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Luckenbach SS Files

Subsidy Applications

Edgar F. Luckenbach Jr., presi- dent of Luckenbach Steamship

Company and its affiliate Lucken- bach International Corporation, has announced that he has formally filed applications with the Maritime

Subsidy Board in Washington re- questing Government funds for the construction and operation of two 56,000-ton dry bulk carriers.

These ships, costing $28 million each, will be the largest of their class ever built in the United States.

These and other new American-flag vessels, which the company expects to add to its fleet in the future, will be operated by the recently formed Luckenbach International

Corporation to serve primarily the needs of the world's forest products industry.

Each vessel will be a single-screw medium-speed diesel-powered lum- ber carrier with an effective service speed of 15 knots. In addition to carrying packaged lumber in its six hatches as well as on deck, each ship will also be suitable for car- rying bulk grain and ore cargoes.

The main deck will be continuous, with straight line sheer forward and no camber. All machinery, naviga- tion, and accommodation spaces will 'be located aft.

The vessel will be arranged with a double hull in way of the cargo

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VERSATILE CONTAINER CRANE: One of the huge Paceco Portainers® at the Port of

Southampton, England, is shown loading double decker buses aboard the O.C.L. ship

Liverpool Bay, bound for Australia. The crane, specialized for handling containers, can handle general cargo and unusual car- go such as buses, as well. It has a rated capacity of 35 long tons, and has a 122- foot outreach for servicing the largest of the new supercontainerships. The Port of

Southampton, a major container port in the world, has six of these large Paceco con- tainer-handling cranes, which were built by Vickers Limited under a license agree- ment with Paceco, a division of Fruehauf

Corporation, Alameda, Calif.

DRILL RIG POSITIONING OF

OFF-SHORE RIGS, DRILL RIG

SHIPS, ETC. holds designed for the carriage of fuel oil or water ballast.

Each of the six holds will be served by an 18-ton capacity crane, mounted on pedestals to permit timber stowage to a height of 24 feet atop the hatch covers. These cranes will be suitable for grab equipment and fitted with cargo spotting devices.

The engine room and main and auxiliary machinery will be con- figured for unattended operation.

Controls, alarms, indicators and in- strumentation will be in accordance with all applicable regulatory bodies, and carbon dioxide flooding provided for the engine room as well as cargo holds. These vessels are so advanced in technological innovations that Luckenbach has applied for patents on a number of design and engineering features.

Capt. Watkins Named

Marine Superintendent

U Of Washington Fleet

Capt. John B. Watkins Jr. has been appointed marine superintend- ent for the University of Washing- ton research fleet.

He succeeds Capt. Frank Bean, who has retired after six years in the post.

Captain Watkins is a 22-year vet- eran of the U.S. Coast & Geodetic

Survey. He commanded several vessels and was director of the In- ternational Tsunami Information

Center in Hawaii.