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New England Ship

Repair Yard Association

Elects New Officers

George S. Hamilton, general manager of Bethlehem Steel Cor- poration's Boston yard, has been elected president of the New Eng- land Ship Repair Yard Association.

Douglas Brown, president of

General Ship & Engine Works, was elected treasurer, and Morton

Bromfield, vice president of Brom- field Corp., was elected secretary.

Formerly known as the Boston

Ship Repair Yard Association, the organization is composed of ship repair yards which hold master ship repair contracts in the First

Naval District.

The association's membership consists of Bethlehem Steel Cor- poration's Boston yard, East Bos- ton, Mass.; Bromfield Corporation,

East Boston, Mass.; Fairhaven

Marine, Inc., Fairhaven, Mass.;

General Ship & Engine Works,

Inc., East Boston, Mass.; Hol- gate's Boat Shop, Inc., Wakefield,

R.I.; Marine Contractors Com- pany, Inc., East Boston, Mass.;

Munro Drydock Inc., Chelsea,

Mass.; Newport Ship Yard, Inc.,

Newport, R.I.; Norlantic Diesel,

Inc., Fairhaven, Mass.; Norton's

Ship Yard & Marina, East Green- wich, R.I.; P & M, Inc., Newport,

R.I.; South Portland Shipyard &

Marine and Railway Corp., Port- land, Maine and Williams & Man- chester Shipyard, Inc., Newport,

R.I.

Admiral Will Reelected

President Of AEIL —Remains As Chairman

Adm. John M. Will

Adm. John M. Will, USN (ret.), chairman of the board of American

Export Isbrandtsen Lines Inc., has been reelected president of the company. Admiral Will, who will retain his office as chairman, re- places Joseph Barkan, who re- signed.

A native of Perth Amboy, N.J.,

Admiral Will joined the American- flag company in July 1959, after retiring as Commander of the

Military Sea Transportation Serv- ice. He served 40 years in the

Navy.

Admiral Will was named the company's president and chairman initially, but resigned as president in 1965. He is also president and chairman of the company's wholly- owned First Atomic Ship Trans- port, which operated the nuclear ship Savannah.

The admiral is also president of the New York Shipping Associa- tion, which represents 126 steam- ship companies and waterfront em- ployers in the Port of New York, and of the Whitehall Club.

The shipping company is a whol- ly-owned subsidiary of American

Export Industries Inc., of which

Admiral Will is a director.

Avondale Shipyards

Apparent Low Bidder

On Delta LASH Ships

The Maritime Administration opened bids on February 11, 1971 for the construction of one to six

LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship) ves- sels for Delta Steamship Lines,

Inc. The apparent low bidder was

Avondale Shipyards, Inc., of New

Orleans, La.

Avondale Shipyards' bid for one ship was $32,730,812, and the bid on each of six ships was $28,582,- 476. From the date of the contract, it is expected that the first ship would be delivered within 810 cal- endar days, and the balance of the contract would be completed with- in 1.260 calendar days.

It is expected that MarAd would make the award within 60 to 90 days. The contract has an option that allows until October 1 for a decision to be made as to whether the last three ships would be built.

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