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PUBLISHED 8Y THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, HUMBLE OIL I 8EFIHIH6 COMPANY Vol. 10, No. 15 August 15, 1968 Deck Boy to Country Squire Back in 1927 a 14-year old "junge" shipped out of his native Hamburg, Germany as a deck boy in a Cosmos-Australia Line Freighter. Up in Francestown. N. H. (20 miles west of Manchester and 75 miles NW of Boston) there is a 100-acre estate named Snug Harbor Farm, the "squire" of which raises geese, Christmas trees and engages in other gentleman-farmerly pur suits. The deck boy and the squire are the same person -- Helmut H. Sturow (AB, ret. May 1. 1968) -- with 41 j'ears and a wealth of experience in be tween. After his first ship. Hank, as his shipmates called him, sailed in a few German and British vessels and in Nov. 1930. joined his first Com pany tanker, the brand new /. A. Mowinckel. He sailed in her for nearly 3 years, then was in other foreign-flag Esso tankers including the /. H. Se nior when she suffered bottom damage in the Straits of Magellan in July 1939. During World War II Hank was a skipper of U.S. Army landing craft and aircraft rescue boats and worked ashore as a rigger. He was in our U.S. Flag Fleet from July 1946 until his retirement, sailing almost exclusively as AB. A heart attack prematurely cut short Hank's career in the Fleet. He spoke of it this wav: My last ship was the Esso Florence, on which I had a heart attack on May 20, 1967 and that ended my 40-year, most enjoyable seafaring career, espe cially the years in the Esso Fleet. I met a lot of good men there, ashore and on the ships. I would like to point out the importance of the Company's sick leave benefits which I have enjoyed while I was down and out with my heart attack. I also have much appreciation for the help and advice I received during my sick leave from the Boston Office, in particular, Mr. Harold Gordon. With best wishes and happy sailing to all my former shipmates, I remain, sincerely, Helmut H. Sturow Hank and his wife Eva who, he says, "has Mr. and Mrs. Sturow and summer and winter views of and from their Snug Harbor Farm in New Hampshire. a very fine profession (registered physical thera pist) and has helped a lot of people in her time," have had the New Hampshire farm for 14 years. Evidently Hank is one of those she has helped for he is far from being confined to a wheel chair. "Just bought a new Country Squire station wag on." he said. "My wife and I will do some travel ing in the U.S. and Canada. Just joined the Hum ble Travel Club." Hank also admits to some success in the stock market but he cautions others about trying to do the same and losing their hard-earned money. "One has to know' what it is all about or one has to have a darn good broker," is his advice. Mo rine Group Formed to Study Oil Transportation from Alaska A 3-man task force composed of Stanley B. Haas. Asst. Operations Manager; A. D. Mookhoek. Economics and Planning Coordinator, Traf fic. and Captain Robert F. Stap, Asst. Port Cap tain, has been formed to study the feasibility of tanker movements of crude oil from the North Slope of Alaska to both the U.S. East and West The MIS-Adventures of ).SWB\PP*0Nl M FRACTURE It doesn't take much for Stumbleprone to get himself laid-up sometimes. Just a little nut under foot or a step on the edge of a Butterworth plate and OUCH! (@ ..#%.,&) -- there's a twisted ankle and 4 Vi days' lost-time aboard ship in one case and a sprain, fall and sick leave ashore in another Si* $ Coasts, including the use of loading terminals under Arctic conditions. The group will also rep resent the Company in joint Humble-Atlantic Richfield marine studies relevant to the movement of the North Slope crude. A huge oil deposit, reported by The Wall Street Journal to contain an estimated 5 to 10 billion barrels, has been discovered on a 90,000acre lease owned equally by Humble and Atlantic Richfield Co. and operated by the latter The dis covery is situated about 390 miles north of Fair banks and 150 miles SE of Point Barrow, the northernmost part of Alaska. Mr. Haas, who heads the task force, just re turned (Aug. 1) to Houston after 2 years in Lon don. As Marine Planning Manager in the Marine Dept, of Esso Europe, he worked on the economics and budget aspects of 23 tankers of 150,000, 190,000 and 250.000 dwt. each which Jersey affil iates have ordered in the past 2 years. 30 Years7 Service CAPTAIN S. V. GARDNER Manager, Baton Rouge Branch Office August 12, 1968 JOSEPH S. BURKART Sr. Personnel Assistant New York Branch Office August 8, 1968 c> - -r' TV* ' Baltimore Terminal to be Modernized || A $1.7 million modernization of the Company's t Baltimore Terminal and deepening of its access || channel to accommodate the 75,600-dwrt. tankers the Company is building w;as announced July 30. Improvements at the terminal will include new mooring and unloading facilities, strengthening ESSO FLEET NEWS is published for the seagoing em ployees of the Marine Department, Humble Oil & Refining Co.: T. J. Fuson, General Manager; Sydney Wire, Assistant General Manager. W. E. Gardner, Editor Contributions and suggestions are invited and should be addressed to The Editor, Esso Fleet News, Humble Oil & Refining Co., P. O. Box 1512, Houston, Texas 77001. .v.t # THIS IS our new Esso Arkansas, which left Baton Rouge July 29 on her maiden up-river trip with her 8 new integrated barges. Her cargo is for Midland and Pittsburgh, Pa., a 3,600-mile, 21-day round trip. Built by the St. Louis Ship Division of Pott Industries, Inc., the Arkansas is 150,x44,xl1' and is powered by 2 12-cylinder, 2,400-hp. diesJs, each turning a 9' propeller in a Kort nozzle. Except for starting and stop ping, the engines can be controlled and monitored