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Three-Year Navy

Salvage Contract

Awarded To Crowley ^ £ 1 nBk rnwm

Warren D. Thomas

Crowley Maritime Salvage, Inc.,

San Francisco, Calif., has just been awarded a three-year con- tract by the Naval Sea Systems

Command, Washington, D.C., to provide offshore salvage services for the U.S. Navy in a major por- tion of the North and South

Pacific Ocean Area.

The firm is a division of

Crowley Maritime Corporation,

San Francisco-based operator of one of the world's largest fleets of oceangoing tugs, barges, offshore oil support vessels and other spe- cialized equipment. The Salvage

Division was formed last year to provide the fast expanding inter- national Crowley operations with specialized salvage equipment and personnel, while also competing for other salvage work on a worldwide basis.

The Salvage Division is oper- ated under the direction of War- ren D. Thomas, vice president and general manager, whose long ex- perience in the marine salvage field includes the clearing of the

Suez Canal in 1974. James Walker, also with a wealth of experience in the industry, serves as assist- ant to the general manager.

Under terms of the newly awarded contract, Crowley Mari- time Salvage is charged with the responsibility of offshore salvage of ships and craft, related ocean engineering and marine services, and harbor clearance and rescue- tow services in the Southwest

Zone. This zone includes the en- tire offshore area extending south from the northern boundary of the State of California, along the western coasts of the United

States, Mexico, Central America and South America to the South

Pole, and all of the area west from these points to the Inter- national Date Line.

The central base of operations for Crowley Maritime Salvage,

Inc. in the Southwest Zone will be located in Long Beach, Calif., where the firm has established a waterfront support facility that includes a large warehouse for storage of pumps, beach gear and other salvage related equipment.

Tugs, barges and other floating equipment will be constantly available for emergency duty in port and offshore areas through- out the zone.

Samson Ocean Systems

Names R.H. Blanchette

Regional Manager

Ronald H. Blanchette has been appointed a regional sales man- ager for the Marine and Indus- trial Division of Samson Ocean

Systems, Inc., 99 High Street,

Boston, Mass. 02110. The an- nouncement was made by Robert

Billings, vice president, Cordage

Operations.

Mr. Blanchette will be based in

San Francisco, Calif., and will be responsible for all sales and cus- tomer service in northern Cali- fornia and the states of Nevada (except Las Vegas), Colorado, and Utah.

The Marine and Industrial Di- vision of Samson Ocean Systems engineers and produces rope and rope systems for the heavy ma- rine market, the utilities market, the offshore oil drilling industry, and the commercial fishing in- dustry.

A graduate of San Francisco

City College, Mr. Blanchette took postgraduate study at California

State College. Before joining

Samson Ocean Systems, he was sales manager for American

Fencers Supply Co. in San Fran- cisco. He also served as house manager for the General Electric

Supply Co. facility in Emeryville,

Calif.

That's some huge barge. In fact, she's the biggest one

Todd Seattle ever built: she measures 495'x85'x48', and she will carry phosphate rock—up to 22,500 tons of it at a clip—out of the Gulf of Mexico. FAUSTINA is the first of two barges being built by Todd for the

Agrico Chemical Company of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Not one, but four Todd yards—Galveston, Houston,

Los Angeles, and Seattle—are expert barge builders, which makes possible unique flexibility for you in buying, scheduling, and building location. If you need barges, talk to Todd. We deliver custom-built barges at assembly-line costs. At top speed.

SHIPYARDS CORPORATION

SHIPYARDS Brooklyn • New Orleans • Galveston

Houston • Los Angeles • San Francisco • Seattle

Executive offices: One State Street Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10004. (212)344-6900. Cable: Robin New York

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