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Delmar Towing Associates Applies For Title XI To Build 6 Offshore Tugs The Maritime Administration has received a request for con- struction loan and mortgage in- surance to build six offshore tug- boats. The application was filed by Delmar Towing Associates, 1001 Kinhook Road, Lafayette, La. The vessels will be built by Delmar Systems, Inc., La Rose, La., and operated by Gulf Over- seas Marine Company, another Delmar affiliate. The 3,600-bhp tugs will have a length of 110 feet, a beam of 32 feet, and 14y2 feet in depth. PFEL Requests Title XI For 66 LASH Lighters To Be Built By Equitable A Title XI request to build 66 LASH lighters has been received by the Maritime Administration from Pacific Far East Line, Inc. Equitable Equipment Co., New Orleans, La., is slated to construct the steel lighters. The construc- tion cost is estimated at $4 million. Kerr Steamship Names Holmes And Cameron To San Francisco Posts The appointment of Carl L. Holmes as Pacific regional sales manager has been announced by Kerr Steamship Co., Inc. Mr. Holmes has been in the marketing and sales management field for 15 years. It was also announced that Ladner N. Cameron has been named national equipment man- ager. Mr. Cameron will adminis- ter corporate maintenance and repair policies in support of the equipment inventory of Kerr principals. The new appointees will be based in San Francisco, Calif. Capt. G.H. Davis, USN Heads Naval Science At Kings Point Academy The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y., has announced the appointment of Capt. George H. Davis, USN, as head of its department of naval science. No stranger to Kings Point, Captain Davis is a graduate of the class of 1948. He will head the department at the Academy, which prepares midshipmen for commissions as ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve upon graduation. Midshipmen also receive U.S. Coast Guard licenses as either third mates or third assistant engineers, and Bachelor of Sci- ence degrees. Captain Davis accepted a com- mission in the U.S. Navy in 1952, and served at sea on numerous types of vessels, including cruis- ers, aircraft carriers, minesweep- ers, destroyers and tenders. He also commanded the USS Laffey (DD-724) and the USS Everglades (AD-24). Ashore, Captain Davis has been assigned as an instructor at the New York State Maritime Col- lege, Fort Schuyler, N.Y., at the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington, D.C., and at the i] Naval War College at Newport, R.I. A native of Pulaski, N.Y. Cap- tain Davis has also served with the Joint Military Advisory Group, Thailand, and has been assigned to the Staff of the Com- mander of the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific. His most re- cent tour was as Deputy Com- mander, Logistics Support Direc- torate, Naval Ordnance Systems Command, Washington, D.C. Norton, Lilly & Co. Appoints Haggerty VP Norton, Lilly & Co., has named John J. Haggerty as vice presi- dent of the firm, according to a recent announcement. Mr. Haggerty, formerly a vice president of Seatrain Lines, will be responsible for the weekly Baltatlantic Line services be- tween the North Atlantic, North- ern Europe, and the Soviet Union. > Your ship just came in. i SHIP OUT THIS COUPON TODAY Yes. I'd like to know how The Hospital Trust Leas- ing Corporation can help with my marine financing needs. Please send information to: NAME TITLE COMPANY. ADDRESS— CITY STATE ZIP_ We call it The Hospital Trust Leasing Corporation. It's designed to take the sinking feeling out of the cost of marine equipment — everything from tugs, tuna seiners, fishing and lobster boats to huge floating derricks, oil tankers, and cargo freighters. You see, marine financing is our business. And we can develop proposals on a true lease or lease-purchase basis, interim construction funding, funding under several governmental agencies, and through the Capital Construction Fund. As an affiliate of The Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank, (nearly $800,000,000 in assets) we can negotiate flexible lease arrangements and give you the kind of quick, deep financial back-up you. need. For complete information, drop us a note on your letterhead or send in this handy coupon. For an even quicker response, call Bob Romano at (401) 278-8190. The Hospital Trust Leasing Corporation September 1, 1974 19
