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WORLD'S LARGEST - Revolutionary barge-carrying transport
"Doctor Lykes" passed one-quarter construction mark Oct. 31 as
shipbuilders of Quincy Shipbuilding Division established new yard
construction record. First of three vessels which will be the world's
largest dry cargo ships, "Doctor Lykes" will measure 875 feet in
length and displace 50,900 long tons.
General Dynamics Earns
Special Treasury PlaqueGeneral Dynamics has received
a special Twin Seal Plaque
Award from the U. S. Treasury
Department in recognition of its
1970 Corporate - wide Savings
Bond campaign.
Over 80 per cent of General
Dynamics employes are investing
regularly in Series E Bonds, buy-
ing through the automatic payroll
savings plan.
Presented last month to Presi-
dent Roger Lewis by Mrs. Jeanie
Smith, Mrs. U. S. Savings Bonds,
the special award was given for
the outstanding response to the
successful campaign to boost
participation.The Twin Seal award features
the Great Seal of the U. S. and
Seal of the Treasury Department.
A brass plate is inscribed "Gen-
eral Dynamics Corporation - for
Patriotic Service-U. S. Savings
Bonds Program - November
1970."
"We will be proud to display
this special award," Lewis said,
"for a campaign to which the men
and women in our company re-
sponded so enthusiastically. We
are proud to be involved in a pro-
gram that concerns us so directly
-one that benefits us as individ-
ual citizens just as much as it
helps the nation."PRAISE FROM U.S.-Roger Lewis, General Dynamics president,
accepts Twin Seal Plaque Award from Mrs. Jeanie Smith, "Mrs.
U.S. Savings Bonds," in recognition of employes' 80 per cent par-
ticipation in bond buying by deduction.I'-
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'9IeR r' ,S-C to Merge Railway Phone System
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The sprawling operations of the
nation's newest and longest rail-
road.-will be linked by more than
rails.
The Burlington Northern has
awarded a $1.2 million contract
to Stromberg-Carlson to merge
ind enlarge the railroad's tele-
hone systems into an integrated
_etwork. It will be the largest
privately owned 4-wire telephone
communication network in the
world.Burlington Northern was formed
earlier this year through the
merger of the Great Northern,
Northern Pacific and Burlington
and Quincy. The new road, which
has nearly 24,000 miles of track,
operates in 17 states north and
west of Chicago and in the Cana-
dian provinces of British Columbia
and Manitoba.
Stromberg-Carlson will supply
three new tandem switching cen-
ters and enlarge five existingStromberg-Carlson-equipped cen-
ters. The resulting network will
link 46 private automatic branch
telephone exchange (PABX) sys-
tems along the railroad.
Stromberg-Carlson 4-wire
switching systems had previously
been installed for two of the pre-
decessor railroads, the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific.
New centers will be installed at
Great Falls, Mont., Superior,
Wisc., and Fargo, N.D.SITTING PRETTY-Two FB-l I lAs on static display were a main
attraction at Camp McCoy AFB, Fla., during 1970 SAC Combat
Competition. British Vulcan bomber is shown in background.Quincy Yard
Sets Lykes
Ship Record
The world's largest cargo ship
passed the one-quarter construc-
tion mark Oct. 31 as shipbuilders
of the Quincy Shipbuilding Divi-
sion set records to fulfill a prom-
ise to the Federal Maritime Ad-
ministration.
Constructing the first of three
revolutionary Lykes "Seabees,"
the shipbuilders passed the one-
quarter milestone when they
erected the 44th multi-ton section
of the huge ship.
When completed, the ship, to
be named "Doctor Lykes," will be
comprised of more than 170 such
house-sized sections which weigh
as much as 200 tons each.
With the 44 sections in place,
the structural weight of Doctor
Lykes now stands at 4,613 tons-
approximately 30 per cent of her
eventual structural steel weight
of 15,000 tons.
Last Sept. 14, the shipbuilders
pledged to Andrew E. Gibson,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for maritime affairs, that they
would complete erection of a to-
tal of 44 sections on the ship by
the end of October.
They achieved their objective
at 4 p.m. Oct. 31, establishing a
record for the most tonnage
erected in one month on any ship
since General Dynamics opened
the shipyard Jan. 1, 1964.
The construction record follows
by just three days another mark
set by the shipyard. On Oct. 28,
the division delivered a new ship
to the Navy after constructing
her in a record-setting 21 months.
That ship, a fleet replenish-
ment oiler named USS Savannah,
was delivered 17 days ahead of
schedule-the fifth ship in a row
delivered on or ahead of schedule.
The Lykes ship now under con-
struction is the first of three ves-
sels which will be the largest dry
cargo transports in the world. All
three will be constructed by the
Quincy yard.
Conceived by and being built
for the Lykes Bros. Steamship
Co. of New Orleans, La., the
great ships will measure 875
feet in length and displace
50,900 long tons (2,240 pounds
per long ton) fully loaded.
Described as revolutionary, the
ships are attracting international
attention because of what ob-
servers consider unprecedented
versatility and economy.
Unlike standard merchantmen,
the Lykes ships are designed to
carry a wide range of cargoes in
a variety of transport modes.
She can transport cargo in
large barges, allowing them to
service underdeveloped as well as
developed ports; in containers
which can be handled ashore by
truck or train; free-standing
cargo such as vehicles or helicop-
ters; or a combination of all
forms of cargo.
The ships are configured so
that helicopters can operate from
their cargo decks, so that barges
can be loaded and off-loaded by
a stern elevator, and so vehicles
can be easily driven on or off.
