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Sales and marketing department of the Moran Towing & Transportation Company. Seated is vice president W. Anthony Watt; Standing (L to R) are: sales representatives Karl B.

Eckhardt and Paul J. Quinn; and public information director Frank Duffy.

W. Anthony Watt Heads Sales And

Marketing Division At Moran Towing

Thomas E. Moran, president of

Moran Towing & Transportation

Company, Inc., has announced new areas of responsibility for vice presi- dent W. Anthony Watt. Mr. Watt took over the sales and marketing division of the company. Working with Mr. Watt will be sales repre- sentatives Karl B. Eckhardt,

Paul J. Quinn and public informa- tion director Frank Duffy.

A career executive in the mari- time industry with extensive experi- ence in shipyard management and sales, Mr. Watt joined Moran in 1976. He had continued as vice pres- ident of Florida Towing of Jackson- ville, Fla., when that company be- came part of the Moran organiza- tion. In 1978, he came to the head- quarters office of Moran in New

York, as manager of the subsidiary company Seaboard Shipping. Mo- ran's board of directors elected Mr.

Watt a vice president in 1985. His last assignment for the company was in the construction and repair department.

Marinette Delivers First Of Ten

Torpedo Weapons Retrievers

The first of 10 Torpedo Weapons

Retrievers (TWR) under contract at

Marinette Marine Corporation in

Marinette, Wise., departed the ship- yard recently for delivery to the

Naval Sea Systems Command in

Charleston, S.C.

The TWR Class is an entirely new design developed by Marinette in cooperation with the Navy to meet stringent mission requirements.

The new vessels will replace the aging TWRs now in service. They are used by the Navy for recovering spent torpedoes, missiles, small drones, and mobile targets fired during weapons systems tests of all submarines and surface combatant ships. The new TWRs will be capa- ble of staying on station for a week in support of these tests; the smaller existing boats have to return to base

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Four more of the TWRs will be ready for departure from the Ma- rinette Marine yard prior to the 1985 closing of the St. Lawrence

Seaway. The remaining five will be delivered in the spring of 1986.

Bassett Named President

Of Interocean Management

Circle 111 on Reader Service Card

Robert Bassett

The chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Interocean

Management Corporation, George

P. Steele, has announced the elec- tion of Robert S. Bassett as pres- ident of the company. Mr. Basset previously served as executive vice president and has been with Intero- cean Management Corporation since its founding.

Interocean Management is a man- aging operator of oceangoing ves- sels, with contracts covering a vari- ety of vessel types including tank- ers, RO/ROs and crane ships. The company currently has ships under contract from major oil companies, independent owners and the Mari- time Administration.

Interocean Management is head- quartered in Philadelphia, with a branch office in Long Beach, Calif., to service West Coast ships. 14 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News