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$7.5-Million Contract

Awarded To NASSCO

For Navy Ship Design

According to Navy Secretary

John Warner, National Steel and

Shipbuilding 'Company has signed on January 26, 1973, a $7.5-million contract with the U.S. Navy for the design support of a new sea control ship.

National Steel and Shipbuilding

Company will assist the Navy in the design of the new ship. NAS-

SCO will also advise on major tech- nical discussions and will introduce producibility considerations and in- novations features early in the de- sign process.

When funded, NASSCO will ac- complish detailed design of the ship and will work with the Navy at of- fices in San Diego, Calif., Hyatts- ville, M'd., and New York, N.Y.

Subject to appropriations, a year or more from now, NASSCO will be given the opportunity to negoti- ate with the Navy on construction of the lead ship.

The preliminary concept indicates that the sea control ship will have an overall length of about 610 feet, a beam of about 80 feet, with dis- placement of ajbout 14,000 tons.

This ship will carry helicopters and vertical short take-off and land- ing (VSTOL) aircraft to extend the offensive/defensive capability of fleet elements. • Crewboat owners are switching to JacuzziJet propulsion. Why? To cp I

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NAS'SCO is owned equally by

Kaiser Industries Corporation and

Morrison-Knudsen Company.

PDM Steel Appoints

Fred E. Hamren Jr.

Fred E. Hamren Jr.

Fred E. Hamren Jr. has been ap- pointed manager of marketing for the Eastern Division of Pittsburgh-

Des Moines Steel Company, with corporate offices on Neville Island near Pittsburgh, Pa.

A graduate of the University of

Michigan with a degree in civil en- gineering, Mr. Hamren has been as- sociated with PDM since 1957. He was manager of sales for the Sys- tems Group.

MarAd Approves

Mooremack Subsidiary

To Carry Energy Fuels

The Maritime Administration has approved the establishment by Moore and McCormack Co., Inc. of a new subsidiary—Moore McCormack En- ergy Inc.

The new corporate offspring, which had to be sanctioned by MarAd be- cause of Moore-McCormack's subsi- dized shipping operations, "will en- gage in activities in the energy field particularly related to the purchase of part interests in refineries, and the carriage of energy fuels by tanker," the order said.

Ameron Appoints

Middle East Rep.

The Ameron Corrosion Control

Division, Brea, Calif., has an- nounced the appointment of Wil- liam E. East as its sales and engi- neering representative in the Mid- dle East. Reporting to the com- pany's wholly owned subsidiary,

Amercoat Europa N.V., with head- quarters in the Netherlands, Mr.

East will be based in Tehran, Iran.

From Tehran, he will serve the rest of Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,

Bahrain, and the Trucial Coast in the Persian Gulf.

Ameron corrosion control prod- ucts have a wide variety of well- known trade names, including

Amercoat® and Dimetcote® prim- ers and coatings; Nuken® and Nu-

Klad® grouts, cements and surfac- ings; T-Lock® and Nob-Lock®

PVC sheetings, and Bondstrand®

FRP pipe.

Mr. East, who has been with

Ameron since 1968, has more than 25 years of pipeline, production, and storage experience in oil fields and terminals throughout the world. 9