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Western Gear Awarded $1.1 Million Contract

Western Gear Corporation has received a contract valued at $1.1 million from the U.S. Navy for spe- cial sealed transmissions that will backstop the fleet's replenishment- at-sea capability.

The contract award, announced in Washington, D.C., by Senator

Henry Jackson (D-Wash.), calls for 24 of the heavy transmissions as spare parts supply for the large winches installed by Western Gear aboard specially equipped vessels.

The winches are part of a ma- jor hydraulically-operated Western

Gear-built system which permits fast transfer of men, material, fuel, and ammunition between ships while under way. Some 700 of the winches have been supplied to the

Navy by Western Gear's Heavy

Machinery Division in Everett,

Wash., in a program that began in fiscal year 1965. Shipment of the spare transmissions to the Naval

Supply Center at Mechanicsburg,

Pa., is scheduled to begin next spring.

Shipboard Furniture

Brochure Available

From Wilson & Hayes

Wilson & Hayes, supplier to the shipbuilding industry for 25 years, has issued a new brochure on its line of metal shipboard furniture.

Over 300 items are manufactured according to the United States Navy

Bureau of Ships hull-type drawings and specifications— or, to custom manufacturing requirements, includ- ing non-magnetic furniture.

Wilson & Hayes is primarily a contractor to the U.S. Navy, and subcontractor to the private shipyard industry around the world.

Copies of the brochure may be ob- tained by contacting the company at 1601 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle,

Washington 98102.

TransOcean Oil Names

Mayon And Suhor VPs

As a result of an expansion of

TransOcean Oil Inc.'s petroleum operations on the North American continent, the Houston-based sub- sidiary of Swift & Co. has com- pleted a major restructuring of its corporate organization.

R.E. Bennett, president, stated, "The move is designed to provide for more effective coordination of our expanding exploration and de- velopment activities, particularly in the Gulf of Mexico and in

Canada."

The restructuring includes the appointment of two new vice-presi- dents—Garrett A. Mayon and A.J.

Suhor.

The company's Canadian and offshore Louisiana exploration di- visions have been consolidated into a single unit, the North American exploration division. Stormy F.

Smith, a vice-president, is chief op- erating officer for all exploration operations.

The company's domestic divi- sion, which has been responsible for drilling and production opera- tions in the United States, is now the North American producing di- vision.

Mr. Mayon, as vice-president, production, is the chief operating officer for TransOcean's ^attivities in this field. He was formerly domestic division manager.

Mr. Suhor, formerly secretary and treasurer, has assumed the ad- ditional title of vice-president. He is the firm's financial officer.

TransOcean Oil, formerly a part of the J. Ray McDermott & Co. organization, became a Swift sub- sidiary last April when the com- pany, a leader in the meat packing industry, purchased 51 percent of the company's stock in a $83-mil- lion transaction.

Swift also has interests in insur- ance and chemicals.

Gladding-Hearn To Build

Three Deck Cargo Barges

For Corps Of Engineers

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding Cor- poration, 1 Riverside Avenue, Som- erset, Mass. 02725, has been awarded an $82,998 contract for the construc- tion of three deck cargo barges for the Corps of Engineers, 2nd and

Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 19106. pgj I \ t'Q ' - j ' V' f • "

The world's most advanced tanker with a computer built by IHI

Fantastic.

This ship, the Seiko Maru built by IHI, is the first aiming to an era of possible unmanned ships.

True.

It controls operation automatically by a single computer more than a dozen ways.

Including position fixing by four satellites. And anti-collision navigation.

Loading and unloading. Diagnosis and countermeasures of various troubles.

Medical check-ups for its limited crew, too.

You see, the vessel is a floating experiment to improve ship operation.

And rationalization of navigation control. Safety and economy, too.

As well as the work of the crew, if any.

IHI Ishikawollma-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan SHIPBUILDING HEADQUARTERS: New Ohtemachi Bldg.. 2-chome, 2-1, Ohtemachi. Chiyoda-ku. Tokyo 100, Japan Tel: Tokyo (270) 9111 Telex: TK 2232 (IHICO) Cable Address: "IHICO TOKYO" '

NEW YORK OFFICE: 15 William Street, New York. N.Y. 10005, U.S.A. Tel: 212442-0544-6, 0245- 9 Telex: 222670, 420539 Cable Address: IHICO NEWYORK

SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE: Room 436, Merchants Exchange Bldg., 465 Calilornia Street, San Francisco 4, California. U.S.A. Tel: 986-2262, 986-2263 Telex: 27792 (IHICO) Cable Address: IHICO SANFRANCISC0

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