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Two VPs Assigned New

Posts At Raymond Builders

Edward D. Grandle, a senior group vice president of Raymond

International Builders, Inc., Hou- ston, Texas, a subsidiary of Ray- mond International Inc., and Don- ald G. Armstrong, a vice presi- dent in Raymond International

Builders' Heavy Construction

Projects Group, have been elected to new posts, according to Frank

M. Warren Jr., president of Ray- mond International Builders.

Mr. Grandle has been appointed project director of the $300-mil- lion Diego Garcia Navy and Air

Force base project in the Indian

Ocean, which has been awarded to a Raymond-sponsored joint venture. Mr. Armstrong has been elected a group vice president of

Raymond International Builders.

He has also been appointed man- ager of Raymond International

Builders' Heavy Construction

Projects Group.

Annual Dinner Set For

Michigan's Marine Alumni

The annual dinner of the naval architecture and marine engi- neering alumni of the University of Michigan will be held in New

York City on Thursday, Novem- ber 19, 1981 at the New York

Yacht Club, 37 W. 44th Street, located between Fifth and Ave- nue of the Americas. The recep- tion will start at 6 p.m.

This dinner will take place dur- ing the annual meeting of The

Society of Naval Architects and

Marine Engineers, on the night before SNAME's annual banquet.

Those interested in obtaining tickets for the dinner should con- tact Lester Rosenblatt of M. Ro- senblatt & Son, Inc., 350 Broad- way, New York, N.Y. 10013.

Navy Buys Six SL-7

Sea-Land Containerships

In $207.5-Million Contract

Six of the largest and fastest containerships in the U.S.-flag merchant fleet have been pur- chased by the Navy for use by the Military Sealift Command to enhance the strategic mobility capability of the armed forces.

The Naval Sea Systems Com- mand recently awarded a $207.5- million contract for the purchase of six SL-7 containerships from

Sea-Land Industries, Inc., Edison,

N.J. The price includes 4,000 con- tainers, 800 container chassis, and spare parts. The purchase contract includes the option to purchase two additional SL-7s.

Title of the ships will go to the government after a five-day sur- vey and a 45-day inspection pe- riod. The ships are being deliv- ered to the Military Sealift Com- mand at San Francisco, Calif.,

September 15, 1981 and Elizabeth, N.J., at intervals from the end of August through early November.

The 33-knot ships will provide fast logistic capability and im- prove the strategic sealift to quickly deploy supplies located within the U.S. to potential dan- ger areas worldwide.

Each ship can carry 1,968 twenty-foot equivalent containers (TEUs), or 50 percent more than the next largest U.S.-flag con- tainership. The SL-7s, all less than 10 years old, are 946 feet long with a beam of 105.5 feet.

Within three years the ships will be converted to self-sustain- ing roll-on/roll-off vessels with sufficient cranes, booms, hatches, and sideports to permit rapid loading and unloading.

When converted, the eight SL- 7s will have the capability to car- ry all the equipment required by a heavy mechanized Army divi- sion. While the Army will be the principal user of the SL-7s, to be designated T-AKRXs, they will be equally capable of transporting

Air Force, Marine Corps, or Navy equipment and supplies when necessary.

After being accepted by the

Navy, the SL-7s will be given new names following the Navy's prac- tice of naming dry cargo ships for celestial bodies and phenom- ena. Proposed new names are

USNS Algol, Bellatrix, Denebola,

Betelgeuse, Altair, Galaxy, Ze- nith, and Eclipse.

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