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Computer Time/Sharing

Is Feature Of SNAME

Hawaii Section Meeting

Author Robert Armstrong, left, with

SNAME chairman Dave Kearton. Mr.

Armstrong is in the Scientific Section,

Design Division, Pearl Harbor Naval Ship- yard. Mr. Kearton has recently retired from Dillington Shipyard Hawaii.

The Hawaii Section of The So- ciety of Naval Architects and Marine

Engineers gathered on the evening of December 13, 1970, at the Ala

Moana Banquet Hall to hear a paper presentation entitled "High-Speed,

Low-Cost Hydrostatics." The pa- per's author, Robert Armstrong, is employed as a naval architect in the

Scientific Section of Design Division at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. Mr.

Armstrong also operates a small craft design firm in his spare time.

The paper presentation described the use of a time/sharing computer system and selected programs to solve time-consuming hull character- istics calculations. The computer system used, the Hewlett-Packard 2000A System, and the use of "BA-

SIC" computer language was briefly described, followed by a detailed ac- count of several computer programs including the principles utilized in solving the hydrostatic problems.

Mr. Armstrong completed his presentation by putting his computer programs to the test by actually run- ning several on a remote teletype ter- minal installed in the banquet hall and connected by a regular telephone to a computer in Honolulu. The real proof of the economics of the use of the programs and system came when the computer bill for all the runs for the evening came to a grand total of $2.70.

D.T. Abbott Promoted

By Columbian Bronze

Douglas T. Abbott has been named to the newly-created position of executive vice president of Colum- bian Bronze Corporation, a division of Walter Kidde & Company, Inc., it was announced by Bernard N.

Ames, Kidde senior vice president in charge of marine and maritime operations and president of Colum- bian.

Mr. Abbott had been vice presi- dent and general manager of Colum- bian Bronze. He has been with the company since 1943, and has served as chief engineer and vice president in charge of engineering and sales.

Mr. Abbott is a mechanical engi- neering graduate of Pratt Institute and a licensed professional engineer in New York. He is also a member of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.

Columbian Bronze, based in Free- port, Long Island, N.Y., manufac- tures marine electronic equipment and ship and boat propellers.

Kidde is a diversified company with principal operations in safety, security and protection products and services. Headquartered in Clifton,

N.J., Kidde operates more than 130 manufacturing plants and other fa- cilities worldwide.

NEW K-LINE CONTAINER-CAR TERMINAL: This is how the new K-Line combined con- tainer and car terminal at the Port of Long Beach, Calif, will look when completed late this year. Kerr Steamship Company recently transferred its preferential assignment agreement covering the combined container and car terminal, now under construction on Pier J, to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., one of Japan's leading shiplines. K-Line has been a port tenant for over 20 years, while Kerr has been their agent here since 1 952.

Their fleet of more than 300 vessels operate on 32 routes. Due for completion late this year, the up-to-80-acre facility represents an additional investment of over $10- million by the Port of Long Beach. When fully operational, the terminal will be the second largest leased to a single tenant on the West Coast, according to K- Kitatani, K-

Line general manager, Pacific Coast. Mr. Kitatani noted that K. Abe, formerly general manager of K-Line's container division in Tokyo, will be general manager of the new terminal. Masao Kamijo is being transferred from Chicogo as district manager.

Foster Kinney Joins

Sky Climber, Inc.

Foster T. Kinney has been named manager of product planning and development of Sky Climber, Inc., a subsidiary of Western Gear Cor- poration, Gardena, Calif.

Mr. Kinney, who holds an M.B.A. degree from the Stanford Univer- sity Business School and a B.A. degree in government from Cornell

University, will manage develop- ment of new products, make acqui- sition studies, and conduct surveys of internal company capabilities.

He will report to Howard J.

Feichtmann, marketing manager.

Mr. Kinney was formerly associ- ated in marketing and planning activities with Mobil Chemical

Company and Amercoat Corpora- tion.

Sky Climber manufactures pow- ered swing stages and hoists for the commercial building industry, power generating plants, marine construction, pulp and paper plants, petroleum refineries, and aircraft maintenance firms. Sales are inter- national.

Sohio Promotes

James A. Waters

James A. Waters, supervisor of market research and planning in the new business and commercial development department of the

Standard Oil Company, Cleveland,

Ohio, has been promoted to man- ager of market research and new business development.

Mr. Waters has degrees in arts and letters, chemical engineering and business administration from

Notre Dame and Case-Western Re- serve Universities. He joined Sohio in 1965 and has since held a num- ber of positions in the sales and commercial development areas.

Himoff Maritime Names

R. Bruns Vice President

Rainer Bruns

Samuel K. Mittleman, president of Himoff Maritime Enterprises

Ltd., New York, N.Y., announced the decision of the board of direc- tors to appoint Rainer Bruns to the new post of vice president and gen- eral manager.

Mr. Bruns has been with the company since its inception. He has been employed in various posi- tions in the shipping industry throughout his business career. Mr.

Bruns is a native of Hamburg, Ger- many, and was educated at various colleges and universities in Ham- burg, Los Angeles, and New York.

He is currently a resident of New

York City.

HimofT Maritime Enterprises Ltd. are steamship operators and agents engaged in worldwide maritime trades, as well as joint owners and general agents for Navibel Lines and Eurama S.A., Antwerp, Bel- gium. Navibel Lines serves the

Great Lakes and U.S. North At- lantic ports from Europe.

They are also operators of Port

Claremont Terminal, Jersey City,

N.J., which has been particularly designed for the handling of steel and other heavy cargoes. " yerrytpAr'/ ont fMM wHtxirttZ that /z 20

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