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SNAME SAN DIEGO SECTION: The monthly meeting of the San Diego Section of The

Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held as a field trip at the Off- shore Technology Corporation in Escondido, Calif., on April 17, 1971. The members and their wives were invited to a guided tour of the model basin, which included the wave maker in operation and a mock-up of the surf maker. The Offshore Technology

Corporation provides capabilities for testing, research and development in many areas of marine design. A model of a stable ocean drilling platform just being tested in the model basin was shown in operation at different sea conditions. F.N. Biewer, president of the Offshore Technology Company, explained the basic principles of model testing anal- ysis in conjunction with a film showing practical examples. Following this interesting tour, a cocktail hour and lunch was held at the Escondido Country Club, making this an enjoyable and informative occasion. Shown above at the club, left to right, are: D.

Rodger, papers chairman; C. Sinclair, chairman; T. Hand Jr., vice chairman; G. Uberti, secretary-treasurer, and J.B. Letherbury.

Caterpillar Expands

Engine Service Dept. —Alan Wilcox Named

Alan R. Wilcox

Realignment and expansion of the Industrial Division Service De- partment has been announced by

Caterpillar Tractor Co. This change extends the responsibility of the service department to pro- vide support to all Industrial Di- vision products. The new depart- ment includes two divisions, the

Field Service Division and OEM

Service Division.

Alan R. Wilcox, formerly of

Caterpillar's U.S. Commercial Di- vision, will manage the depart- ment. Mr. Wilcox joined Cater- pillar in 1956 and has worked in a variety of sales and service as- signments. R.W. Hettiger and

R.L. Musgrove have been named assistant managers, field service, and will report to Mr. Wilcox.

W.E. Irwin, manager OEM Serv- ice Division, will continue his re- sponsibility to Original Equipment

Manufacturers. J.L. McLaren, formerly supervisor, Industrial Di- vision Service, has been named assistant manager, OEM Service

Division.

To further meet demands in its expanding engine market, the In- dustrial Division will also increase the number of service repre- sentatives assigned to territories throughout the United States.

Foreign Building Costs

Study Finished By MSB

For 80,500-Dwt OBOs

The computation of the foreign costs of building 80,500-dwt San Cle- mente class ore/bulk/oil carriers, for which specifications were submitted by National Steel & Shipbuilding Co., has been completed by the Maritime

Subsidy Board. Using Japanese costs as the basis for the study, the Mari- time Subsidy Board came up with the following results: $15.9 million for each of four such ships; $15.85 mil- lion for each of five, and $15.8 mil- lion for each of six.

Applications are currently pending for eight San Clemente class OBOs.

T.J. Stevenson & Co., Inc., has ap- plied for four, and Marine Carriers

Corp. and Avon Shipping have ap- plied for two each.

A. Moe & Co., Inc.

Elects Frank Merryfield

Frank E. Merryfield has been elected vice president of A. Moe & Co., Inc., 808 North Front Street,

Philadelphia, Pa. Founded in 1919, the company is engaged in ship and engine repairs.

Mr. Merryfield has been em- ployed by A. Moe & Co. since 1956, and has served as general superintendent for the past five years. In his new post, Mr. Merry- field will be in charge of produc- tion, according to John W. Grav- dahl, company president, who made the announcement.

Kaar Electronics

Appoints C.C. French

C.C. (Carl) French, formerly with RCA, has been named West- ern regional manager of Kaar Elec- tronics Corporation for the 11

Western states, including Alaska.

Kaar, a member of the Canadian

Marconi Company group, markets land and marine communica- tions and navigational equipment throughout the United States.

U.S. Lines Promotes

Timothy C. O'Shea

The promotion of Timothy C.

O'Shea as general manager of the

Intercoastal Services of the United

States Lines has been announced by W.J. Keely, vke president, marketing and sales.

Mr. O'Shea was formerly North- west regional sales manager for the company with headquarters in

Boston, but he has recently divided his time between the New York and West Coast offices of the line.

In his new position, Mr. O'Shea will have overall responsibility for the coordination and direction of intercoastal sales efforts, both east- bound and westbound. This will include appropriate documentation procedures for the expedient hand- ling of container shipments as well as supervision of all intermodal arrangements.

According to Mr. Keely, the establishment of this special sec- tion within the "Tri-Continent"

Service Division greatly increases the efficiency of services available to shippers utilizing this important segment of the line's 15,000-mile "Sea-Bridge" container operation.

The company is operating its mammoth high-speed Lancer Class containerliners, each capable of carrying over 1,200 containers, as well as its 20-knot Leader Class containerships, with capacities of over 900 containers, in its "Tri-

Continent" services. This provides weekly sailings of fully container- ized vessels in the intercoastal service, and assures shippers of a 12-day delivery time of container shipments in either direction.

Mr. O'Shea will make his head- quarters in New York and will be assisted by G. Gillon, district manager of intercoastal sales.

JACKSONVILLE - Container

PORT of the Southeast! r

Jacksonville's publicly owned docks and terminals... presently using a great portion of nearly a mile of new marginal wharf construction...built a containerization facility in 1965 as its-first step toward modernization.

Container handling has increased from 300 weekly to 1,000 in five years.

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THE PORT OF JACKSONVILLE IS HUB

OF SOUTHEASTERN/WORLD MARKETS

Jacksonville, the nation's largest city in area, is within overnight distribution into areas in which 25 million people live.

After putting a 240,000 square foot warehouse in use in December, 1968, 'o start a new marine terminal on 1 600-acre

Blount Island, the Jacksonville Port Authority, is currently building an additional $7 million dollar container port and general cargo facility as depicted in the rendering at left. J 2701 Talleyrand Avenue

P. O. Box 3005 l JACKSONVILLE PORT AUTHORITY j ^^^ Direct Inquiries to: Managing Director, Jacksonville, Florida 30 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News