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Avondale New Orleans Yard

Launches Destroyer Escort

Honoring Navy Lieutenant

The Destroyer Escort Moinester (DE4097) named in honor of the late Lt. (jg) Robert W.

Moinester, United States Naval Reserve, who served with great heroism during the Vietnam

War, was launched in New Orleans, La., on

May 12 at Avondale Shipyards, Inc., a sub- sidiary of Ogden.

Christening the vessel was Mrs. Robert

Moinester, mother of the late Lieutenant Moin- ester. Serving as matron of honor was Mrs.

Wayne W. Emme.

Principals of the launching included R. La- mar Woodfin, vice president and general man- ager, Industrial Division, Avondale Shipyards,

Inc.; Capt. J.W. Lisanby, USN, Supervisor of

Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, 8th Na- val District; Rear Adm. R.C. Gooding, USN,

Commander, Naval Ship Systems Command, and as principal speaker, Capt. Dempster M.

Jackson, USN, Office of Anti-submarine War- fare Programs, Office of Chief of Naval Opera- tions. Comdr. Sam Hill Ray, SJ, USNR (ret.),

Chaplain, Navy League of the Greater New

Orleans Area, gave the invocation.

Robert W. Moinester was born July 15, 1943, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of Robert and Ger- trude Mahoney Moinester. He enlisted in the

United States Naval Reserve on July 21, 1965, and completed training at the Naval Amphibi- ous Base, Coronado, Calif., before joining the

United States Naval Supply Activity, Danang,

Republic of Vietnam. He perished February 1, 1968, while heroically leading men of the Navy,

Marine Corps and Army, whom he had organ- ized into a platoon for house-to-house clearing operations against enemy infiltrators in the city of Hue. At that time, Lieutenant Moinester was the Officer-in-Charge, Hue Ramp, Hue

Detachment, United States Naval Support Ac- tivity, Danang.

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Principals at the Moinester launching (left to right): Capt.

Dempster M. Jackson, USN, Office of Anti Submarine

Warfare Programs; Mrs. Robert Moinester, sponsor of the Moinester (DE-1097); R. Lamar Woodfin, vice presi- dent and general manager, Industrial Division, Avondale

Shipyards, Inc., and Rear Adm. R.C. Gooding, USN,

Commander, Naval Ship Systems Command.

The Moinester (DE-1097) is designed for a length overall of 438 feet; extreme beam of 46 feet 9 inches; full load displacement of 4,200 tons ; maximum draft of 15 feet 1 inch ; a speed in excess of 27 knots, and accommodations for 17 officers and 228 men. She will carry bow- mounted long-range sonar and variable depth sonar. Her armament will include one 5-inch .54 caliber rapid-tire gun; an antisubmarine rocket (ASROC) system, and two antisubma- rine homing torpedo launchers. The escort ship will have space and weight reservations for a self-defense missile weapons system.

ITEL Corporation Names

Thomas S. Tan President

SSI Container Subsidiary

Thomas S. Tan has been promoted to presi- dent of SSI Container Corporation, San Fran- cisco, Calif., a subsidiary of ITEL Corpora- tion, it was announced by Peter S. Redfield,

ITEL president. Prior to his appointment, Mr.

Tan had been executive vice president and chief executive officer of SSI Container.

SSI Container provides intermodal cargo containers and chassis to maritime companies to supplement those owned by the shipping companies themselves. Its equipment is leased from more than 80 depots at various locations throughout the world.

Mr. Tan has been with SSI Container prior to its acquisition by ITEL in 1968, serving as vice president of ICO (Inter-Container) before that company was bought by ITEL and re- named SSI Container.

He is a graduate of St. John's University,

Shanghai, China, with a bachelor of arts de- gree in economics.

The Moinester (DE-1097) shown shortly after side launching at the New Orleans Main Yard of Avondale. 10 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News