Gibbs & Cox Names Ford Chief Engineer
James J. Convy, chairman of the board, Gibbs & Cox, Inc., New York-headquartered naval architectural firm, has announced the appointment of Robert J.
Ford to the position of chief engineer and head of the machinery division in New York.
Mr. Ford joined Gibbs & Cox in 1942, immediately after graduating from M.I.T. He spent the early years in field positions in the metropolitan New York area.
In addition, he was the Gibbs & Cox representative to the General Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y., assisting in work being done on Project GENIE, the liquid metal reactors system for the U.S.
Navy. Since returning to the New York office in the early 1950s, Mr.
Ford has held various positions including project manager for the DD1052 class program and assistant chief engineer.
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Content
- Two Vessels Trucked To 'Sea' page: 5
- Navy Buys Six SL-7 Sea-Land Containerships In $207.5-Million Contract page: 7
- $5-Million Contract To Burrard Yarrows For Vessel Lengthening page: 8
- NASSCO Delivers First Of Three New Carlsbad Class Product Carriers To Union Oil page: 8
- Bartell Named GM Of Texaco's International Marine Sales Department page: 9
- Amsterdam Drydock To Rebuild Ro/Ro Passenger Vessel For Irish Line page: 9
- Dravo SteelShip Delivers The 'Bud Weber' page: 10
- NASSCO Lays Keel Of 44,000-Dwt Product Carrier For American Trading page: 10
- OCEANS 81 page: 12
- Gibbs & Cox Names Ford Chief Engineer page: 16
- Literature Available On Devflex 1, Fire Retardant Finish From Devoe Marine page: 16
- John Chandler Named York Vice President page: 18
- Announce Personnel Changes In Marine Branch At Phillips page: 18
- Griffin-Alexander III Commissioned At Beth Baltimore page: 20
- Skully Bros. Delivers Omaha Arrow, Second Of Six Supply Vessels page: 24
- Iowa Marine Delivers M/V Tony H page: 24
- Curtis S. Townshend Appointed Vice President Of Mobil Marine Sales page: 25
- Lease MARISAT Satellites For Use In Three Oceans page: 25
- 55th Annual PROPELLER CLUB CONVENTION page: 26
- Bayou Black Shipyard, Inc. Delivers 'Delta Christie' page: 34
- HBC Barge Installs New Launchways-First Phase In $4-Million Expansion page: 34
- Name O'Leary Marine Development Manager At Dillingham Ocean page: 36
- Tracor Marine Announces Production Appointments At Port Everglades Yard page: 38
- Literature Available From Gems Sensors On New Flow Transducer page: 38
- Vancouver Shipyards Launches Log Barge On A Film Of Water page: 41
- N e w V e r s i o n O f N a t i o n a l S u p p l y J a c k i n g System — L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le page: 50
- Anschuetz Hosts Exhibit For Major Manufacturers Of Marine Equipment page: 52
- 'Petromar Bravo# Delivered By Halter —Third Of Six Ordered page: 52
- Launch Two Stern Trawlers At Halifax page: 54
- IHI To Employ New Hull Form On 223,000-Dwt Bulk Carrier page: 55
- Levingston, CNC Sign Agreement To Build Jackups At La Ciotat page: 56
- Seaward International Opens New York Office page: 56
- W h e e l e r Associates Names W a r y a s A Vice President page: 58
- 'Gulf Shark' Delivered To Gulf Fleet Marine page: 59
- Three Oceangoing Great Lakes Bulkers To Be Built In U.K. page: 59
- New Towboat Design At St. Louis Ship Results From Two-Year Research Program page: 60
- Alfa-Laval Publishes Corporate Brochure page: 60
- Sperry Introduces New Doppler Navigation Sonar —Literature Available page: 61
- National Marine Service Names Five To New Posts page: 61
- Krupp Christens Bridge Simulator For Use In Hamburg Polytechnic page: 62
- Marathon's Vicksburg Yard Refines 'Walking' Process For Jackups page: 63
- $30-Million, Eight Vessel Contract Signed By Halter And Tidewater Marine page: 64
- I n g r am Tankships Orders Five Product Carriers —Names B a l d w i n VP page: 65
- N e w Brochure Describes Regency's Polaris Line Of M a r i n e Electronics page: 65
- $270-Million Expansion Is Proposed For Port Of Portland page: 66
- Epsco Marine Introduces New 32-Mile Radar U n i t - Literature Available page: 68
- Levingston Forms Purchasing Company —Names Officers page: 68
- N e w B u r r a r d Y a r r o w s F l o a t i ng Dock For Ships To 7 5 , 0 0 0 DWT page: 76
- Top Officers Elected At Guralnick Associates page: 77
- U.S. Steel Announces Four Promotions In Great Lakes Operations page: 77
- Three Drum Seiners Delivered By RivTow Straits Limited page: 77
- FAST ON THEIR FOILS page: 77
- MTB U.S. Agent For Arsenate Triestino San Marco Shipyard page: 82
- NABRICO's New Winch To Be Installed At Cummins Terminal page: 82
- Racal-Decca Marine Promotes Executives, Opens New Offices page: 83
