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Coastal Drydock Awarded $9.4-Million Navy

Overhaul Contract

Coastal Drydock and Repair

Corporation, Brooklyn, N.Y., has been awarded a $9,395,566 fixed- price contract for the regularly scheduled overhaul of the ammu- nition ship USS Santa Barbara (AE-28). The Supervisor of Ship- building, Conversion and Repair,

USN, Brooklyn, N.Y., is the con- tracting activity. (N62794-70-C- 0010)

Griff Lee, McDermott VP,

Elected To National

Academy Of Engineering

Griff C. Lee, vice president of research and development and technical services, J. Ray McDer- mott & Co., Inc., has been elected to the National Academy of En- gineering for his pioneering role in the development of the offshore platform technology now used around the world.

The academy confers this pro- fessional distinction in recogni- tion of outstanding contributions to today's technology and the field of engineering.

Mr. Lee has been with McDer- mott since 1954, serving in a va- riety of engineering and executive capacities. He has published nu- merous technical papers concern- ing offshore platform design, con- struction and installation, as well as papers about other aspects of marine construction technology.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in civil engineering from

Tulane University and Rice Uni- versity, respectively.

Currently, Mr. Lee serves on the offshore committee and task group for platform design criteria of the American Petroleum Insti- tute, the advisory committee for offshore technology of Det norske

Veritas, the special committee on fixed offshore platforms for the

American Bureau of Shipping, the technical committee panel on offshore installations for Lloyd's

Register of Shipping, and the tu- bular joint committee for the

American Welding Society. He is a member of the marine board of the National Research Council and served on its panel for veri- fication of offshore structures and committee for offshore energy technology. He also serves on the board of advisors of the Tulane

University School of Engineering and is a member of the Law of the Sea Institute.

James J. Murphy Named

VP-Marketing For General

Dynamics' Marine Group

James J. Murphy has been ap- pointed vice president-marketing for the Marine Group of General

Dynamics. P. Takis Veliotis, Gen- eral Dynamics' executive vice president-marine, who made the announcement, said that Mr.

Murphy will be responsible for co- ordinating the marketing activi- ties of the Quincy Shipbuilding

Division and the Charleston, S.C., facility, as well as for marketing commercial products and services of the Electric Boat Division in

James J. Murphy

Groton, Conn., Quonset Point, R.I., and Avenel, N.J.

Mr. Murphy, who will be head- quartered at Quincy, Mass., and will report to Mr. Veliotis, was previously vice president-market- ing at the General Dynamics'

Pomona Division in California.

He joined General Dynamics in 1969, and has held various mar- keting positions in the company's corporate headquarters in the

Washington, D.C., office. Before his Pomona assignment, he was vice president, General Dynamics

International Corporation, with headquarters in Brussels.

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