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HYDRAULIC

POWER UNITS

DESIGNED & BUILT

Sales and Service

Pumps

Motor

Actuators

Cylinders

Valves

Shop Rebuilding

BOND

HYDRAULIC EQUIPT. SERVICE INC. 117 MONROE STREET, HOBOKEN, N J. 07030 (201) 653 1759

Bath Iron Works Lays Keel

For The First Of Three

Large AEIL Containerships

M/V MOUNT HOPE

FALL FOLIAGE CRUISES

Leisurely 12-day cruises to Lake Champlain and Montreal along colorful Adirondack and Green Mountains. 40-passenger mini-liner. 20 cabins, each with own facilities.

Leaves Warren, R. I. Sept. 26 and Oct. 8.

BIRDING CRUISE

Oct. 25. 6-day New England Coast Cruise. Guided by Robert Woodruff, Exec. Dir.

Vineyard Conservation Society. Costs no more than motel living.

For brochure and information write Dept. MR

American Canadian Line, box 368, warren, R. i. 02885

East Coast's only U. S. Flag Ship

A few cabins available for Canadian Cruises June thru Sept.

Shown at the keel-laying, left to right: S. Wolkow, Mari- time Administration; R. Bettum, AEIL; L. Gilbreath, BIW executive vice president; A. Ripley, president Local 6,

I.U.M.S.W.A.; F. Leighton, American Bureau of Shipping;

Lt. Cmdr. J.B. Ekman, U.S. Coast Guard, and L. Dauphi- nee, BIW project manager.

Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine, laid the keel on April 5 for the first of three large containerships to be constructed for

American Export Is'brandtsen Lines.

The event marks the first keel-laying cere- mony at the Bath shipyard in nearly three and one-half years.

Lowry E. Gilbreath, Bath's executive vice president for operations, officiated at the cere- mony. He said that work on the three large containerships signals a period of increased activity at BlW and projected a possible re- quirement for additional people by the end of this year.

In addition to Mr. Gilbreath, representatives of the owner, American Export Isbrandtsen

Lines, the Maritime Administration, the U.S.

Coast Guard, American Bureau of Shipping, and officials of Local 6, Union of Marine &

Shipbuilding Workers of America, were pres- ent.

Bath officials indicated they were particular- ly pleased to start work on the $51 million con- tract at this time because the three new con- tainerships are an excellent lead-in for Bath to the long-range maritime ship replacement program for the 1970s.

The containerships, 610 feet in length with a beam of 78 feet, are follow-ons to three ships of the Sea Witch Class completed at Bath in 1969.

This first ship, designated BIW Hull Num- ber .357. is scheduled to be launched in Decem- ber of this year. The entire three-ship contract will be completed in February 1973.

Webb Meeting, Homecoming

And Dedication Set For June 5

The 1971 Homecoming, and annual meeting of the Webb Alumni Association will be held on June 5, 1971. The meeting is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. in the lecture hall on the campus at Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y.

At 4:30 p.m. there will be a dedication cere- mony of the newly-completed Livingston Li- brary. The new library, besides a greatly ex- panded space for books, reading rooms, etc., includes an auditorium-lecture hall with a ca- pacity for over 150 people.

I'receded by a social hour, a buffet dinner is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be served outdoors, weather permitting.

PORT OF

GMVCSTOn v where land bridges are working realities

An efficient sea-land point of transfer reaching deep into America's heartland and western coast with land bridges critical to intermodal shipping.

Galveston has functioning unit train operations!

A continuous flow of rail and freeway motor freight lines serve the port.

Barge traffic moves easily to and from marshalling and fleeting yards via the Intracoastal Canal. Perfect for barge assembly and cargo interchange from Lake

Charles to Brownsville.

For more details and brochures about America's most exciting port, write or telephone:

C. S. Devoy, Port Director

P. 0. Box 328 • Galveston, Texas 77550

Tel. Area Code 713 765-9321

SHIP PARTS

MARINE PARTS

BARGES

SALE OR LEASE

ALMOST ANY SIZE OR TYPE

ALSO BARGE CRANES AVAILABLE

Various Whirley Cranes Available

Washington / Americans

Now Wrecking

Victories - Hospital - C-2, C-3, Cimavis

Winches plus Booms, Engine Parts

Surplus Ship Parts and Supplies Available

SCHNITZER INDUSTRIES 4012 N.W. FRONT • PORTLAND, OREGON

PHONE: (503) 224-9900

Mailing Address: | W.U. Telex: 36-0144 PTL 3300 N.W. Yeon Ave. I Cable Schnitzerbro, Portland 36 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News