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Sun Shipbuilding And Dry Dock Co.

Names Swensson, Brodhead And Watson

Gerald C. Swensson G. Wills Brodhead

Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock

Co., Chester, Pa., has appointed

Gerald C. Swensson, G. Wills Brod- head and William Watson to ex- ecutive posts in the company's

Bulk Cargo Ship Product Group.

Mr. Swensson has been named en- gineering manager, Mr. Brodhead, marketing manager, and Mr. Wat- son, projects manager. The three executives will report to Kjeld

Damsgaard, vice president, Bulk

Cargo Ship Product Group.

Mr. Damsgaard said his Prod- uct Group would be responsible for tankers, liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, specialty vessels and all other types of ships carry-

William Watson ing bulk cargo on the trade routes of the world. The new group will combine marketing and transporta- tion research with engineering and product development to give Sun

Ship's customers the most competi- tive, profitable vessels possible.

As engineering manager, Mr.

Swensson will be responsible for the conceptual and preliminary de- sign of bulk vessels in the naval architectural, structural, and engi- neering areas.

Mr. Brodhead will be responsible for directing the activities of the

Bulk Vessels Marketing Group.

Mr. Watson, as projects man- ager, will be responsible for the

Bulk Vessels Contracts Group, the estimating staff, and business ad- ministration.

Mr. Swensson, who was born in

Chicago, 111., is a 1944 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, with a B.S. degree in naval architecture and marine en^ gineering. He was awarded an M.S. degree in marine engineering from the same school in 1949.

He was assistant chief engineer with Bethlehem Steel Corporation's

Shipbuilding Division at Quincy,

Mass., before joining Sun Ship in 1964 as head of the mechanical de- sign department.

Mr. Swensson is a member of

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and the

American Society of Mechanical

Engineers.

Mr. Brodhead was born in Phila- delphia, Pa., and attended the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania and Penn

State University evening school.

He joined Sun Ship in 1936 and worked in the shipyard's heavy ma- chine shop until 1942, when he transferred to the ship repair esti- mating department. In June 1961, he was named manager of ship re- pair sales.

He is past president of the Port of Philadelphia Maritime Society and a member of The Society of

Naval Architects and Marine En- gineers and the Philadelphia Mari- time Exchange.

Born in Paisley, Scotland, Mr.

Watson is a 1951 graduate of the

Royal Technical College in Scot- land.

He was chief marine engineer for

National Steel and Shipbuilding

Company in San Diego, Calif., be- fore joining Sun Ship in 1962 as manufacturing engineer. In 1969, he was named chief, staff engineer- ing, and his duties were expanded to include management of new con- struction estimating, contract ad- ministration and the Aero/Hydro

Space Division. During this period, he was Deep Submergence Rescue

Vehicle Program manager and pro- ject manager for the shipyard's conversion of the S/S Manhattan to an icebreaking tanker.

Mr. Watson is a committee mem- ber of the American Bureau of

Shipping Technical Committee for

Submersibles, the Technical Com- mittee of Lloyd's of London, the

Ocean Resources Committee of the

Marine Technology Society, and the Value Analysis Committee of

Shipbuilder's Council of America.

He is also a member of The So- ciety of Naval Architects and Ma- rine Engineers, and the Institute of Marine Engineers. check in for

Between Suez and Japan,Sembawang Shipyard in Singapore is the centre for Total Service.

Check this list of repair, maintenance and

Marine engineering back-up facilities. Couple the list with the expertise of a 3,500 strong highly skilled work-force and you are on the way to speedier, less costly service. Call

Sembawang for more facts.

DOCKS:Graving Dock of 100,000 tons. 5 Floating docks from 1,000 tons to 30,000 tons. A 400,000 tons Graving dock under construction.

BERTHS: 1,524 metres of sheltered repair berths with 12.2 metres of water.

CRANAGE: 24 Docks and berths cranes of up to 30 tons lift. Floating crane of 152.4 metric tons.

WORKSHOPS: 22 Hectares of workshops offering complete engineering facilities within • the Shipyard.

SLOP RECEPTION: Slop reception facilities, 18" dia. discharge line & 7500 tons reception tank.

MANPOWER: 3500 skilled workmen and an experienced management team of 200.

Round the clock working.

REPRESENTATION

Agents throughout the world.

Sembawang Shipyard (Pte) Ltd.,

Sembawang Post Office Box No. 3,

Singapore-27 Tel. 592121 (20 lines)

Cables: Semdock Singapore.

Telex: Semship RS 21345

Managing Agents: SWAN HUNTER (INTERNATIONAL) LTD.,

Agent in New York: Midland Marine Bro. Inc., 17 Battery Place,

New York NY 10004. Tel. 212-944-6720 Tlx. 232081

Sembawang Shipyard ** • ^SINGAPORE

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