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air supported ships for almost two decades. He has led the successful development and introduction of the LCAC (Landing Craft, Air

Cushion) which is the basis for the modernization of the U.S. Navy am- phibious landing forces, and most recently the technological break- through leading to the Navy's selec- tion of an air supported MSH. Bell designs are built at the Bell Halter shipyard, a company owned by Bell

Aerospace Textron and Halter Ma- rine, Inc.

Gerard M. McAllister 1910-1984

Gerard M. McAllister, retired executive vice president and general counsel of McAllister Brothers Inc. of New York City, one of the largest towing and marine transportation companies in the world, died recent- ly at his home in Avon, Conn. He was 74 years old and also lived in

Lost Tree, Fla.

Mr. McAllister was one of 10 children of James P. McAllister, the eldest son of Capt. James P.

McAllister who founded the fami- ly company and put the first McAl- lister tugboat to work in New York

Harbor in 1864.

Mr. McAllister, who joined the family company in 1936 and retired in 1974, was born in Brooklyn and graduated from Georgetown Uni- versity and Fordham Law School.

Before joining the company he was a partner in the law firm of Dow &

McAllister. He was a former direc- tor of the New York Board of Trade, and a past chairman of the marine division of the Board's transporta- tion section.

Mr. McAllister is survived by his wife, Claire Tierney McAllister; a daughter, Jered Ann Lynch; two sons, Peter B. and Steven M.; three sisters, Isabel Etzel, Joan

Smith, and Justine Roach; a broth- er, James P.; and nine grandchil- dren.

Marinette Marine Awarded $23 Million To Build

Seven More Patrol Boats

Marinette Marine Corporation of

Marinette, Wise., has been awarded a contract by the Naval Sea Systems

Command for the construction of seven additional Yard Patrol Craft (YP). Total value of the latest award is approximately $23 million.

The seven-vessel option is a part of a previously awarded contract for the construction of six YPs that

MMC received in August 1984.

These craft will be utilized at the

Naval Academy in Annapolis for instruction of midshipmen in sea- manship, navigation, and marine engineering disciplines. The YPs are of wood hull construction with alu- minum superstructure. They have an overall length of 108 feet, beam of 22 feet 9 inches, and full-load

January 15, 1985 draft of 5 feet 9 inches. Contract delivery date for the first vessel is

April 1987.

Moran Container Services

Expands Routes To Include

Philadelphia And Baltimore

Moran Towing Services Compa-

ALABAMA — Mobile

Kamil Ship Supply

CALIFORNIA-San Francisco

Cordes Bros — Wilmington

J M Costello Supply Co Inc

FLORIDA—Tampa

Bonanm SHip Supply. Inc — Miami

Ocean Ship Supply —Jacksonville

Weedon Engineering Co

GEORGIA—Savannah

Southern Marine Supply Co . Inc

LOUISIANA-New Orleans

Marine Sales, Inc

MAINE—Portland

Chase Leavitt & Co , Inc

MARYLAND—Baltimore

Tate Engineering, Inc.

MASSACHUSETTS- Boston

Klausen Gestby Co

NEW JERSEY-Linden

Beacon Packing & Equipment Co., Ltd

OREGON —Portland

American Pacific Corporation

PENNSYLVANIA—Philadelphia

Philadelphia Ship Maintenance Co., Inc

SOUTH CAROLINA—Charleston

Southeastern Supply Co , Inc.

TEXAS—Corpus Christi

Gunderland Marine Supply, Inc — Houston

Texas Marine & Industrial Supply Co.

VIRGINIA—Norfolk

Peltz Brothers, Inc. ny, a subsidiary company of Moran

Towing and Transportation Co.,

Inc., has announced the expansion of its trade routes to Philadelphia and Baltimore. The company loaded the first cargo for this service in New York on January 4, 1985 at the Global Marine Terminal for

Northern Shipping Terminal in

Philadelphia and Dundalk Marine

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LO/LO container barge now sailing under the American flag. Additional routes and barges will be added to the service by the company as cus- tomers' needs and market condi- tions dictate.

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