Maritime Reporter, February 1980

<BODY> <div> Ocean Salvors And Crescent Towing Add Gulf Salvage Station Ocean Salvors Company of New York, N.Y., and Crescent Towing and Salvage Company, Inc. of New Orleans, La., have jointly announced the establishment of a Gulf Coast salvage station in New Orleans. Ocean Salvors, an expanding enterprise of two leading towing firms in the United States—Moran Towing Corporation of New York and Crowley Maritime Corporation of San Francisco — had previously established stations in Rahway, N.J. and Miami, Fla. As on the East Coast stations, the New Orleans station will be equipped with hy- draulic pumping units for petroleum lighter- ing, conventional salvage pumps, air com- pressors, beach gear, and other salvage and oil pollution equipment. This modern equip- ment is maintained in a state of readiness for rapid response by salvage oil pollution strike teams providing capability for han- dling a full range of marine casualties. Crescent Towing and Salvage Company's fleet of harbor and oceangoing tugs and barges will complement the fleets of Crowley and Moran operating in that area. Since its formation in 1978, Ocean Salvors has expanded its staff of experienced sal- vage masters, oil pollution specialists, diving and salvage personnel, and modern equip- ment. Ocean Salvors has conducted several major ship salvage and oil pollution control operations with the combined forces of af- filiate companies. For more information, write Ocean Salvors Company, One World Trade Center, Suite 4971, New York, N.Y. 10048. Ten EB Engineers Deliver Papers At Fourth Annual Honors Seminar Ten engineers of General Dynamics' Elec- tric Boat Division, Groton, Conn., delivered professional papers on submarine design and construction innovation at EB's recent fourth Annual Professional Honors Seminar. The audience at the honors seminar in- cluded a number of college engineering de- partment heads as well as professional engi- neers and managers from Electric Boat. EB authors who presented papers included: Petros P. Petrides of Stonington, engineer- ing specialist in ship control system design, "Trident Steering and Diving Control Sys- tem." E. Judson Cole of Old Saybrook, super- visor in the structural section of EB's con- struction engineering department, "Cost Ef- fective Tank Design." Linda A. Kelly of East Greenwich, R.I., senior engineer in nuclear engineering analy- sis, "Current Acoustic Investigation of Flow- Related Noise Problems." Robert H. Grills of New London, super- visor in EB's nondestructive testing tech- nology development group, "Ultra Image—A New Technology in the World of Nonde- structive Testing." Lawrence R. Jacobsen of Groton, a prin- cipal engineer on the Trident program, "Photogrammetry-—A New Shipyard Meas- uring Tool." Rodney R. Cordeiro of Stonington, chief in the welding section of EB's automated systems engineering department, and Quen- tin R. Long of Gales Ferry, senior design engineer in EB's systems technology depart- February 15, 1980 ment, "Electric Boat Designed Automated Welding Machines for Submarine Piping." John H. Leckenby of East Greenwich, R.I., systems development specialist at EB's Quonset Point Facility, "Upgrading of the In-Process Buffer Storage Areas Servicing the Quonset Point Pipe Shop." Bernard A. Gigliotti of Lyme, senior engi- neer in EB's lifting and handling equipment section, and John A. Rodolico of Gales Ferry, senior engineer in the EB Operations engi- neering department, "The Evolution of SSN- 688 Class Construction in the North Yard." Aerospace/Marine Technology Compared In New Book Available From SNAME The Society of Naval Architects and Ma- rine Engineers recently announced the avail- ability of the book "Aerospace Technology and the Marine Transport Industry." The hardbound book is the carefully edited re- sult of a workshop-conference between the two disciplines, held in Williamsburg, Va., December 1-3, 1978. The meeting was co- sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and The So- ciety of Naval Architects and Marine Engi- neers, with the support of the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Representatives of the institutions met at the workshop-conference to compare aero- space technology with maritime technology. Seven panels of experts met with the goal of identifying any aerospace technology that might present economically acceptable solu- tions to maritime technical advancement. The workshop, structured by a steering committee chaired by Capt. Richards T. Miller, USN (ret.), SNAME's vice president- Technical and Research, and cochaired by Dr. H. Norman Abramson for AIAA, ad- dressed the subjects of (1) Traffic Control, (2) Ship Control, (3) Weather Ocean Sur- face Conditions, (4) Bulk Cargoes of Partic- ular Hazard, (5) Structures, Materials and Fabrications, (6) Stress Analysis, Monitor- ing, and Inspection During Fleet Operations, and (7) Containerized Cargo Handling and Control. Recommendations in the seven areas were developed by the workshop's 135 partici- pants, showing that even though some aero- space techniques are already well established in the marine industry, there is some tech- nology developed from the space program that could be investigated for use by marine researchers. The book begins with a Summary of Find- ings, Conclusions and Recommendations; con- tinues with a transcript of the keynote ad- dress, and then delves into the detailed panel reports. Heading the panels from the marine side were Capt. Warren Leback, C. Lincoln Crane, Dr. Glenn Flittner, Rear Adm. W.M. Benkert, USCG (ret.), William Brayton, Stanley Stiansen and David B. Letteney. The hardbound illustrated book "Aero- space Technology and Marine Transport," 146 pages, is available in a limited quantity from the Society at $13.50 per copy to SNAME members if payment accompanies the order, list price $15. For additional in- formation, write the Publications Depart- ment, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, One World Trade Center, Suite 1369, New York, N.Y. 10048. 51 A WORLD OF USES ALL OVER THE WORLD! Harbor Patrol Boat Debris Boat Support Boat MonArk boats Pollution Control Boat FOR CATALOG AND MORE INFORMATION SEND THIS COUPON TODAY MonArk boats are hard at work worldwide in a variety of tough demanding jobs. All MonArk workboats feature all welded aluminum construction to give many years of dependable, low maintenance operation. Over twenty stock designs available. Prompt atten- tion to custom quotations for special applica- tions. Yes, send me more information. 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