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Philadelphia Section Of SNAME Hears Update On Coatings Section officers and authors discussing paper at recent Philadelphia SNAME meet- ing (seated, L to R): C.W. Lofft, Sun Ship, coordinator; J.J. Hibbits, General Elec- tric, Section chairman; and J.H. Shubrook, Sun Ship, Inc., author; (standing) Frank L. Pavlik, Keystone Shipping (celebrating his 50th year with SNAME); D.S. Champlin, Selby Battersby, secretary-treasurer; and J. Fallick, Sun Ship, author. U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered, guided-missile cruiser Arkansas (CGN-41), constructed by Newport News Shipbuilding, was commissioned recently at Norfolk Naval Base. Newport News Shipbuilding Delivers U.S. Navy Nuclear-Powered Cruiser The Philadelphia Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its October meeting in Essington, Pa. Some 65 members and guests attended the technical session to hear a paper titled "New Construction Coatings and Corrosion Protec- tion Update," presented by J.H. Shubrook and J. Fallick of Sun Ship, Inc. Prior to the meeting the members had visited the Sun Ship yard in Chester, Pa., for a conducted tour of its new blast and paint facility. The paper described how ma- rine paint systems have moved during the past decade from a position of relative unimportance, in the minds of builders and own- ers, to one calling for complex specifications and high perform- ance expectations. Sun Ship's new facility was built to support this new awareness of the importance of proper surface preparation and the application of coatings. Newport News Shipbuilding has delivered the nuclear-powered, guided-missile cruiser Arkansas to the United States Navy. The Arkansas is the fourth Virginia Class cruiser built by the Vir- ginia yard. Her keel was laid on January 17, 1977 and she was launched on October 21, 1978. The vessel was commissioned recently at the Norfolk Naval Base. This is the fourth U.S. Navy ship to be named in honor of the Cutless rubber bearings need only a thin film of water to keep propeller shafts rotating smoothly and efficiently. An exclusive "water wedge" design keeps a thin layer of • water between the bearing and shaft. In effect the load is floating on the lubricating film. Shaft friction and horsepower losses are minimal. Water does the job. And there's not a drop of oil or grease to worry about contaminating the waterways. Trouble-free Cutless marine bearings from Lucian Q. Moffitt, use them for maintenance or new construction. LUCIAN MOFFITT, INC. NATIONAL ui INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS P. 0. Bex 1415, AKRON, OHIO 44309 Write 271 on Reader Service Card 44 State of Arkansas. The first Ar- kansas, a screw steamer, was built in 1863 for service in the Civil War. The second, a battle monitor built in 1902, was used for instruction at the U.S. Naval Academy and later for patrolling the East and Gulf Coasts before being renamed Ozark in 1909 to make the name available for the third Arkansas. That vessel, the battleship Arkansas (BB-33), served during World Wars I and II, winning four battle stars for duty escorting convoys across the Atlantic and for participating in the invasions of Normandy and Iwo Jima. The new Arkansas will have a crew of 497 and the most ad- vanced weapons and equipment necessary to perform her mission of anti-surface, anti-air, and anti- submarine warfare. Powered by two nuclear reactors, Arkansas will be able to operate at least 10 years before refueling is re- quired. She is 585 feet long with a beam of 63 feet (178.3 by 19.2 meters), displaces 11,000 tons, and is capable of speeds in excess of 30 knots. Newport News Shipbuilding, the only shipyard capable of building and servicing the full range of nuclear-powered surface ships and attack submarines, has produced 14 of the 23 nuclear ships that have joined the U.S. Navy fleet since 1974. Linane Renamed General Chairman-Marine Section Of NSC James J. Linane, a vice presi- dent of the New York insurance brokerage firm of Johnson & Hig- Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
