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Thompson Reassigned

As Superintendent

USCG Academy

RAdm. John F. Thompson

Rear Adm. John F. Thompson has been reassigned by the Com- mandant of the United States Coast

Guard to be Superintendent of the

Coast Guard Academy at New

London, Conn., where he will suc- ceed Rear Adm. Arthur Engel on or about July 1, 1970.

Rear Admiral Thompson will be coming from Miami, where he has been stationed for the past three years—the last two as Chief of

Staff of the Seventh Coast Guard

District.

Rear Adm. Thompson has served primarily in marine inspection func- tions, including Officer-in-Charge,

Marine Inspection, Phi'adelphia;

Officer-in-Charge of the Merchant

Marine Detail in Yokohama, Ja- pan ; and as an inspector, investi- gator, and license examiner in the ports of New York, Jacksonville,

Tampa, San Juan, and Savannah.

In addition, his career has in- cluded five commands at sea, rang- ing from a destroyer escort in

World War II; a weather ship, the

CGC Mendota out of Wilmington,

N.C.; and the cutter Cherokee out of Norfolk, Va.

Tacoma Boat Appoints

Frank R. Boskovich

Frank R. Boskovich

Arnold J. Strom, president of Ta- coma Boatbuilding Company, Inc., has announced the appointment of

Frank R. Boskovich to the position of public relations director and ad- vertising manager for the company.

Mr. Boskovich comes to this po- sition after 18 years with Tacoma

Boat, during which time he moved from design, supervision, shipyard manager and, most recently, plant development manager for the new shipyard at 1840 Marine View

Drive.

He will also manage the public re- lations and advertising activities of

Northern Line Machine and Engi- neering, a division of Tacoma Boat.

Mitsubishi Converting

Whale Factory/Tanker

Into 2 Drilling Barges

The first of two drilling barges to be completed from the conver- sion of a combined whale factory and oil tanker will soon go into service for Fluor Drilling Services,

Inc., a subsidiary of Fluor Corpora- tion.

The $7-million Wodeco VII, one of the world's largest and most up- to-date drilling barges, was chris- tened May 15 at ceremonies held in Yokohama, Japan. Wodeco VII was converted from Fluor's 665- foot Cruz del Sur, by cutting 215 feet from the vessel's stern and slic- ing the remainder of the hull hori- zontally. The upper portion of the hull became Wodeco VII. The low- er part of the hull will also become a drilling barge.

Cruz del Sur was purchased by

Fiuor three years ago. Fluor op- erated the ship as an oil tanker un- til last fall, when Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries, Ltd., began conversion.

Wodeco VII is 446 feet long, with an operating displacement of 13,400 tons. It is capable of drilling down to 25,000 feet in water depths of up to 600 feet.

The new drilling barge already has an assignment off the north coast of Borneo near Sandakan, for

Societe Nationale des Petroles d'Aquitaine.

Here's to the next 100 years!

The Geo. W. Rogers Construction Corpor- ation built much of the waterfront of the

Port of New York as it is seen today. Rogers has been at it since 1869, more than 100 years. They have done enough to know that imagination, new ideas and new devel- opments are always needed. Today Rogers offers the complete organization for land or water work in the Middle Atlantic area, with service east to New London, north to

Albany and south to Baltimore.

Telephone Rogers for suggestions in early planning of projects, for quotations on planned construction or for immediate pro- fessional-quality assistance.

Gen. W. Rogers Construction Corporation 33 Rector Street, New York, N. Y. 10006 Telephone (212) 344-8800 ••••••••••

The South Street Seaport Pier near Brooklyn Bridge, from a 1969 painting by Charles Lundgren, noted marine artist.

This is part of the South Street Seaport restoration to pre- serve the days of sail for New Yorkers. Shown is the

Schooner CAVIARE and the retired AMBROSE Lightship. The

Rogers' derrick boat George B. White is remodeling the

Pier, built by an earlier generation of the Rogers firm.

Many individuals and organizations are making substan- tial contributions to the restoration; more will be welcomed by The South Street Seaport.

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