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SNAME president Lester Rosenblatt (left) attended recent meeting of the Hampton Roads Section. Adm. Isaac C. Kidd Jr., USN (ret.), was guest speaker at meeting. Signing the contract that will link the extensive J.J. Henry Co. design and engi- neering force with Cali & Associates' innovative computer programs are (left) Filippo Cali, president of Cali & Associates, and David F. McMullen, assistant vice president of J.J. Henry Co. The members of the Hampton Roads Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine En- gineers were honored to have Adm. Isaac C. Kidd Jr., USN (ret.), former Commander in Chief, Atlantic, and Supreme Al- lied Commander, Atlantic, as guest speaker at a recent meet- Building a new boat? - MATTON FIRST TEXOCOj Repairs • Conversions • Overhaul Matton Shipyard Company. Inc. offers complete facilities for all new construction of vessels up to 200 feet in length For your next new vessel or repair job call Matton first. MATTON SHIPYARD... P.O.Box 645. Cohoes. New York 12047 Tel: (518) 237-3911 GEARED FOR ACTION round-the-clock We specialise in • Maintenance and afloat-repair of vessels at the Anchorages and in the waters around Singapore. • On-voyage repairs anywhere in the world • Conversion and modification of machinery and marine equipment. Our reputation is staked on the expertise and efficient service of our workforce, having successfully undertaken repairs to more than a thousand vessels since our incorporation in 1973. We also stock a comprehensive range of parts for Sulzer "Marine Diesel Engines. Agent for Sulzer Brothers Ltd. Switzerland. I J Western Eagle (Priuate) Ltd. ® P O Bo* 614 Telok Blangah West Post Office. Singapore 9110 Tel 270 9977 Cable Westeagle Telex AS 2136? ing. More than 120 members and guests attended the meeting, in- cluding Society president Lester Rosenblatt. Admiral Kidd, in an informa- tive and authoritative talk, dis- cussed the problems that face the logisticians in the event of any major conflict in Europe or else- where in the world. He noted the importance of the marine indus- try in providing the logistic sup- port, the ship designs, and the major techniques that would be essential in any mobilization schedule. In an emergency, with only some 570 U.S.-flag commercial ships available, Admiral Kidd said we would have to depend very heavily on ships of the 15 NATO nations to assist in this gigantic effort. If all NATO nations co- operated and made available every ship under their flags, perhaps as many as 6,000 could be made available. Opposition should be ex- pected, and it should be fierce. The loss of supply ships, escorting warships, and protecting aircraft could be enormous. Thus, the tasks of the logistician are seen by Admiral Kidd as enormously difficult and challenging. Before adjourning the meeting, Section chairman Alfred Kurzen- hauser announced the election re- sults for the 1980-81 season. Sec- tion officers will be: Donald E. Kane Jr., chairman; Donald L. Blount, vice chairman; and Roy L. Harrington, secretary-treasur- er. Martin W. Steffens was elected to the Executive Committee for three years. J.J. Henry Co. To Utilize Computerized Ship Design/Construction System The J.J. Henry Co., Inc., New York City, has signed an agree- ment with Cali & Associates of New Orleans to provide a new and unique service for the shipbuild- ing industry. Under the terms of the agree- ment, the Henry firm will utilize Cali's proprietary "SPADES" sys- tem of computer programs in the preliminary, contract, and detail design stages to provide complete naval architectural services in- cluding lines fairing. When using the system, Henry will have the further capability of generating a structural data base that will allow Cali & Associates, or a com- patible shipyard, to produce all software necessary for N/C loft- ing operations. The SPADES system is the cre- ation of Filippo Cali, a pioneer in the development of innovative computer applications for the shipbuilding industry. It consists of a number of different program modules for various applications such as hull fairing and lofting, naval architecture calculations, generation of engineering draw- ings and production parts for N7C drafting and cutting, N/C nesting, and numerous assembly and manufacturing aids. J.J. Henry is installing the nec- essary hardware and communica- tions equipment in its Moores- town, N.J. office to provide a di- rect link with Cali's computer in New Orleans. Once established, this unique arrangement will al- low data input from Moorestown to be fed directly into Cali's com- puter, have it processed by the SPADES program, and the re- sults used to drive the plotter and other graphics in Moorestown, which provides construction draw- ings for a large segment of the shipbuilding industry. Admiral Kidd Guest Speaker At Hampton Roads SNAME Meeting 18 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