When the keel for Doctor
Lykes was laid this past July 15,
Gibson at that time noted "the
only thing conventional about
this ship is that she floats."
During the keel-laying cere-
mony, Cong. Hastings Keith (R-
Mass.) described the Lykes ships
as "symbolic of the new U.S.
merchant marine."
Doctor Lykes is scheduled for
christening next June 5, and for
delivery in late 1971.Page 3
GENERAL DYNAMICS NEWS
Wednesday, December 2, 1970
People Mobility
Personnel Transfers Within GD
(Following are recent personnel transfers within General Dynamics.
In parentheses are date when individuals joined the company.)
STANLEY H. LOGUE (1952) from Convair Aerospace-SD to engi-
neering specialist, Electro-Dynamic-SD; JESSE P. MOOREFIELD
(1966) from ED-Roch. to ED-SD as publications supervisor; DR.
ALEX STRASSER from ED-Roch. to Stromberg-Carlson as medical
director; GEORGE POIRIER JR. (1966) from Electric Boat to pro-
grammer, Quincy Shipbuilding; DANIEL T. COLOZZI (1965) from
EB to programmer, Quincy; JOHN P. CARTER (1965) from EB
to design engineer, Quincy; KENNETH S. TELFER from Convair-
FW to senior design engineer, Convair-SD; ARTHUR H. MANDALE
from Convair-FW to foreman, Convair-SD; JOHN R. DUNCAN JR.
(1969) from Stromberg DatagraphiX to Convair-SD as patent coun-
sel; EDWARD J. CORRIGAN (1962) from Canadair Limited to sys-
tems development specialist, EB; ROGER A. LA FLAMME (1959)
from ED-Roch. to EB as quality control analyst; GEORGE R. SEE-
WALD (1967) from ED-SD to Convair-FW as senior quality con-
trol engineer; JOHN W. PARRY (1963) from Convair-SD to plan-
ning and control specialist, ED-SD; CHARLES F. SMITH (1953)
from Convair-SD to planning and control specialist, ED-SD; HARRY
C. CHAMBERS (1939) from ED-Pom. to assistant to the vice presi-
dent and general manager, Convair-SD; PETER H. SIMON (1955)
from ED-Pom. to EB as special assistant to the comptroller; ALDEN
W. ADAMS (1960) from Convair-SD to EB as chief of technical
publications.
CLYDE M. HOOPER (1942) from ED-SD to Convair-SD; DAVID
WILD (1956) from ED-Roch. to publications writer, S-C; NORMAN
COOLEY (1969) from Corporate Headquarters to S-C as staff assist-
ant; JAMES E. BOWEN (1956) from ED-Roch. to program man-
ager, ED-SD; GEORGE P. DELP (1960) from ED-Roch. to ED-SD
as contracts manager; CHARLES L. RETTIG (1970) from ED-Roch.
to contract administrator, ED-SD; JOHN R. GRAVES JR. (1939)
from ED-SD to master schedules analyst, Convair-SD; JOHN R.
CASH (1967) from Convair-SD to logistics program coordinator,
ED-SD; ELIZABETH MATSIC (1953) from ED-Roch. to senior
publications writer, S-C; ROBERT BECCU (1962) from ED-Roch.
to S-C as an engineer; HYMAN SELDOWITZ (1956) from ED-Roch.
to S-C as senior engineer; DERMOT FUCITO (1963) from ED-
Roch. to senior engineer, S-C; GARY L. DRAPER (1956) from
Convair-SD to ED-SD as industrial engineer; HOWARD SHAFFER
(1962) from ED-Roch. to production engineer, S-C; RICHARD
SALTZGABER (1969) from ED-Roch. to senior plant engineer,
S-C; ELWOOD K. FREE (1966) from DatagraphiX to S-C as senior
plant engineer; FRANK H. McCLAIN (1967) from ED-Roch. to
technical illustrator, S-C; RICHARD M. VECCHIO (1955) from
ED-Roch. to S-C as maintenance foreman; GEORGE J. HAPPE
(1967) from ED-Roch. to senior publications writer, S-C; WADS-
WORTH P. BOREK (1954) from ED-Roch. to S-C as senior publica-
tions writer; ROBERT H. ARVA (1966) from ED-Roch. to senior
production engineer, S-C; RALPH M. CHAPMAN (1964) from
ED-Roch. to S-C as data systems engineer; PATSY AMORESE JR.
(1951) from ED-Roch. to production planner, S-C; RAYMOND R.
CEDRULY (1969) from ED-Roch. to S-C as senior production
engineer.
DONALD R. PARDEE (1964) from Convair-SD to Corporate
Headquarters as director of computer and electronic data process-
ing consolidation; CHARLES E. MANCHEE (1958) from ED-Roch.
to ED-SD as subcontract administration supervisor; ANTONIO J.
BIANCHI (1953) from ED-Roch. to S-C as production engineer;
RAYMOND G. VANHEMEL (1959) from ED-Roch. to engineer,
S-C; PAUL D. JORDAN (1956) from ED-Pom. to ED-SD as pro-
gram coordinator; LEWIS R. VANOSTRAND (1955) from ED-Roch.
to foreman, S-C; RONALD R. ROBERT (1967) from ED-Roch. to
S-C as senior engineering aide; HAROLD M. CLASS (1957) from
ED-Roch. to manager of plans and programs, ED-SD; GLENN B.
CRANE (1964) from ED-Roch. to publications supervisor, S-C;
RICHARD F. KROENING (1968) from ED-Roch. to ED-SD as plan-
ning control supervisor.
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