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Lykes Elects Four New Vice Presidents The board of directors of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., and Lykes Lines Agency, Inc., have elected four new vice presidents, effective January 1, it was an- nounced by Joseph T. Lykes Jr., chairman of the board of each of the companies. Newly elected were: Barton W.B. Jahncke, vice president, Sales and Marketing Division; Capt. Ern- est B. Hendrix, vice president, Ma- rine Division, and Joseph Bern- stein Jr., vice president, Mainte- nance and Repair Division, all of New Orleans, La., and all with Lykes Bros. Steamship Company. J.G. Tompkins III of Antwerp, Belgium, was elected vice presi- dent, Continent/United Kingdom, of Lykes Lines Agency. Mr. Jahncke has been with the Lykes organization since 1961. Ex- cept for duty in Lykes's Dallas, Texas, office, he has been assigned to various duties in New Orleans and has been assistant vice presi- dent, sales, since 1969. Captain Hendrix has been with Lykes since 1941, first as a mem- ber of its seagoing organization and then shore assignments in Galves- ton and Houston. He was named assistant vice president of the Ma- rine Division in 1972. Mr. Bernstein joined the Lykes seagoing staff as an engineer in 1947. He came ashore as a port engineer in 1957, and has been man- ager of the Maintenance and Re- pair Division since 1972. Mr. Tompkins has been with Lykes since 1945. In addition to various traffic assignments in New Orleans, he has also had assign- ments in Durban, South Africa, and Brownsville, Texas, and was transferred to Europe in 1961. He became manager of the London of- fice in 1962, and a year later was named Continental director with headquarters in Antwerp. Kent E. Hoffmeister Named Engineering VP At Nashville Bridge Kent E. Hoffmeister William H. Barton Jr., president of the Nashville Bridge Company, has announced the election of Kent E. Hoffmeister to vice president of engineering. Nabrico is a divi- sion of The American Ship Build- ing Company. Mr. Hoffmeister received his bachelor of science degree from Southeast Missouri State Univer- sity in 1961, where he was a mem- ber of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fra- ternity. His marine experience started at the Missouri Dry Dock and Repair Co., where he served from 1959 to 1961 as a marine draftsman. Upon graduation, he came to Nashville Bridge Company as marine engineer and in 1963 went to Gibibs Shipyards, Inc., as a design engineer. Mr. Hoffmeister then spent five years with Rudolph F. Matzer & Associates, where lie was naval ar- chitect and an associate member of the firm. Returning to the Nabrico operation in 1969, he has been hull designer and chief naval architect until his recent election as vice president, engineering. In his new position, he heads a substantial en- gineering department that has cre- ated many innovations in marine equipment. Mr. Hoffmeister's professional affiliations include memberships in The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, The Royal Institute of Naval Architects, The Society of Naval Engineers, The American Welding Society, The Propeller Club of the United States-Port of Nashville, HS-2 Slamming Panel-The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engi- neers, Western Rivers Technical Committee, and The American Bu- reau of Shipping. shaft bearings We go all out to get your vessel up, out, and back in business in the least possible time, at the lowest possible cost. Your ship is here today, gone tomorrow—ship- shape and seaworthy. Inside, outside, topside, or bottomside. That's Lockheed service. 24 hours a day, and 7 days a week if necessary. We can drydock your vessel or moor it for dockside repairs. And repair every- thing on everything, from tugs to tankers to Naval vessels. When your ship needs anything from top to bottom, please get a time and cost es- timate from Lockheed's manager of ship repair, Ext. 631. That's his line. LDCKHEED SHIPBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 2929 16th AVE. S.W., SEATTLE, WASH. 98134 PHONE 206-623-2072 • CABLE LOCKSHIP IN NEW YORK: LOCKHEED, 420 Chrysler Bldg., 405 Lexington Ave., N.Y., N.Y., 10017 • Phone 212-697-7170 LOCKHEED...the place to tie up for repairs ...especially when you can't afford to be tied up for long ©WAUKESHA BEARINGS CORPORATION P.O. Bo* 798 • Waukesha, Wisconsin 53186 AMERICA'S LEADING MANUFACTURER OF BEARINGS ANO SEALS FOR MARINE AND POWER INDUSTRIES. the reliable performers in propulsion systems Waukesha Line Shaft Bearings are designed, en- gineered and manufactured in the best marine tradition for quality, durability and perform- ance. Waukesha offers centrifugal babbitting to specifications; self aligning, non aligning and tilting pad journal bearings; disc, ring and forced oil lubrication. From Waukesha — the marine-oriented bearing maker. Write for illustrated and fully descriptive Cat- alog W-4A. 3 floating drydocks to 18,000 tons Shipways to 100 x 700 feet • Piers to 1,100 feet 24 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
