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Proposals To Build

Navy Destroyer Tenders

Requested From 4 Yards

Four U.S. yards—Bath Iron

Works, Bath, Maine 04530; Lock- heed Shipbuilding & Construction

Co., Seattle, Wash. 98134; New- port News Shipbuilding & Dry

Dock Co., Newport News, Va. 23607; Sun Shipbuilding & Dry

Dock Co., Chester, Pa. 19013— have been asked for proposals by the Naval Sea Systems Command,

Washington, D.C. 20360, in con- nection with the building of either one or two Class AD-40 destroyer tenders. RFP N00024- 75-R-2019(S) will be issued to the four shipyards.

Exxon Signs Intent

For Drilling Vessel

Exxon USA, Houston, Texas 77002, has signed a letter of intent with Mitsubishi Heavy In- dustries Ltd. to enter into con- tract negotiations for the con- struction of an Exxon-owned semisubmersible drilling vessel.

The vessel, intended for use off the U.S. West Coast and in the

Gulf of Alaska, will be of a Friede & Goldman, Inc. design. It is an- ticipated that the unit will be in service by early 1977.

The unit will be capable of op- erating in waters up to 1,500 feet deep and drilling to depths of 25,000 feet.

J.F. Homer, former drilling manager of Exxon's New Orleans,

La., offshore drilling organization, has been transferred to the com- pany's headquarters drilling or- ganization in Houston as marine equipment manager to coordinate the construction of Exxon's semi- submersible drilling vessel.

APL-Everett Names

James Wager President

The appointment of James E.

Wager as president of APL-

Everett Agencies, S.A., San Fran- cisco, Calif., was announced by

Norman Scott, president and chief executive officer of American

President Lines and former pres- ident of APL-Everett Agencies,

S.A.

Mr. Wager, who will continue as a vice president for American

President Lines, will assume his new duties as president of APL-

Everett Agencies, S.A. immedi- ately. According to Mr. Scott, Mr.

Wager will be based in San Fran- cisco although his duties will in- volve extensive travel to maintain proper liaison between the offices in the Far East and San Francisco.

APL-Everett Agencies, S.A. is principally owned by American

President Lines and is operated as a subsidiary company. Everett

Steamship Corporation of Yoko- hama holds a substantial minority interest. APL-Everett Agencies,

S.A. is a comprehensive service organization for customers of

American President Lines in the

Far East, responsible for hus- banding APL vessels, traffic docu- mentation, customer service and sales. Offices are located in Tokyo,

Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe, Hong

Kong and Singapore.

Mr. Wager joined American

Mail Line, which now operates as a division of American Presi- dent Lines, in 1955. Last Septem- ber, he was transferred to the

San Francisco headquarters of

American President Lines as vice president-administration, and was involved in the reorganization fol- lowing the merger of the two companies. He holds a B.S. de- gree from the U.S. Merchant Ma- rine Academy and has served in various seagoing positions in the merchant marine, and as an officer in the U.S. Navy.

Subsidy Board Approves

Sale Of The Independence

The sale of the passenger ship

Independence to C.Y. Tung's At- lantic Far East Lines, Monrovia,

Liberia, has been approved by the

Maritime Subsidy Board. The ves- sel, for which $2.9 million was paid, will operate under the Pana- manian flag and will be used as either a passenger or cruise ship.

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