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Queen (Munson Mfg).

National Waterways

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European Shipbuilding

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Outstanding Shallow-Draft

Passenger Vessels Review

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Hatch Nominated

For Post At Army

Corps Of Engineers

President Reagan recently nom- inated Maj. Gen. Henry J. Hatch to become the next Commanding

General and Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army of Engineers.

If confirmed by the Senate, Gen- eral Hatch will succeed Lieut. Gen.

E. R. (Vald) Heiberg III, who recently retired from military ser- vice. General Hatch has also been nominated to the grade of lieuten- ant general, a three-star rank.

Southwest Marine Gets

Navy Repair Contract

Worth $12.9 Million

Southwest Marine, Inc.'s San Pe- dro Division was recently awarded a $12.9-million contract for the repair and alteration of the guided missile frigate USS Jarrett (FFG-33).

The work, called an Extended

Drydocking Selected Restricted

Availability (EDSRA), will include major combat system and helicopter support alterations and upgrading of various antisubmarine warfare capability equipment aboard the

USS Jarrett.

In addition, Southwest Marine will replace and extend the helicop- ter flight deck and install a Recov- ery, Assist, Securing and Transvers- ing (RAST) system.

Southwest Marine is one of the largest ship-repair concerns on the

West Coast, operating yards in San

Diego, American Samoa, San Pedro and San Francisco.

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