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plier for more than 80 years, and has delivered a full spectrum of re- duction gears from cost-competitive commercial designs to the most ad- vanced systems for U.S. Navy sub- marines. Westinghouse has sup- port facilities around the world for training, service and parts.

Westinghouse is currently the prime contractor in a program to develop an intercooled recuperated (ICR) engine for the U.S. Navy.

Westmont Industries

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Westmont Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of heavy material handling equipment, is nearing completion of a Navy contract for eight 100-ton barge cranes. The cranes, which rest on barges mea- suring 175 feet (53.3 m) by 80 feet (24.4 m), can lift loads of 100 long tons at an 80-foot (24.4 m) radius and have a boom length in excess of 200 feet (60.9 m).

Westmont, of Santa Fe Springs,

Calif., has been designing, manu- facturing and installing heavy ma- terial handling equipment since 1951. Westmont has completed projects up to $50 million in size for both government and private con- cerns.

Westmont's other products in- clude bridge crane and monorail systems, portal cranes, high capac- ity turntables, jet engines mainte- nance systems, moving walkways and specialized material handling systems. The current backlog in- cludes 60-ton portal and 20-ton wing wall cranes for the Navy. In addi- tion, Westmont is currently under contract to produce a 38-ton portal crane and other equipment for the

Corps of Engineers.

Gibbs & Cox Receives Navy

Aegis Excellence Award

In a recent ceremony in Bath,

Maine, RAdm. George A.

Huchting presented Gibbs & Cox

Inc. with a coveted Aegis Excellence

Award for outstanding performance in its computer aided design work on the DDG51 Class destroyer pro- gram. The company was cited for developing computer aided engi- neering tools which will lead to cost avoidance in the design efforts for the next flights of DDG51 class ships.

The award went on to praise the company as a technology leader in the marine industry for its work in developing leading edge, state-of- the-art technology. For more infor- mation on the capabilities of Gibbs & Cox,

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Crowley Appoints Skillman

Controller

Crowley American Transport,

Inc., which provides liner services throughout the Americas, recently announced the promotion of Scott

Skillman to controller.

Mr. Skillman is responsible for the day-to-day supervision and di- rection of all financial functions for the organization, both domestic and international, including planning, tax, treasury, and accounting op- erations and systems. A wholly- owned subsidiary of Oakland-based

Crowley Maritime Corporation,

Crowley American Transport has operating headquarters in Jackson- ville, Fla., and provides container- ized and Ro/Ro services between the

U.S. and Canada, Mexico, South

America and 24 nations in the Car- ibbean including Puerto Rico.

Shellenbarger Named N.Y.

Marine Society's President

At a special meeting of the Ma- rine Society of the City of New York,

Captain Frank Shellenbarger of

Point Pleasant, N.J., was elected the Society's 68th president.

Captain Shellenbarger, an Ohio native, entered the U.S. Navy in 1938 and was honorably discharged in 1941. He received the American

Defense Medal with Fleet Clasp for his service on Neutrality Patrol.

He has since worked as a naviga- tion instructor, for American Export

Lines, and has owned his own com- pany.

Captain Shellenbarger is pres- ently vice president of the Trustees of Sailors' Snug Harbor and serves in the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.

WE SEE YOUR SHIP THE SAME WAY YOU DO.

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Using the facilities of three drydocks, including the largest in the Americas, Portland's experienced companies perform one third of the West Coast's commercial ship repair. Plus, they can build just about anything you need.

So put your ship in the hands of experts. Because no matter what shape she's in, she's still your baby.

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