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Aerojet Names Cox Manager Of Structures For SES Division William T. Cox has been named manager of structures for Aerojet-General Corporation's Surface Ef-fect Ships (SES) Division, El Monte, Calif. Aerojet, a subsidiary of The General Tire & Rubber Company, established the SES Division in late 1968 to develop prototype model surface effect ships for mili-tary and commercial applications. These vehicles ride on a cushion of air and are capable of operation at high speeds over land and water. The division is working under a contract from JSESPO (Joint Sur-face Effect Ships Program Office), an agency of the Navy and the Maritime Administration, to de-velop a 100-ton craft capable of speeds upwards of 80 knots. Mr. Cox, 18-year Aerojet engi-neering and administrative veteran and structures specialist, had been manager of the firm's Structural Products Division before joining the SES Division in 1968. Previous-ly he was chief engineer for de-velopment of lightweight designs for metal and fiberglass rocket cases for Polaris, Minuteman and other missiles. Before joining Aerojet in 1951, Mr. Cox was with the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, first as en-gineering head of the structural de-sign section for naval aircraft in Washington, D.C., and later in charge of the technical develop-ment of jet propulsion in Pasa-dena, Calif. He is an engineering graduate of the University of Utah and earned his master's degree at the Univer-sity of Illinois in 1933. Jacksonville Shipyards Acquisition Completed By Fruehauf Corp. Arnold P. Mcllwain The Fruehauf Corporation has announced the completion of the acquisition of the Jacksonville Ship-yards, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., for approximately $9,000,000. The transaction was treated as a purchase of assets with April 1 the effective date of transfer. William E. Grace, Fruehauf president and chief executive of-ficer, said the shipyard will be opT erated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Fruehauf with Arnold P. Mc-llwain as president and John D. Schapiro as chairman of the board. The present management of Jack-sonville Shipyards will continue under the direction of vice-presi-dent Leonhard Andersen. The announcement that Fruehauf had agreed to acquire Jacksonville Shipyards, with its annual sales of approximately $35,000,000 in serv-ice and repair work on oceangoing vessels and containerships, was made at the firm's annual meet-ing on May 1. John D. Schapiro, speaking as chairman of the board of Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, subsidiary of Fruehauf Corpora-tion, said that the Jacksonville Shipyards has six dry docks with maximum capacity of 20,000 tons, and presently employs approxi-mately 2,500 people. He added that since joining Maryland Shipbuild-ing & Drydock Company in 1955 as chief accountant, Mr. Mcllwain has served in the capacities of sec-retary and treasurer, and execu-tive vice-president-finance and ad-ministration. On May 9, 1968, he was elected president and chief executive officer of the company. Mr. Mcllwain is a member of the board of directors of Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc., North Arundel Hospital, Shipbuilders Council of America, member of the executive board and assistant treasurer of Baltimore Area Coun-cil-Boy Scouts of America, mem-ber of Propeller Club and The So-ciety of Naval Architects and Ma-rine Engineers. He also serves as a member of the advisory board of the Maryland National Bank, Glen Burnie Branch. LARGE SCOWS now loin Hughes harbor fleet NEW HB130 with 1,413-ton charier cargo lor Rock industries Div., Martin Marietta corp. BIG NEW CAPACITY in Harbor Scows! First of the new type vessels to join the HUGHES Charter Fleet is this 130' x 40' x 11'3" barge with capacity to 1500 tons. Certificated for coastwise operations from Virginia to Maine, for harbor and inland waterways, it is one of the heavy duty units that make HUGHES your economy fleet for every category of water transportation. Bulk shipments of contractors' sup-plies, raw materials and scrap, movement of precision equipment, fabrications and assemblies, show the biggest dollar savings when HUGHES handles your charter. It's the Fleet that gets things done! PROMPT ATTENTION TO YOUR INQUIRIES OVER 75 YEARS' EXPERIENCE . . . the custom-built charter fleet of barges and floating equipment for every requirement, is available g from Florida to Maine, on the Great Lakes, Inland Waterways and St. Lawrence Seaway. Shipments beyond our limits in concurrence with other registered carriers. M HUGHES I.C.C. W-463 QRD© 17 Battery Place, New York, N.Y. 10004 (212) 944-1048 CLEARING HOUSE FOR MARINE DIFFICULTIES SINCE 1894 12 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News