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Capt. Francis B. Crocco

Honored By Coast Guard

Adm. O.W. Siler, United States

Coast Guard Commandant, re- cently presented the United States

Coast Guard Distinguished Public

Service Award to Capt. Francis

B. Crocco, USNR (ret.), who heads the firm of Francis B. Croc- co, Inc., San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Admiral Siler congratulates Captain

Crocco during the award ceremonies.

The citation, which was award- ed at the recent Navy League

Convention in Washington, D.C., reads as follows: "For his personal and direct contribution to the Coast Guard in providing exceptional coordina- tion with the international mar- itime community in Puerto Rico.

Capt. Crocco has worked closely with the various Commanders of the USCG Section, Greater Antil- les since 1937 as well as with the various OCMI's, COTP's and of late the newly established MSO

San Juan. Spurred by his keen sense of public spirit and high patriotic ideals, Capt. Crocco has exercised unselfish leadership in promoting friendly relations, mu- tual respect and a sense of coop- eration between the various Fed- eral and Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico government agencies and the international maritime shipping community. He has supported the aims of the Coast Guard, assist- ing frequently with his time and personal resources to insure that appropriate CG officers were wide- ly introduced to government and maritime industry officials. He has maintained a continuous li- aison with the Coast Guard to assist in keeping the Greater

Antilles Section Commander well informed regarding maritime in- dustry affairs and problems. He has provided technical assistance to CG ships undergoing shipyard work, made available company equipment for emergencies when asked and has provided helpful information to OCMI and MSO personnel during vessel inspec- tions. His genuine personal friend- ship has been of enormous help in fostering good community re- lations and in helping many Coast

Guardsmen and their families establish themselves in the local area. As a member of the Navy

League of the United States, Capt.

Crocco has been an outspoken ad- vocate of securing our Nation's defense with the maintenance of a strong Navy, Marine Corps,

Coast Guard and Merchant Ma- rine as a cornerstone. "In appreciation of Capt. Croc- co's many services and for his continuing loyal friendship, this citation is awarded with the high- est esteem and heartiest thanks of the United States Coast Guard."

Waukesha Engine

Names Bruce Yeo

Bruce L. Yeo has been ap- pointed advertising and sales pro- motion manager of Waukesha En- gine Division, Dresser Industries,

Inc., Waukesha, Wis. 53186.

He will be in charge of trade advertising, public relations, tech- nical communications and exhib- its for the division.

Mr. Yeo came to Waukesha

Engine from A.O. Smith Corpo- ration, Milwaukee, Wis., where he served as product publicity manager. He is a graduate of Al- bright College, Reading, Pa., from which he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.

Waukesha Engine Division is a manufacturer of heavy duty diesel and gas engines for the petroleum, marine, construction, municipal and power generation markets.

A breakthrough in video processing

With ordinary radar there are six fundamental problems that can hinder the interpretation of a radar picture - Sea clutter, which can best be dealt with by manual adjustment of the sea clutter controls; Rain clutter, dealt with by manual adjustment of 'rain' and 'sea clutter' and 'gain' controls. (These controls require constant skilled adjustment, sometimes over long periods, and provide at best a compromise solution.) Radar interference from other ships and receiver noise from own ship also worsen the picture. Weak echoes are hard to pick out and small echoes even harder to see at long range.

But now Decca CLEARSCAN radar solves these problems with unrivalled picture clarity.

Sea clutter is suppressed by automatic adaptive control of the Sea Clutter Control.

The rain clutter is suppressed by automatic adaptive control of both the rain and sea clutter controls, and gain level.

Radar interference is suppressed by automatic circuits.

Receiver noise automatically removed.

Weak echoes automatically raised to full brilliance by digital video... ...and echoes 'stretched' automatically on longer ranges.

For the radar efficient ship. improving the best marine radar in the world* 16 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News