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Bird-Johnson Company of Wal- pole, Mass., a leading manufacturer of commercial and naval controlla- ble-pitch propeller systems, has purchased the assets of The 76 Cor- poration, comprised of the HDF and

Olympic Propeller Companies of

Seattle. The firm will reopen on the site of the former HDF Propeller

Company as the RDH Propeller Di- vision of Bird-Johnson's Seattle Op- erations.

As a West Coast repair and recon- ditioning facility and major distrib- utor of fixed-pitch propellers, the new division will significantly broad- en the capabilities of Bird-Johnson.

Technicians qualified to meet

American Bureau, U.S. Navy, Coast

Guard, and Lloyd's welding, repair, and quality criteria will be em- ployed at the Seattle facility. Rob- ert DenHerder, a former owner of

HDF Propeller, has been named general manager.

Bird-Johnson has realigned its management to insure the efficient handling of the increased market- ing, sales, and production activities.

November, 1986

Charles A. Orem, president and

CEO, has announced the following appointments: Donald E. Ridley, in addition to his present responsi- bilities as senior vice president, has been named special assistant to the president charged with the orderly integration of regional operations.

Andrew F. Barrs, formerly man- ager-major programs, has been pro- moted to director-quality and pro- gram management. Gary W. Day- ton, previously sales manager, has been appointed director-marine marketing and services. Carleton

F. Bryant III, past director-opera- tions, will hold a newly formed posi- tion of director-business develop- ment, engineering and materials.

Andrew B. Noei has been hired as director-operations; he comes to

Bird-Johnson with 18 years of man- ufacturing management experience.

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Navy Will Order All

New Coastal Minesweepers

In U.S. Shipyards

In an apparent response to pres- sure from Congress, the Navy has abandoned its plan to build the lead ship (and possibly the second) of a new class of coastal minesweepers in an Italian shipyard.

According to Rear Adm. Stuart

Piatt, competition advocate gener- al, the Navy has now decided that there is sufficient capability in the

U.S. to build all of the new coastal minesweepers here. However, the vessels will still be designed by the

Italian firm Intermarine SpA. The design will be a modification of the firm's Lerice Class coastal mine- sweepers to meet U.S. requirements.

The U.S. craft will be longer, wider, and heavier than the Italian version, and have twin-screw propulsion.

Soviet Union To Order

Cargo Ships From Greece —Value $65 Million—

A Merchant Marine Ministry spokesman reported that the Soviet

Union will place an additional $65- million order with Greek shipyards for four refrigerated cargo ships.

It was reported that the deal, which was said to have been clinched during a recent visit to

Moscow by Merchant Marine Min- ister Stathis Sevdalis Alexan- dris and the director general of

Greek shipyards, Vassilis Sev- dalis, would be signed once the first order for four ships was delivered.

The first order was placed in 1985. ifcl

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