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Cooper Named To Head

All International Affairs

Activities For FMC

Dr. Leslie L. Kanuk, acting chairman of the Federal Maritime

Commission, has announced that

James C. Cooper, the FMC's dep- uty managing director, has been given responsibility for all Com- mission international affairs ac- tivities. In its role as a regulator of international ocean trading in- volving the United States, the

FMC deals frequently with for- eign companies and governments in liaison with the Department of

State.

Mr. Cooper is a veteran of over 20 years of service with the Com- mssion. He has held a number of staff positions, including director,

Bureau of Enforcement, and di- rector, Bureau of Ocean Com- merce Regulations.

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Union Oil Products Carrier

Launched At NASSCO Yard

Christening and launching cer- emonies were held at National

Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) recently for the Sier- ra Madre (shown above), one of three 37,500-dwt Carlsbad Class product carriers being built for

Union Oil Company of California.

A gathering of more than 400 invited guests witnessed the cer- emonies. Sponsor for the ship was

Mrs. Yerna Burk, wife of Glenn

O. Burk, president of West Coast

Shipping Company, Los Angeles.

Mrs. Joan Hanley served as ma- tron of honor. She is the wife of

Donald L. Hanley, senior vice president, refining and marketing,

Western Region, "76" Division

Union Oil Company. Mr. Hanley was the keynote speaker. Others participating in the program were

C. Larry French, president of

NASSCO, and John M. Murphy,

NASSCO vice president of corpo- rate relations.

The Sierra Madre is the third of three sister ships to be launched at NASSCO in the past six months. All are scheduled for delivery in 1981. The vessels are a new NASSCO design. Each is 658 feet in length with a 33-foot draft and carrying capacity of 300,000 barrels. The Sierra Madre will be capable of transporting 10 different products simultaneously.

She will carry products from Un- ion Oil's refineries in Los Angeles and San Francisco to Alaska, Ha- waii, and the U.S. West Coast.

The new ship will incorporate the most modern equipment avail- able and will meet the latest safe- ty and environmental protection standards including double bot- toms, a clean segregated ballast system, an inert gas system, a sewage treatment plant, collision avoidance radar, and a backup steering system.

NASSCO's current backlog of approximately $665 million in- cludes a total of nine product car- riers, three Navy destroyer tend- ers, and a cable repair ship.

NASSCO has been engaged in marine construction for 36 years, and is wholly owned by Morrison-

Knudsen Company, Inc., Boise,

Idaho.

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Participants in recent launching ceremony at NASSCO yard are (L to R): Capt. Stan

Wetherell, U.S. Coast Guard; John McCoy, American Bureau of Shipping; Ed Hood, president, Shipbuilders Council of America; Bob Frazee, California State Assembly;

C. Larry French, president, NASSCO; Mrs. Glenn O. Burk, sponsor; Mrs. Donald L.

Hanley, matron of honor; Glenn O. Burk, president, West Coast Shipping Company;

Donald L. Hanley, senior vice president, "76" Division, Union Oil Company; John

M. Murphy, vice president, corporate relations, NASSCO; and William McMurren, president and chief executive officer, Morrison-Knudsen Company. 14 Write 198 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News