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Todd Shipyards Corp. Los Angeles Division Appoints Schaeffner C. Richard Schaeffner C. Richard Schaeffner has been appointed manager of engineering. Los Angeles Division, Todd Ship- yards Corporation, it was an- nounced iby Carl M. Lippincott, di- vision general manager. Mr. Schaeffner has been added to Todd's management group as part of a continuing overall program to strengthen Todd's capabilities for the active decade ahead. He is a graduate naval architect with more than 30 years of experi- ence in the fields of naval design and shipbuilding. He has served as a design agent for leading naval architectural firms and in executive engineering positions with other shipbuilding concerns. Mr. Schaeffner is a member of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (past chair- man, Gulf Coast Section), and the American Welding Society. Jacksonville Port Auth. Names J.J. Scott Jr. New Managing Director Kaiser Steel To Build Two Container Barges For Foss Launch & Tug Kaiser Steel Corporation has re- ceived an order from Foss Launch & Tug Company, affiliate of Dilling- ham, to build two seagoing flat deck container barges for service between Seattle, Wash., and Alaska. To be completed in the spring of 1973, these million-dollar American Bureau of Shipping Class A-l barges will each be 76 feet wide, 286 feet long and 17 feet deep. Each barge will weigh 1,400 tons and have a 6,500-ton cargo capacity. Twenty-ton containers will be rolled on and rolled off via bow and stern ramps. The Foss barges are to be con- structed in two longitudinal sections at the company's Napa, Calif., plant, and from there the sections will be towed to the San Francisco Bay area, where they will be joined together. This unique construction procedure was necessitated by the 70-foot maxi- mum passage widths of the Brazos Bridge and the Mare Island Cause- way. The Napa plant has constructed a number of barges and containership components, and more than a dozen offshore platform structures in recent years. James J. Scott Jr. James J. Scott Jr. was recently appointed as the new managing di- rector of the Jacksonville Port Au- thority. He came to Jacksonville from the South Carolina State Ports Authority in Charleston, where he held the position of di- rector of engineering. He assumed his new duties on February 5, 1973. Mr. Scott, a native of Charleston, received a B.S. degree in civil en- gineering from the Citadel, and an M.S. degree in engineering from Cornell University. He has held management posi- tions with the South Carolina State Ports Authority since 1955, and is credited with being largely respon- sible for the progressive planning and development of its marine fa- cilities. Sperry puts it all together. 8 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News Anti- Collision •t «.r» t.A COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM Potential collisions, safe courses shown immediately. Uses live radar presenta- tion with computer- generated avoidance information. Doppler Sonar Systems DOPPLER COLLISION THREAT ASSESSMENT DOCKING High resolution display of vessel movement relative to the bottom in fore/aft and port/ starboard directions, both bow and stern to enhance safe docking of large vessels. DOPPLER SPEED LOG Precise measure of speed through water for wide range of applications, including the largest supertankers. Flush mounted transducer for trouble-free operation. Full Choice of Radars MK 10 10-inch ppi, 10 kw or 50 kw models. Low-cost attachment for standard radar, with two operational modes— autoplot or Sperry's unique Threat Assessment plot. Gyrocompasses MK 7 7-inch ppi compact, low cost, 5 kw. MK 8 7-inch longer range, 10 kw system. Designed for the entire range of marine vessels. Quality features that have made Sperry the world standard. Special models or systems for unique ap- plications. MK 227 SR-130
