Penn Ship Names Veteran Shipbuilder Grandin Vought Operations Vice President

Grandin S. Vought, an executive at Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company in Chester, Pa., since 1983, has been named vice president for operations with responsibility for all phases of new ship construction, it was recently announced by William T. Gallagher, executive vice president.

In his new post, which is effective immediately, Mr. Vought will be responsible for managing the yard's largest division with over 1,600 employees in the construction of four fleet oilers for the U.S. Navy. The contracts are valued at $420 million.

Mr. Vought is a veteran with more than 30 years' experience in all phases of ship construction and repair.

During his 21-year career at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia, he served in a variety of positions, beginning as an industrial engineer and departing as superintendent of steel fabrication for one of the largest private shipyards in the U.S.

Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company is a 185-acre facility situated alone one-mile of Delaware River waterfront, nine miles south of the Philadelphia airport. As one of the largest private shipyards in the U.S., it can do new construction, conversions, overhauls and ship repair in addition to fabricating a wide range of large industrial products.

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Maritime Reporter Magazine, page 7, Apr 1988

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