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FMC Renames Gunderson, Inc.

Marine & Rail Equipment Div.

Robert H. Malott, president of FMC Cor- poration, has announced that the wholly owned

Gunderson subsidiary in Portland, Ore., will be elevated to divisional status in FMC and will operate as the Marine and Rail Equipment Di- vision of FMC. "Since becoming a part of FMC in 1965," Mr. Malott stated, "Gunderson has steadily expanded its production and marketing capabilities, and in 1972 was the second largest box car manufacturer in the United States. In addition, recently announced contracts for the construction of 35,000-dwt tankers in their Port- land yard have put Gunderson and FMC in the forefront nationally in the movement to revitalize the American shipbuilding industry. In recog- nition of this increasingly important part that

Gunderson is playing in FMC's growth, we feel it appropriate that this operation be given di- visional status that will more closely align and identify it with FMC."

Bruce Ward, Gunderson president, said the change-over will not materially affect the opera- tions of the railcar and marine manufacturer. "We're pleased to be accorded this kind of rec- ognition in FMC," Mr. Ward stated, "and, of course, we will miss the Gunderson name that we've carried for so many years and which has served us so well. Since becoming a part of FMC in 1965, we've made significant changes in our operation and have invested substantial amounts of money in expanding our capabilities. Over $4 million was invested in new facilities in 1972 alone to prepare for our new ship construction program which is now well under way. I'm sure that this kind of growth will continue in the

Marine and Rail Equipment Division of FMC here in Portland, and perhaps in other areas of the country as well."

Mr. Ward indicated that the current level of

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Representatives in principal domestic and foreign seaports 20 employment at FMC in Portland is 1,100 people, and that they expect to reach a level of close to 1,400 workers by mid-year, with a total Port- land payroll of about $13,000,000 in 1973. "Our present backlog extends almost to year- end in our railcar operation," Mr. Ward said, "and the shipbuilding backlog carries well into 1975,"

Sun Shipbuilding Launches

Huge, Fast Matson Trailership

For West Coast-Hawaii Service

William B. Mating, vice president of Sun Ship, looks on as Maryanna Gerbode Shaw smashes the bottle of cham- pagne on the bow of the S/S Lurline.

The S/S Lurline, first roll-on/roll^off trail- ership for the West Coast-Hawaii trade, was christened on June 7 by the great-granddaugh- ter of the co-founder of one of Hawaii's pio- neer companies.

The 25,000-ton 25-knot cargo vessel, under construction at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry

Dock Company shipyard in Chester, Pa., will enter service for Matson Navigation Company next month.

Breaking the traditional bottle of champagne on the bow was Maryanna Gerbode Shaw of

San Francisco, whose great-grandfather Sam- uel T. Alexander was one of the founders of

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., which now owns

Matson.

Mrs. Shaw is the daughter of Dr. Frank

Gerbode, renowned San Francisco heart sur- geon. Her mother, ithe late Martha Gerbode, a granddaughter of Mr. Alexander, was a lead- ing philanthropist in the San Francisco area for many years.

The new Lurline has an overall length of 700 feet, a breadth (main deck) of 105 feet, a depth of 60 feet, and a draft of 28 feet. She will be the fifth vessel under the Matson flag to bear the name. A sister ship will follow in the

Hawaii freight service at the end of the year.

The Lurline's propulsion plant is comprised of two Babcock & Wilcox boilers with a speci- fic fuel rate of .491 lbs./shp-hr., and a General

Electric 'Cross Compound Turbine, producing 30,000 shp on a single screw. Centralized con- trol will allow regulation of the speed and di- rection of the propeller from the bridge. Living quarters for the ship's crew will be fully air- conditioned.

The vessel will have the capacity to carry a combination of different sized trailers equival- ent to 278 forty-foot trailers, including 100 re- frigerated units, plus 207 automobiles and 1,600 long tons of molasses.

Matson will integrate the new ro/ro service into its regular intermodal "lift-on, lift-off" container system between the West Coast and

Hawaii, Matson's president R.J. Pfeiffer said. "The ro/ro trailerships will provide the ad- ditional flexibility needed in the Hawaii trade,"

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