destructive testing operations. During World War II he was a staff ser-geant with the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps and served for 2y2 years in Iran, France and Aus-tria. Mr. Daly is the author of several authorita-tive technical papers on the subject of welding. He is a member of the Propeller Club, Amer-ican Welding Society, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the American Society for Nondestructive Testing. Mr. Manley a native of Quincy, Mass., worked as an apprentice at Bethlehem's Quincy Shipyard from 1948 to 1950. He served in the Air Force Reserve for 11 years and saw active duty in Korea. After receiving a BS degree in industrial en-gineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1958, he joined Newport News Shipbuild-ing's welding engineering department. He was named a staff supervisor in 1961 and assistant welding engineer in January, 1968. His memberships include the American So-ciety for Metals, American Welding Society and the Propeller Club. OBEY No skiing. No power boats. No diving. Rug-ged construction keeps your message in plain sight long after other buoys fail. Safety Guide buoys are of tough Cycolac® brand ABS. Color is built in, provides maximum target value ? over three square feet of day-mark area. Shell is seamless. You get proven stability and long service life ? in any kind of climate. Find out about the com-plete line of Safety Guide navigational aids, buoys and floats. Write: Marine Sales, Safety Guide Products Department, Borg-Warner Corporation, Scottsburg, Indiana 47170. Safety Guide* BORGjfWARNER Safety Guide and Cycolac are registered trademarks of BORG-WARNER. Thomas E. Saunders August 1, 1969 23