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The Marques de Bolarque shown on the ways at the Sestao yard, built with both a bul- bous bow and stern, has a relatively narrow beam for transiting the Panama Canal. Three Technical Papers Presented Before First Spanish Ship With Bulbous Stern SNAME California Sections Annual Meeting Launched At Astilleros Espanoles Sestao Yard Robert- Herbert, K.T. Liu, the five authors, and Fred Shumaker, Chevron Shipping Co., Northern California Section papers committee chairman. The annual meeting of the Cali- fornia Sections of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine En- gineers was held in Monterey on October 1-2. A technical paper covering "The USNS Range Sentinel (T-AGM 22)—The Making of a Missile Range Tracking Ship" was pre- sented by San Francisco naval ar- chitect Morris Guralnick. The pa- per generally outlines the prob- lems in conversion of a World War II Victory Ship to one capable of tracking the Poseidon missile con- currently being fitted in U.S. sub- marines. Discussions, particularly on the unique flume stabilization design, were offered by John Vasta, Litton Ship Systems, and Thomas Wilson, Harbor Boat. The second technical presenta- tion was "The Design & Construc- tion of the 9,650-Dwt Cement & Bulk Carrier M/V Anahuac II," by Thomas T. Lunde and C.R. Mc- Cardell of the firm of T.T. Lunde, Inc. This paper outlined the de- velopment of a business based on a completely new transportation system. It describes the extent to which a naval architect must oc- casionally become involved in all phases of a vessel's economics and business operation, from the detail- ed analysis of cement character- istics, to survey of the cement mar- ket on the East Coast of Mexico, ship design, bidding, political in- fluence effects on construction and final practical operational tests. Discussions were presented by R. Boston, U.S. Coast Guard, Larry Glosten, naval architect, and John Marriner. The final paper, "Special Ships for Forest Products Transporta- tion," was presented by R.N. Her- bert and K.T. Liu of the San Fran- cisco firm R.N. Herbert Associ- ates. The paper describes the au- thors' participation in the develop- ment of an "open-hatch" type ves- sel for handling newsprint and pulp products. Aside from the technical prob- lems of structural strength, this de- sign also provides an unusual safe- ty problem in respect to flooding $1 % % u WmlmM Attending the festivities were Daniel D. Strohmeier (left), national president of SNAME, and Arthur Haskell, vice presi- dent, engineering, Matson Navigation, and chairman of Northern California Section. after a collision. This paper recog- nizes this and is, in a large part, devoted to the development of a proposal for a "survivability in- dex" in lieu of the antiquated "one- compartment" standards derived from the U.S. Maritime Adminis- tration's pre-World War II Regu- lations. Discussions were offered by Ar- thur Haskell of Matson Naviga- tion, and Henry Kozlowski of American President Lines. Carrier Overseas Corp. To Erect Warehouse And Office Building A 204,800-square-foot warehouse and office building will be constructed in Syracuse, N.Y., by Carrier Over- seas Corporation, the subsidiary of Carrier Corporation responsible for the company's air-conditioning busi- ness outside the United States and Canada. It will be used to crate and store products and consolidate ship- ments destined for customers abroad, according to Walter Steitler, presi- dent of Carrier Overseas Corporation. The new building will also provide office space for the technical and sales training departments and the adver- tising distribution center of the in- ternational operation's headquarters staff, Mr. Steitler said. Studios to make audio-visual material in a num- ber of languages will be included. Ground was broken last month and construction is scheduled to be com- pleted next spring, Mr. Steitler said. The 80,000-dwt bulk carrier Mar- ques de Bolarque was recently launched at the Sestao shipyard of Astilleros Espanoles, S.A. Built for Compania Maritima Zorroza, S.A., the new vessel, sec- ond in a series of this tonnage, has been named in honor of His Excel- lency Luis de Urquijo y Landecho, the Marques de Bolarque. The Navy Commander acted as master of ceremonies and Her Ex- cellency Mrs. Pilar Rubio Morenes de Urquijo served as sponsor. She was accompanied on the launching platform by the Marques de Bolar- que; the president of Astilleros Es- panoles S.A., Francisco Aparicio Olmes; officials representing the owners, shipyard officials, and cele- brities from the financial and in- dustrial world. The new bulk carrier has the fol- lowing approximate measurements: overall length of 833 feet, breadth of 106 feet, depth of 65 feet, and a draft of 47 feet. The propulsion equipment, built in the Astilleros shipyards at Bil- bao, consists of a main AESA- Burmeister & Wain engine, model 9K84EF, with an output of 23,200 bhp at 114 rpm. The hull shape of the new ves- sel is unique in that this is the first Spanish ship to be built with a bulbous stern ... to provide better propulsion and more efficient op- eration of the screw. An important characteristic of this vessel is that it is relatively narrow, measuring approximately 106 feet, the maximum breadth al- lowed in the Panama Canal. This means that the vessel will be able to utilize the Canal, although not at its maximum draft, since vessels with a draft of more than 40 feet or so are not permitted in the Canal. The current construction pro- gram for the Astilleros Espanoles shipyard at Sestao includes bulk carriers, oil tankers and OBOs. The OBOs will have a deadweight of 115,000, which makes them the vessels with the greatest tonnage built on the Bilbao Estuary to date. marjtimg. 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