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TRY US ON FOR Write 216 on Reader Service Card MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS (USPS 016-750) No. 24 Volume 43 ON THE COVER Cover photograph by Perry McMichael, Pascagoula, Miss. Hudship's First 185' Supply Vessel Delivered to GulfFleet Marine PAGE 8 Post Conference Report 89th SNAME Annual Meeting PAGE 36 Award $2.7 Million Repair Contract To Todd Yard For Dredge Overhaul The U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers, New Orleans District, has awarded a $2,781,904 contract to Todd Shipyards Corp., Galveston, Texas, for drydocking and repair- ing the Corps' dredge Langfitt. The Corps uses the vessel princi- pally on the Mississippi River channel, the Mississippi River- Gulf Outlet, and the Calcasieu Bar Channel to maintain a deep- draft navigation channel for oceangoing vessels. Veliotis Takes New Post With General Dynamics P. Takis Veliotis has been des- ignated executive vice president- marine and international opera- tions of General Dynamics Corp., according to a recent announce- ment by David S. Lewis, chair- man and chief executive officer. The post, according to Mr. Lewis, is a new one that includes re- sponsibility for the organization's shipbuilding and major corpora- tive expansion. Mr. Veliotis, who joined Gen- eral Dynamics in 1973 as presi- dent and general manager of the company's Quincy Shipbuilding Division, has most recently been general manager of the Electric Boat Division. He will be suc- ceeded as general manager at Electric Boat by Fritz G. Tovar, who has been general manager of Electric Boat's Quonset Point, R.I., facility. Mr. Tovar will be succeeded by William W. Bennet who has been assistant general manager at Quonset Point. 107 EAST 31st STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. 10016 (212) 689-3266 Telex: MARINTI 424768 ESTABLISHED 1939 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News is published the 1st and 15th of each month by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Controlled Circulation postage paid at Waterbury, Connecticut 06701. Postmaster send notification (Form 3579) regarding undeliver- able magazines to Maritime Reporter/Engineering News, 107 East 31st Street, New York, N.Y. 10016. Member VBPA Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. UDSHIP We've added the 185 foot and the 203 foot tug/supply vessels to our line of quality boats. It's what you've demanded from us and what we can deliver. At our new seventeen acre shipyard we're building larger vessels for our old friends and some new friends too. THE 185 FOOT CHARACTERISTICS Length overall 185' Beam 40 Depth 14' Design water line 10' HUDSON SHIPBUILDERS INC. 456 River Edge Road (West Yard), P.O. Box Q, Pascagoula MS 39567 601-762-4626 TELEX 589-927 HUDSHIP PASC 22 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
