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Le Blanc Joins Moss Point

Marine As Director Of

Sales And Marketing

John Dane III, president of

Moss Point Marine, Inc., Esca- tawpa, Miss., has announced that

Joseph H. Le Blanc Jr., has joined their organization as direc- tor of marketing and sales.

Joseph H. Le Blanc Jr.

Mr. Le Blanc graduated from

Tulane University with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.

He is a registered mechanical en- gineer in the state of Louisiana and is a member of the National

Society of Professional Engineers,

American Society of Mechanical

Engineers, American Welding So- ciety, Louisiana Engineering Soci- ety, and Propeller Club, Port of

New Orleans.

He has been associated with steel construction for 30 years. His last 15 years in shipbuilding were spent with Halter Marine, during which time he held positions of yard superintendent, vice presi- dent of production, executive vice president, and president. Retired for one and one-half years, Mr. Le

Blanc returned to Halter Marine's

Marketing and Sales Department before resigning to join Moss Point

Marine.

He will be sharing Moss Point

Marine's office in downtown New

Orleans with Chalin (Cop) Perez, vice president and General Coun- sel of the company.

Edo Awarded $11.4-Million

Increase To Navy Contract

For Sonar Modifications

The Naval Sea Systems Com- mand has exercised an option, un- der a previous letter contract with

Edo Corporation, in the amount of $11,401,000 covering improve- ments to 12 AN/SQR-18A sonar systems, converting them to AN/

SQR-18A(V) 1 systems. This pro- curement includes ancillary spares, technical data, and field engineer- ing services. Pending finalization of the price, the Navy has pro- vided initial funding of $6.5 million.

In announcing the Navy order,

Frank Fariello, president of Edo's

Government Systems Division, stated: "These improvements will significantly enhance operational performance of the AN/SQR-18A systems currently in the Navy.

There are approximately 40 sys- tems to which these improvements are applicable; this award brings to 18 the number of systems for which modifications have been procured. Further improvements to the systems are in the discus- sion stage with the Navy." Work on this new contract will be done at the Division's facility in College

Point, N.Y.

Ship Structure Committee

Publishes Six

Technical Reports

The Ship Structure Committee recently published six new techni- cal reports which are available free of charge until copies run out.

After which, the reports will be available from the National Tech- nical Information Service (NTIS).

The reports are: SSC-314, "Pres- sure Distribution on Models of the

SL-7 Containership and Great

Lakes Bulk Carrier S.J. Cort in

Waves," presents data from var- ious pressure taps on the respec-

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