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STANDARD MANUAL

REMOTE CONTROLS

FOR VALVES

SNAME Chesapeake Section Holds Election Of Officers

And Hears Paper On Recent Trends In Hull Machinery

A. Reach Rod In-stallation with 300°

Geared Joints

B. Flexible Shaft Control

C. Simple Reach Rod and Universal

Joint Installation ' Controls Give

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See examples A, B, C above.

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Pictured during the April meeting, left to right: Robert Mende, SNAME national secretary; Phillip Eisenberg, SNAME national president; Irving W. Smith, author; Seth Hawkins, NSRDC, vice chairman, Chesapeake Section; David Smith,

Masters, Mates and Pilots Union, discusser; Richard Schubert, MarAd, moderator; Capt. Richards Miller, Westing- house, member, executive committee; John Heffernan, Bethlehem Steel Corp., chairman, papers committee.

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The Chesapeake Section of The Society of

Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held the seventh meeting of its 1972-73 technical program on April 12, 1973, at the Walter Reed

Army Medical Center Officers Club in Wash- ington, D.C.

Following the social hour and dinner, which were enjoyed 'by approximately 90 members and guests, vice chairman Seth Hawkins open- ed the meeting by welcoming those in atten- dance, especially noting the presence of the president of SNAME, Phillip Eisenberg, and the SNAME national secretary, Robert Mende.

Mr. Eisenberg made a few remarks to the membership, commenting on the success of the annual spring meeting at Walt Disney

World, Fla., noting the fine turnout of Chesa- peake Section members at that meeting and the number of authors who were from the

Chesapeake Section. Mr. Mende commented on the revised schedule of events for the forth- coming annual meeting of the Society in New

York on November 15-17, and received an en- dorsement from the membership concerning these changes.

Ronald Kiss, secretary-treasurer, then in- troduced several changes in the bylaws of the

Section to reflect recent changes in the fiscal year of the Society. These changes were ap- proved by unanimous vote.

Nils Salvesen of the nominating committee presented the slate of candidates for Section office during the next program year. Nominated were Seth Hawkins, chairman; William Hun- ley, vice chairman; Ronald Kiss, secretary- treasurer ; and George Levine, member execu- tive committee. A vote of the membership in- dicated overwhelming approval of the nominat- ing committee selections.

Mr. Hawkins, vice chairman, then noted that

Reuven Leopold had been selected as chairman, membership committee, and the goal set for his committee was to be the No. 1 Section in new membership.

At this time, Capt. Richards Miller, .'USN (ret.), was introduced for the purpose of dis- cussing the First SNAME/Chesapeake Sec- tion Sailing Yacht Symposium that is 'being scheduled for January 19, 1974, and in the near future "A Call for Papers" will be issued.

After completing the Section business, vice chairman Hawkins introduced the moderator of the technical session, Richard Schubert,

Manager, Marine Engineering, Office of Ship

Construction Maritime Administration. Be- cause the term "Hull Machinery" encompasses several distinct and separate requirements for ship's deck machinery, cargo loading and un- loading systems, steering gear, etc., Mr. Schu- bert introduced this paper as a highly complex area of marine engineering and naval archi- tecture which often does not obtain the im- portance that it deserves.

He introduced the author, I.W. Smith, Man- ager, Hull Machinery, Office of Ship Construc- tion, MarAd, as a graduate engineer with over 30 years o'f marine experience and a co-author of the chapter "Hull Machinery" in the SNAME publication, Marine Engineering. Mr. Smith opened his discussion by stating that the paper attempts to illustrate and describe several of the new and unique installations of items of hull machinery on both domestic and foreign ships. By use of visual aids, Mr. Smith dis- cussed (a) the novel features of the Lykes

SEABEE barge-handling system, (b) the con- tainer crane operation of the LASH ships, (c) split-hull barge crane, (d) a pallet handling system for a refrigerated cargo ship, (e) a catenary unloader for a bulk ship to handle wood chips, and (f) a single steering gear for twin rudder application.

A question and answer period was opened to 'the membership before the prepared discus- sions were read. Prepared comments by Archer

Nickerson, Mr. Smith's co-author of the chap- ter in Marine Engineering, were read. In ad- dition, David R. Smith of the Master, Mates and Pilots Union, provided a valuable insight into the practical operations of the Lykes SEA-

BEES on which he had served as a deck officer for a voyage. 'It was a concensus of opinion that this paper and discussion highlighted many of the special and unique problems faced 'by 'the designers and users of hull machinery.

Fruehauf Corporation's

Jacksonville Shipyards

Buys Bellinger Yard

Fruehauf Corporation has further expanded its maritime activities with the acquisition of

Bellinger Shipyards by Jacksonville Ship- yards, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of

Fruehauf. The announcement was made by

Arnold P. Mcllwain, president and chief ex- ecutive officer of Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc.

The shipyard will be operated as the Belling- er subsidiary of Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc., and will provide the nucleus of new construc- tion activity.

The Bellinger yard, located on the Atlantic

Intercoastal Waterway near Jacksonville, Fla., includes approximately 92 acres of land, of which only 30 are presently in use.

Bellinger Shipyards is currently construct- ing ia 230-foot 'ferryboat for delivery to the

Woods Hole, Nantucket, and Martha's Vine- yard Shipping Authority in Massachusetts. 20 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News