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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

KOBELCO Marine

Engineering Appoints New

Agents

NIMAC America, Inc. has been appointed direct sales and market- ing agents in the U.S., Canada,

Mexico and the Caribbean for

Kobelco Compact seals and its spare parts produced by Kobelco

Marine Engineering Co. Ltd.

Roland Marine Inc. will retire from active sales while continuing to provide services through December 31. MCR Engineering Co. Inc. has been appointed to provide services after December 31 with the factory authorized service engineers transferring from Roland Marine

Inc. and qualified MCR engineers.

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Engel Holdings Acquires

Cabrillo Hoist

Engel Holdings, LLC has acquired Cabrillo Hoist Inc., owner of one of the largest fleet of Alimak

Personnel/Material hoists — tem- porary elevators used during medi- um and high-rise building con- struction — in the Western U.S.

Cabrillo currently maintains in the

Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las

Vegas and Seattle areas.

William Knudsen, who has been with Cabrillo Hoist for the past eight years, will continue as general manager and will be responsible for the daily operations of the company.

Celebrity Cruises Receives

Mercury

Celebrity Cruises recently received new 77,713-ton, 1,870- passenger Mercury at Meyer Werft shipyard. The vessel's arrival boosts the Celebrity fleet to five ships and more than 8,200 lower berths.

Academy Inducts Hall Of

Famers

Former U.S. Maritime

Administrator Warren G. Leback and Robert H. Scarborough, a retired U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) flag officer and past vice comman- dant of that service, were inducted into the Hall of Distinguished

Graduates at the U.S. Merchant

Marine Academy in Kings Point,

December, 1997

N.Y. Both men were members of the Academy's Class of 1944 and attained shipmaster's licenses early in their careers.

Mr. Leback sailed with Grace

Line after graduation and has held positions with Grace, Central Gulf

Steamship Co., Sea-Land Service,

El Paso LNG and Puerto Rico

Marine Management Co. He served as U.S. Deputy Maritime

Administrator from 1981 to 1985 and was appointed to head the agency from 1989 to 1992 when he retired from federal service.

Mr. Scarborough sailed in the merchant marine and the U.S.

Navy prior to joining the USCG in 1949. He was selected for flag rank in 1973 and served as

Commander of the Ninth Coast

Guard District. He later served as

Chief of Operations and Chief of

Staff for the USCG. In 1978, he was named vice commandant of the service with the rank of vice admiral.

Bring Home "Big J"

One Mile at a Time

During the holiday season, the Battleship New

Jersey Foundation hopes you'll give the USS New

Jersey the ultimate gift - a voyage home.

New Jersey is awaiting her final mission - serving our nation as a world-class museum and veteran's memorial. Once the Navy releases its most decorat- ed ship, BB-62 will be moved to a place of honor near the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

To help make possible the 7,000-nautical-mile voy- age to New Jersey from Bremerton, WA via the

Panama Canal, the Battleship New Jersey

Foundation is seeking tax-deductible contributions of $ 10 a mile to Operation "Big J" - Bring Me

Home. Contributors will receive a frame-able cer- tificate and a New Jersey gift. • $50 - quarterly BBBulletin and membership info • $100 • New Jersey 8"xl0" Kodak color photo • $250 • antique gold New Jersey collector coin • $500 - signed James Flood BB-62 color lithograph • $1000 • bronze wall plaque of the New Jersey crest • $2500 -12" section of teak deck with authenticity certificate

Pledges may be paid in installments. Deck section will be awarded upon return of BB-62 to New Jersey

Other gifts will be rewarded upon fulfillment of the pledge. Recognition programs for major donors and corporations are available.

Three million dollars already has been contributed or pledged to Operation "Big J"- Bring Me Home from more than 16,000 individual and corporations as well as the State of New Jersey. Additional fund- ing of several million dollars is needed to bring home New Jersey and open her to the public. Please answer this call as New Jersey always answered our nation's call.

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Mail your check and this coupon to "$ 10 A Mile," c/o Battleship New Jersey Foundation, 1715 Highway 35,

Middletown, NJ 07748. To contribute via Visa or Mastercard or to learn how you can help Operation "Big J" -

Bring Me Home, call the Foundation at (732) 671-6488. Visit us on the Web at www.battleshipNJ.org.

This ad prepared courtesy of Hammond Farrell Inc., New York, NY.

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