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ASNE Delaware Valley

Chapter Holds Meeting At

Philadelphia Naval Base

The Delaware Valley Chapter of The American Society of Na- val Engineers met recently at the

Philadelphia Naval Base Officers

Club. Following a social hour and dinner, chairman Eugene Weinert called the meeting to order. Af- ter a brief business meeting Mr.

Weinert introduced the coordi- nator, Harry Gladfelter of J.J.

Henry's Moorestown, N.J., office.

Mr. Gladfelter in turn introduced

H.O. Bullock, manager of the J.J.

Henry Washington office, and

John Christian, also of the Wash- ington office, the evening's fea- tured speaker.

Mr. Christian has conducted extensive research on wooden ship construction in Europe and the

U.S. His paper, "Unique Chal- lenges in the Design of Wooden

Hull Warships," provoked lively interest as evidenced by the ques- tion-and-answer session that fol- lowed his presentation.

The author pointed out that both old and new techniques are employed in wooden hull con- struction although, unfortunate- ly, much of the old expertise was lost during the period when wood- en hulls were not in vogue. Meas- ures are now being taken to re- vitalize this dying art, he said.

Old problems are being ap- proached and solved with modern techniques, Mr. Christian report- ed. New adhesives are playing a major part by substituting lami- nated sections where one-piece material had been the rule — as exemplified by reduction of the stem from a SV^-foot section to 3 or 4 feet. The adhesives pres- ently in use are fast-acting, with set time of about 5 minutes.

Frank Hodgson Joins

Tracor Marine As Ship

Repair Sales Manager

Frank Hodgson

Frank Hodgson has joined

Tracor Marine, Inc., Fort Lauder- dale (Port Everglades), Fla., as manager, ship repair sales. For the past 11 years, he was with

Atlantic Marine in Jacksonville, and was involved in both design and sales for new construction commercial and fishing vessels.

Mr. Hodgson's knowledge of the marine industry will greatly as- sist Tracor Marine in marketing its ship repair capabilities to ship- owners worldwide.

Admiral D.G. Iselin

Joins Raymond Unit

Rear Adm. Donald G. Iselin,

USN (ret.), has been elected group vice president of Kaiser

Engineers, Inc., Houston, Texas, a subsidiary of Raymond Interna- tional Inc., according to Henry F.

LeMieux, chairman and chief ex- ecutive officer of the parent firm.

Admiral Iselin joined Kaiser

Engineers on April 1 and will be located at the subsidiary's Oak- land, Calif., headquarters, Mr.

LeMieux said.

When Admiral Iselin retired from the U.S. Navy in January 1981 he was Commander, Naval

Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), and Chief of Civil

Engineers. NAVFAC is respon- sible for all engineering and con- struction work done for the U.S.

Navy and a substantial portion of the U.S. Air Force require- ment. The command also main- tains America's naval bases throughout the world.

Admiral Iselin will be respon- sible for operation of the engi- neering, construction and pro- curement divisions as well as the labor relations, safety, finance, administration and personnel sup- port groups. .VfaterCi is a perfect lubricant.

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