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ONR Awards M. Rosenblatt & Son Johnson Rubber Co. T-AGOR-16 Consultation Contract Appoints Christensen Oslo Representative Harald Christensen The Office of Naval Research has awarded M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., naval architects and marine engineers of New York and San Francisco, a contract to provide services as User Design Agent for the new oceanographic research vessel T-AGOR 16 presently under construction by Todd Shipyards in Seattle. This 246-foot, 3,000-ton displace-ment prototype vessel designed by M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc. for the Naval Ship Engineering Center Upper Mississippi Names O'Daniels Upper Mississippi Towing Cor-poration has announced the transfer of Ray O'Daniels from St. Louis to its corporate offices in Minneapolis, where he will serve as operations superintendent. Mr. O'Daniels join-ed the company in 1956 as an engi-neer on one of its towboats. Since 1962 he has been located in St. Louis, assisting with operations of company equipment. Mr. O'Daniels served in the U.S. Navy submarine service in World War II, and prior to joining Upper Mississippi Towing was a diesel engine erection engineer for Fair-banks Morse. In his new position he will assist in management of the company's operations throughout the inland waterways. will be the Navy's first large cata-maran oceanographic research ship. The inherent characteristics of the catamaran?broader beam and improved stability as compared to a conventional ship?were exploit-ed by the naval architect to pro-vide extensive laboratory facilities and the large, unobstructed, stable deck required for the conduct of certain scientific programs. Rel-atively heavy objects, such as small submersibles, can be han-dled through a well located amid-ships in the area of least motion. Avondale Innovations Pay Big Dividends Avondale Shipyards, Inc. has re-ceived the largest award made by the Maritime Administration for value-engineering proposals. In con-junction with the construction of 11 Lighter-Aboard-Ship (LASH) vessels, Avondale submitted and had accepted more than $1.7-mil-lion in such cost-reduction pro-posals. The cost savings will accrue from 10 value-engineering propos-als involving use of lighter, high-strength steel, elimination of cross-flooding ducts and more economi-cal methods of routing electrical cable through bulkheads and decks. For these innovations, Avondale will receive 50 percent of the cost savings. Harald Christensen, Oslo, Nor-way, has been appointed to rep-resent the Marine Division of The Johnson Rubber Company, Middle-field, Ohio, U.S.A. He will be responsible for es-tablishing distribution to the ship-building industry for Johnson's Marine Division products in under-water propulsion systems com-ponents that include rubber pro-peller-shaft bearings, demountable bearings, torque-journal hub pro-pellers, and stuffing boxes for com-mercial vessels and workboats. Founded in 1952 by Mr. Christen-sen, his firm presently serves as representative for British steel works and manufacturers of ship equipment. Dravo Deck Fittings Described in Bulletin A complete assortment of weld-ed and cast deck fittings for barges, towboats and tugs is highlighted in a new four-page bulletin issued by Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa. The bulletin lists dimensions and stock numbers for a wide variety of fittings for all normal require-ments. Dravo also will design and manufacture fittings for special ap-plications. For a copy of the bulletin, No. 69MAR01, write Marine Sales De-partment, Engineering Works Di-vision, Dravo Corporation, Pitts-burgh, Pa. 15225. Model of catamaran oceanographic research ship being built at Todd Shipyards-Seattle Capt. Rose Appointed Port Captain By Ayers Capt. Harris H. Rose Capt. William M. Ayers, presi-dent of Ayers Steamship Company, Inc., 1803 International Trade Mart, New Orleans, La., has an-nounced the appointment of Capt. Harris H. Rose as port captain for their operations with headquarters in New Orleans. Captain Rose is a native of Honduras and has resided in New Orleans for the past 30 years. Dur-ing most of this time he served as master of vessels for Delta Steam-ship Lines, Inc., and Bloomfield Steamship Co., Inc., serving world-wide ports. Captain Rose has been active in the Masters, Mates and Pilots As-sociation, and is a member of the Propeller Club of the Port of New Orleans. Ayers Steamship Co., Inc. acts as Gulf general agents for the Mar-itime Company of the Philippines, Ocean-Wide Shipping Co., Ltd., and Gallen Lines, and as United States general agents for Trans-maritima Boliviana, S.A. J. Denizkurt Joins C.J. Thibodeaux & Co. Josh Denizkurt has joined the New York staff of C. J. Thibodeaux and Co., 60 East 42nd Street it was announced by Robert T. Stiff, gen-eral manager of the local office. Mr. Denizkurt was most recently with Esso International Inc., in tanker chartering and operations. TO LOST V/DZO. " WEBB ALUMNI HOMECOMING honored Dean Thomas M. Curran, who retired after serving 40 years on the Webb faculty. Shown above are the officers of the Alumni Association with Adm. W. A. Brockett, USN (ret.), president of Webb Institute and Dean Curran. From left to right are: V. W. Bcthge, secretary-treasurer; R. G. Mende, first vice-president; Admiral Brockett; Dean Curran; T. H. Bond, president; D. L. Caldera, second vice-president, and R. B. Hulla, fifth member of the executive comm. 54 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News