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U.S. Maritime Operations Cited

For Outstanding Safety Records

Some two dozen United States maritime enterprises, including operators of ocean tankers, general cargoliner vessels, stevedor- ing and marine terminal facilities, towboats and military ships and shipyards were cited for outstanding records in industry safety.

Their achievements in prolonged accident- free operations were recognized at a special

Ship Safety Awards Luncheon at the New

York Downtown Athletic Club, sponsored an- nually by the American Institute of Merchant

Shipping (AIMS) and the Marine Section,

National Safety Council (NSC). The two groups are leaders in nationwide efforts of the seagoing and shoreside maritime indus- try in promoting safety and health for its workers.

With Vice Adm. William F. Rea III, Com- mander of the U.S. Coast Guard's Atlantic

Area and its Third District based on Gover- nors Island, heading a gathering of upward of 100 industry and government officials on hand for the event, the winning organiza- tions were singled out for safety accomplish- ments that, in some instances, range over many years. A total of 39 citations were in- volved in the program this year.

Two types of awards were presented. The

Marine Section of NSC based its citations on safety activities over the past year and the awards were issued by Admiral Rea and

Capt. Lars Pedersen, general chairman of the

Marine Section. On the other hand, AIMS based its awards on accident-free operations over extended periods of time by American- flag ocean vessels. Known as the Jones F.

Devlin Awards, the presentations were made by AIMS president James J. Reynolds and

Capt. Jones F. Devlin, a former official with

United States Lines Co., after whom the award is named.

A total of 12 companies were eligible to receive the Devlin Award this year, and 23 different ships were cited for continuous op- erations with no member of the crew missing a turn on watch due to injury.

The Devlin Award has three categories— a two-year minimum, a four-year minimum, and a five-year minimum. And, to underscore the remarkable nature of the safety achieve- ments by such vessels in the AIMS program, six of the ships have operated in accident- free status for between nine and 12 years.

In the five-year category, awards were pre- sented to 10 vessels. They are Middleton and

Ashland of Columbia Transportation; Ashley

Lykes of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. Inc.;

New York Getty of Getty Fleet Corporation;

Texaco Montana, Texaco Georgia, and Texaco

Massachusetts of Texaco Inc.; Amoco Illinois of Standard Oil Company (Indiana), and

American Ace and American Lark of United

States Lines Co.

The four-year category of the AIMS Devlin

Award included presentations to one vessel, the Louise Lykes of Lykes Bros. Steamship

Co.

In addition, a total of 12 ships were eli- gible for awards in the two-year category.

They included the USNS Bartlett of Mili- tary Sealift Command; Exxon Baton Rouge of Exxon Company, USA; Ruth Lykes and

Charlotte Lykes of Lykes Bros.; Mobil Aero of Mobil Oil Corporation; Providence Getty of Getty Fleet Corporation; Great Land of

Interocean Management Corp.; Texaco Cali- fornia of Texaco Inc.; Amoco Connecticut of

Amoco Shipping Co.; Delta Sud of Delta

Steamship Lines Inc., and Pioneer Contender and Pioneer Crusader of United States Lines.

The Marine Section, National Safety Coun- cil awards went to Exxon Company, USA-

Everett, Mass., and Exxon Company, USA-

Linden, N.J., based on accident-free opera- tions in the past year.

In addition, 14 companies were otherwise cited for outstanding records last year. They included Boston Towboat Company; Nilo

Barge Line, Inc.; American President Lines,

Ltd.; American Steamship Co.; Ashland Pe- troleum Company-Marine Repair Terminal;

Atlantic Cement Co.-Marine Division; Exxon

Company, USA; Howland Hook Marine Ter- minal Corp.; Neptow Towing Co.; Oglebay

Norton Co./Columbia Transportation Divi- sion; Pearl Harbor Navy Shipyard; Pitts &

Conneaut Dock Co.; Texaco Inc., and United

Brands Co.

As leaders in maritime safety, AIMS and the Marine Section of NSC engage in a variety of programs designed to promote accident-free activity.

AIMS represents American-flag vessel companies throughout the country, and it is the largest such organization in the U.S. merchant marine industry.

The Marine Section is one of 28 indus- trial components comprising the National

Safety Council, and it is the largest organi- zation in the U.S. ship industry devoted to safety.

J.B. Hargrove Names

Dawson Vice President

J.B. Hargrave, Naval Architects, Inc. of

West Palm Beach, Fla., has announced the appointment of Dudley A. Dawson as vice president, with principal responsibility for the firm's commercial craft design.

Mr. Dawson joined the company in 1974 after three years as naval architect at Coast

Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of Webb Institute, a member of The Society of Naval Architects and Ma- rine Engineers, and is a Florida registered professional engineer.

Projects in which he has participated dur- ing his four years with the Hargrave firm include CATUG integrated tug-barge com- binations, fishing vessels, fast aluminum fer- ries, sightseeing vessels and a variety of marine consulting assignments. He has also assisted on a number of projects in the firm's very considerable pleasure craft design work.

As a result of his experience with the

USCG, he is uniquely qualified to monitor the firm's design output for compliance with the many regulations now affecting the ma- rine industry.

This announcement appears as a matter of record only. $3,450,000

United States Government Guaranteed

Ship Financing Bonds issued by

Marine Leasing Corporation consisting of #700,000 8.20% Sinking Fund Bonds, Series A, Due May 15,1983 #700,000 8.55% Sinking Fund Bonds, Series B, Due May 15,1988 #2,050,000 8.80% Sinking Fund Bonds, Series C, Due November 15, 2002

Payment of principal and interest is guaranteed by the

United States of America under Title XI of the

Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended.

The undersigned has underwritten and publicly offered the above Bonds.

Merrill Lynch White Weld Capital Markets Group

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner 8C Smith Incorporated

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