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Matson Navigation

Names Robert Colson

Senior Vice President

Robert T. Colson

Robert T. Colson has been named a senior vice president of

Matson Navigation Company, it was announced by R.J. Pfeiffer, president.

Mr. Colson joined Matson last

April as vice president-finance. Be- fore that, he was executive vice 'president of Falstaff Brewing Corp. in St. Louis, Mo.

Bergesen Heads Firm

Seeking To Purchase

Boston Navy Yard

Gerald W. Bush, Boston's com- merce and manpower director, has announced that a newly formed corporation headed by a former

General Dynamics executive is seeking to acquire the facilities of the Boston Naval Shipyard and the South Boston Naval Annex for conversion into a commercial ship- building operation.

The two installations are due to be deactivated May 1—casualties of the Navy Department's program to cut its shore-based activities.

Several groups have indicated in- terest in taking over all or part of the two facilities.

The recently organized Boston

Shipbuilding Corp., however, has come up with proposals, final de- cision on which is expected within 90 days, for taking over the yards and their conversion into commer- cial ship construction and repair operations.

The new corporation is headed by Lloyd Bergesen, former general manager of General Dynamics'

Quincy shipyard and a vice presi- dent of the big conglomerate. Mr.

Bergesen was a leading figure in the development of General Dy- namics' liquefied natural gas car- rier shipbuilding program.

The company plans to use the fa- cilities for building ships and barges for proposed oil drilling op- erations off the coast of New Eng- land.

The company has indicated it is preparing to put up $50 million in a financing arrangement involving the takeover of the properties by the city and a leaseback agreement in which the corporation would op- erate the plants.

According to Mr. Bush, Boston

Shipbuilding wants two-thirds of the Boston Naval Shipyard, includ- ing a foundry, machine shops and other apurtenances formerly used in the construction and repair of

Naval vessels.

A 20-acre portion of the yard, located in the Charlestown section of the city, has been reserved as a national park and a berth for the frigate Constitution.

The company wants the entire

South Boston facility, which con- tains one of the longest graving docks on the Atlantic Coast.

According to William Semich,

Boston's director of special proj- ects, the corporation's plans appear to involve the prefabrication of ships at Charlestown and the as- sembly and launching of new ton- nage at the South Boston plant.

The South Boston unit is also being eyed by the U.S. Coast

Guard, which is considering relo- cating its Boston base from a cramped area in the north end of the city to the more spacious an- nex. The Massachusetts Port Au- thority has under study the possi- bility of acquiring part of the South

Boston property for a new fish pier and processing plant.

City and Massachusetts officials met in Washington with legisla- tors and Navy, Coast Guard, Inte- rior and Defense Department rep- resentatives to consider the various plans which have been forthcom- ing in the disposition of the two facilities.

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