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Couch Named President

Of Matson Navigation—

Wasacz President Of A&B

John C. Couch

John C. Couch has been ap- pointed president and chief operat- ing officer of Matson Navigation

Company, and also has been named executive vice president of Alexan- der & Baldwin, Inc., Matson's par- ent company. He had been Matson's executive vice president for the past year.

At the same time, Michael S.

Wasacz, who had been senior exec- utive vice president of A&B, be- comes president and chief operating officer of that company, responsible for all operating and staff organiza- tions of A&B and its subsidiaries.

Mr. Couch joined Matson in 1976 and was named a vice president in 1978. He became president of Mat- son Terminals, Inc. in 1979, and was named a Matson senior vice presi- dent before being promoted to exec- utive vice president at the beginning of 1984.

Mr. Wasacz started with Matson in 1959. He became a vice president in 1976, senior vice president in 1978, and was named Matson's pres- ident and COO in 1981. That same year he was appointed executive vice president of A&B, and in Janu- ary 1984 was promoted to senior executive vice president.

SecNav Lehman Announces

Contract Awards Totaling

Almost $2 Billion

Secretary of the Navy John Leh- man recently announced that the

Navy has awarded shipbuilding con- tracts to six U.S. shipyards totaling $1,958,000,000. The awards encom- pass 10 ships, including four nuclear attack submarines of the Los An- geles (SSN-688) Class, three Ticon- deroga (CG-47) Class guided missile cruisers, two dock landing ships of the Whidbey Island (LSD-41) Class, and the lead ship of the new Cardi- nal (MSH-1) Class coastal mine- hunter. Through competitive bid- ding for the contracts, these ships were awarded at a total savings of $243,000,000 below President Rea- gan's FY-85 budget request.

The six shipbuilders that received contract awards were: Newport

News Shipbuilding ($779,400,000);

General Dynamics' Electric Boat

Division ($282,900,000); Bath Iron

Works ($383,600,000); Ingalls Ship- building ($238,600,000); Avondale

Shipyards ($246,200,000); and Bell

Aerospace Textron ($27,300,000).

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Secretary Lehman said that he is extremely proud of the ability of the

U.S. Navy to fulfill the Reagan Ad- ministration's objective of a mod- ern, combat-ready 600-ship fleet while, at the same time, introducing to the government procurement process reforms that have achieved savings. The Secretary predicted that continued emphasis on the competition and sound business management will enable the Navy to achieve still more savings in fu- ture ship and aircraft procurement.

Western Gear Opens

Norfolk Overhaul Center

For Marine Equipment

Larry D. Philips, manager of product services for Western Gear

Corporation's Western Gear Ma- chinery Company subsidiary, has announced the establishment of an overhaul and repair center in Nor- folk for military and commercial marine equipment. The center will specialize in providing factory-qual- ity service for underway replenish- ment at sea equipment, steering gears, and deck machinery to the

U.S. Eastern Seaboard. The compa- ny will also offer local onboard ma- rine field support through Western

Gear field service representatives stationed at the center.

Louis V. Hose will serve as manager of the Product Service

Center, which is located at 3749

Progress Road, Norfolk, VA. 23502; telephone (804) 855-4484. '1 m •

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