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William A. Howe Joins

WABCO Division As

VP-General Manager

William A. Howe has been named vice president and general manager of the WABCO Fluid

Power Division of American

Standard Inc. located in Lexing- ton, Ky. He is responsible for all activities of the division in its manufacture of hydraulic/pneu- matic cylinders and valves, sys- tems, and related accessories that are used in the marine, oil explo- ration, transportation, construc- tion, and manufacturing indus- tries.

Prior to joining WABCO, Mr.

Howe was vice president of busi- ness and product planning at The

Mosler Safe Company, a division of American-Standard located in

Hamilton, Ohio. His previous pro- fessional affiliations were with

PepsiCo as the director of corpo- rate planning, and with IBM in sales, marketing, finance, and planning positions.

San Francisco To Build

New Fireboat Designed

By Morris Guralnick

The City of San Francisco is preparing to advertise for tenders to build a new fireboat, which has been designed by Morris Gural- nick Associates, Inc., according to an announcement made by Hugh

F. Munroe, president and chief executive officer of the prominent

San Francisco-based firm of naval architects and marine engineers.

The new vessel, to be built for fire protection on the extensive

San Francisco waterfront, will re- place the venerable fireboat Phoe- nix, which has served the city for more than 28 years.

Consistent with modern tech- nology, the highly automated, 93- foot-long craft will be able to take off at virtually a moment's notice to fight a waterfront fire. Its twin diesel engines will drive the vessel in excess of 18 knots as demon- strated by extensive model tests.

Water can be pumped at 6,000 gallons per minute under piers or over 45-foot-high ship decks and waterfront buildings. For fighting oil fires, there will be a 10,000- gallon-capacity foam system.

The new fireboat will be com- pletely controlled by a three-man crew operating practically all of the modern firefighting equipment remotely from protected positions.

Outstanding flexibility and ma- neuverability for firefighting will be available through the use of controllable-pitch propellers and water-jet thrusters. On arrival at the scene of a fire, all required power to drive the pumps will be transferred from the propulsion engines, leaving sufficient power for maneuvering. Special features to protect the vessel personnel have also been incorporated in the design.

Morris Guralnick Associates was selected to design the new vessel by the City of San Fran- cisco, following a competition for the contract that involved several other naval architectural firms.

Coincidentally, Mr. Munroe also played an active part in the build- ing of the Phoenix. He was in charge of construction of the retiring San Francisco fireboat, which was built by Plant Ship- building Company, Alameda,

Calif., in 1952.

Brochure Available On

Turbocharger Repair From

Turbine Specialties

Turbine Specialties, Inc., spe- cialists in the repair and rebuild- ing of damaged turbochargers, has recently published a new de- scriptive color brochure describ- ing their capabilities in the repair and rebuilding of turbochargers.

The brochure describes the re- pair and rebuilding of turbine blades, turbine wheels, blower im- pellers, shafts, nozzle rings and cracked cases—all rebuilt to orig- inal specifications and dynamically balanced.

For a free copy of the Turbine

Specialties capabilities brochure, write to J.T. Adams, Manager-

Marketing, Dept. MR, Turbine

Specialties, Inc., P.O. Box 207,

Salina, Kan. 67401.

JOY™ Navy and Maritime Ventilation Fans Provide

Long, Dependable Service. .... ^

Rugged, top-performing JOY axial, centrifugal and propeller fans are specially built for ship- board ventilation applications.

JOY fans are built with alu- minum rotors cast in our own quality controlled foundry, heavy gauge casing and flanges. Rigid quality control standards and stringent testing procedures consistently assure top-quality fans. ill 1

Standard JOY fans have full approval of the

U.S. Navy and U.S. Maritime Administration. Whether you need a standard or custom designed fan for navy or maritime applications contact Joy Manufacturing

Company, Air Moving Products, New Philadelphia,

Ohio 44663.

NEW

PHILADELPHIA

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