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ktual Meeting & al Maritime Exposition

November 13-16 two papers presented in parallel in the Mercury Ballroom will be on ship design of submersibles and a study comparing U.S. and U.K. frig- ate designs.

Thursday afternoon, papers fo- cusing on ship performance and ma- neuverability will be presented in the Trianon Ballroom, while in par- allel, papers in the Mercury Ball- room will examine icebreaker per- formance prediction and a progress report on Tension Leg Platforms.

On Friday morning, six papers will be presented in all. The three papers in the Trianon Ballroom will cover waves and motion, while three

November, 1991 miscellaneous papers concurrently presented in Mercury Ballroom ad- dress the topics of design and con- struction of a floating accommoda- tion facility for aircraft carriers, de- sign curves for specially orthotropic laminated plates, and axial and tor- sional vibration calculations on long- stroke diesel engines.

On Friday afternoon, one paper of particular note will be presented. "The Inadequacies of the Current

Approach to Minimizing Oil Out- flow from Damaged Tankers—A

Proposed Alternative" by Jeremy

Hooks advances the author's con- tention of the inadequacies of the

International Maritime Organiza- tion (IMO) formula for the protec- tive location of segregated ballast tanks. Mr. Hooks favors an alter- native arrangement with an inter- mediate deck at approximately mid depth in conjunction with double sides.

This year's annual Business Ses- sion will immediately follow the

President's Luncheon. The agenda for this meeting will include a report on the elections that took place at the council meeting on Wednesday,

November 13.

At noon, prior to the President's

Luncheon in the East Ballroom on

Thursday, November 14, a general reception will be held in the foyer of the East Ballroom. Beginning at 12:30 p.m., the President's Luncheon will feature the presentation of sev- eral important society awards and an address by SNAME president

Ronald K. Kiss.

On Friday, November 15 at 7:30 p.m., the Annual Banquet, the society's yearly black tie affair, will be held in the hotel's Grand Ball- room. The principal speaker at the banquet will be the Secretary of the

Navy, H. Lawrence Garrett III.

The banquet program will also fea- ture presentations of the Taylor 23