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Coastal Drydock Awarded $9.4-Million Navy Overhaul Contract Coastal Drydock and Repair Corporation, Brooklyn, N.Y., has been awarded a $9,395,566 fixed- price contract for the regularly scheduled overhaul of the ammu- nition ship USS Santa Barbara (AE-28). The Supervisor of Ship- building, Conversion and Repair, USN, Brooklyn, N.Y., is the con- tracting activity. (N62794-70-C- 0010) Griff Lee, McDermott VP, Elected To National Academy Of Engineering Griff C. Lee, vice president of research and development and technical services, J. Ray McDer- mott & Co., Inc., has been elected to the National Academy of En- gineering for his pioneering role in the development of the offshore platform technology now used around the world. The academy confers this pro- fessional distinction in recogni- tion of outstanding contributions to today's technology and the field of engineering. Mr. Lee has been with McDer- mott since 1954, serving in a va- riety of engineering and executive capacities. He has published nu- merous technical papers concern- ing offshore platform design, con- struction and installation, as well as papers about other aspects of marine construction technology. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in civil engineering from Tulane University and Rice Uni- versity, respectively. Currently, Mr. Lee serves on the offshore committee and task group for platform design criteria of the American Petroleum Insti- tute, the advisory committee for offshore technology of Det norske Veritas, the special committee on fixed offshore platforms for the American Bureau of Shipping, the technical committee panel on offshore installations for Lloyd's Register of Shipping, and the tu- bular joint committee for the American Welding Society. He is a member of the marine board of the National Research Council and served on its panel for veri- fication of offshore structures and committee for offshore energy technology. He also serves on the board of advisors of the Tulane University School of Engineering and is a member of the Law of the Sea Institute. James J. Murphy Named VP-Marketing For General Dynamics' Marine Group James J. Murphy has been ap- pointed vice president-marketing for the Marine Group of General Dynamics. P. Takis Veliotis, Gen- eral Dynamics' executive vice president-marine, who made the announcement, said that Mr. Murphy will be responsible for co- ordinating the marketing activi- ties of the Quincy Shipbuilding Division and the Charleston, S.C., facility, as well as for marketing commercial products and services of the Electric Boat Division in James J. Murphy Groton, Conn., Quonset Point, R.I., and Avenel, N.J. Mr. Murphy, who will be head- quartered at Quincy, Mass., and will report to Mr. Veliotis, was previously vice president-market- ing at the General Dynamics' Pomona Division in California. 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