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Saint John Shipbuilding Appoints Snyders VP And Manager, Shipbuilding Div. J.K. Irving, chairman and chief executive officer of Saint John Shipbuilding Limited, has announced the appointment of Gilbert J. Snyders as vice-presi- dent and general manager of the Shipbuilding Division. Mr. Snyders brings extensive experience in management to Saint John Shipbuilding. Formerly vice-president of Marinette Ma- rine Corp. in Marinette, Wise., Mr. Snyders led an organization which recently delivered 14 vessels ahead of schedule and under bud- get. As construction manager with Newport News Shipbuilding of Virginia, Mr. Snyders organized a workforce of more than 1,500 tradesmen for the successful con- struction of five nuclear-powered cruisers. Mr. Snyders holds a BSE in marine engineering and naval ar- chitecture from the University of Michigan and is a graduate of the Executive Program of the Univer- sity of Virginia's Graduate School of Business Administration. Saint John Shipbuilding Lim- ited has program management for the Canadian Patrol Frigate Pro- gram ($3.85 billion) with three of the six new City Class frigates to be built at the Saint John Ship- building yard, in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Saint John Shipbuilding is the lead yard for the program. Universal Metal Awarded $394,593 MarAd Contract For Training Ship Repairs The Maritime Administration has awarded a $394,593 contract to Uni- versal Metal Machine Works, Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y., to make repairs to the Empire State, the training ves- sel of the State University of New York Maritime College. The work includes hatch repairs, wood deck renewal, and sun deck steel repairs and renewals. The re- pairs are required to meet American Bureau of Shipping and U.S. Coast Guard standards. The work is to be preformed while the ship is at berth at the Maritime College, Fort Schuyler, Bronx, N.Y., and is to be completed no later than November 16. Greller and Belt Promoted At Ashland Petroleum Andrew H. Greller and Ru- pert D. Belt have been promoted to new positions at Ashland Petro- leum Company, the largest operat- ing division of Ashland Oil, Inc., according to an announcement by Robert B. Keifer Jr., vice presi- dent, marine/surface transportation and facilities. November 1, 1984 Mr. Greller has been named manager, inland waterways trans- portation, and is responsible for managing traffic operations of Ash- land's inland marine transportation division. In addition to his new du- ties, he will retain his responsibili- ties as president of TPT and Inland Towing Company, both marine transport operations of Ashland Pe- troleum. He reports to Mr. Keifer in his new position. Mr. Greller joined Ashland in 1968 as executive vice president of TPT. He earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He will be headquar- tered in Ashland, Ky. Mr. Belt has been executive vice president of TPT, responsible for the management of the TPT opera- tions. He will report to Mr. Grell- er. Mr. Belt joined Ashland in 1955 as a laboratory analyst, and has held a number of supervisory and mana- gerial positions. Since 1978 he has been manager, Gulf Coast Area, in- land waterways transportation. He earned a bachelor's degree in busi- ness from the University of Michi- gan. He will relocate from Houston to Freedom, Pa. Engineering Excellence The Cincinnati Gear Company has set the standards for high performance marine gears by specializing in surface hardened and precision ground epicyclic and parallel shaft diesel and gas turbine driven marine propulsion gears. SURFACE HARDENED AND PRECISION GROUND Product Leadership High power density gearing is the new standard for U.S. Navy marine propulsion gearing, and Cincinnati Gear is leading the way. All of these programs used Cincinnati Gear surface hardened and precision ground marine propulsion gearing: • The American Enterprise crew- boat was built by Halter Marine, Inc., with a 501 gas turbine drive. The 3K-SES Navy program involved four 40,000 hp CGCO epicyclic gas turbine drives. Each LCAC produced by Bell Aerospace Textron has 8 gas turbine powered gearboxes and 24 couplings and clutches pro- vided by CGCO. 3K-SES LCAC • The PHM/Jetfoil/H.M.S. Speedy (with CODOG drive) made by Boeing Marine Systems, all have gas turbine drives for the LM-2500 or 501. JETFOIL H.M.S. SPEEDY The T-AO 187 fleet oiler made by Avondale Shipyards, Inc., has the largest carburized and hardened and precision ground gears in the U.S. Navy. T-AO 187 Facility and Equipment •fwf'— illilil^^^h * RfifiSJH ••••••H M EXTERNAL GEAR CUTTING INTERNAL GEAR CUTTING GEAR GRINDING The Cincinnati Gear Company 5657 Wooster Pike, Cincinnati, Ohio45227 513/271-7700 Telex No. 21-4568 Circle 283 on Reader Service Card 5 Precision gear hobbing machine can cut • Precision gear grinder for class 15 surface class 14 gears up to 200" in diameter. hardened gears up to 158" in diameter Internal hobbing head attachment for ''.v 63" ^ace internal gears up to 220" pitch diameter. PHM