from a console in the pilot house. Quarters and lounges for a crew of 11, messroom and all-electric galley are air conditioned. s. nXS .j - i p,.J I | / B _ _ i The Esso Arkansas' barges meas ure l,040,xl08' in their 2-abreasf, operating position and have a cargo capacity of about 200,000 bbls. One of the lead barges is equipped with a diesel-powered, retractable bow thruster that can be started, stopped, raised, lowered, speed and directionally controlled electri cally from the pilot house. With the addition of the Esso Arkansas, Humble has 4 modern river tows operating from the Baton Rouge Refinery, the others being the Esso Pennsylvania, Esso West Vir ginia and Esso Tennessee. .the pier and modifying pipelines between dock and tanks. The channel will be dredged from about 37 ft. down to 42 ft. from our terminal to the point where it joins the Main Channel off Ft. McHenry. Work on the docks will begin in the last quarter of this year with completion of the overall project expected in the fall of 1969. This will roughly coincide with the delivery, in August, and De cember, 1969, of 2 of the 3 75,600-ton vessels be ing built for the Company by Avondale Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans. Marine Library Receives $100 or More From 60% of the Fleet This year, 12 vessels in the Humble Fleet (one more than in 1967) donated $100 or more toward support of the American Merchant Marine Li- ESSO GETTYSBURG crewmen, by virtue of no lost-time accidents during 1966 and 1967, were recipients of a Jones F. Devlin Award by the hand of Captain S. V. Gardner, Baton Rouge Branch Manager, on July 31. L. to r. in the photo are: Chief Cook Idilio F. Gomes; Third Asst. James M. Ware; Chief Engr. Franklin E. White, Jr.; Second Mate John D. Hall; Lt. Commander brary Association's "Library of the High Seas." It was the 7th year that the Esso Baltimore reached or bettered the S100 mark and the 4th year for the Esso Newark. The 12 top contributors are as follows: Esso Florence Esso Washington Esso Chester Esso Newark Esso Boston $163 138 125 111 no Esso New York Esso Gettysburg Esso Houston Esso Lima Esso Lexington Esso Baltimore 108 Esso Seattle $103 102 102 101 100 100 TAFFRAIL TALK Louis H. Staar. Sr. Transportation Allocator at Baytown, has been appointed to act as Asst. Port Captain while Captain Bob Stap is serving on the Arctic marine transportation task force. Ed Walsh, U. S. Coast Guard (to be Executive Officer at Nashville, Sept. 1); Third Mate Herbert D. Sexton; Captain James A. Mercer; MM Kenneth D. Warfhen; Captain Gardner; MM Lindsay B. Fanf; Second Cook Fernando A. Ferreira; Radio Officer Carroll W. Saun ders; Chief Steward Gerald C. Jones; MM/2P Adrian Martinez, and Charles L. Holladay, Baton Rouge Office. 0 uj UI E^ EXX-MOR-007178 COPIP.U FROM THE COLLECTIONS IN THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN HISTOIC THE UNIVERSITY OFTFYas a t a iic t in Joseph M. Stultz, who has been relieving Mr. Staar at Baytown for the past few months, is now Chief Mate in the Esso Lima. Third Mate Robert H. Dunham, who joined the Fleet in June 1966 after graduating from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, is temporarily assisting in the Jacksonville Branch Office. Esso Florence has been filling in for the Esso Bangor and Esso Huntington during their repair periods, transporting lubes, solvents, alcohols and other critical products. She loaded 18 grades Aug. 6-7 at Baytown for discharge at New Haven and 3 New York terminals. This is no small accom plishment. as the Florence's cargo system is only partially segregated. The multiple grades were handled successfully by expert planning of the loading and discharge sequences and extreme care by the ship's personnel in carrying out the plans. .v:- RECENT RETIREMENTS*^^^ " . \ ; .". Chief Mate John H. Corrigan must be somewhat pleased with himself for he has taken the ad vice he gives to others -- "Over 28 years with Esso allows for retirement without giving up good liv ing, so boys, stick to it. Good luck." Mr. Corrigan "stuck to it" to the mandatory retirement age, although you wouldn't know it to look at him. He joined the Fleet as OS in 1939, got his license in 1943 and made wartime voyages as SERVICE EMBLEM AWARDS if 20 YEARS ^ Third and Second Mate. He was Industrial Relations Assistant ashore from Aug. 1944 to May 1948 and Sec ond and Chief Mate from then until his retirement, Aug. 1. A native of New York, Mr. Corrigan attended Co lumbia University and worked in Wall St. before going to sea. He now lives in Daytona Beach, Fla. with his wife Jean. He is a good golfer --9 handicap -- "which will be less," he said, but added a disturb ing note, "wife has a 5 handicap." Second Asst. Engineer Jose J. Duarte was messman and cook with several companies between 1929 and Sept. 1936, when he joined Esso's E. T. Bedford. "This was a very good move," he said, "as the Company treated me very good. I wish I had come earlier." .'fSw ' .iF'......` /V t. j. -? Mr. Duarte's 30 years in the Fleet were divided between the - ' Steward's and engine depts. He was Second and Chief Cook until Dec. 1943, then Wiper, FWT and Oiler during the remaining War years. In March 1946 he became Third Asst, in the Esso Buffalo and continued in that rating and as Sec ond Asst, until retirement, Aug. 1. "The family (wife Benilde and daughters Elizabeth, 15 and Fernanda, 14) and I just returned from a month in Portugal, which we enjoyed very much," Mr. Duarte said. He was born in the Cape Verde Is. and lives in New Bedford, Mass. Pumpman Donald Genung, after 21 years, 8 months in the Fleet . and 4 years (1941-45) in the Coast ' Guard, says "Going to sea is quite ' '' unusual in itself and I find after . 27 years, the memories are quite -- - t r. j!jj8|, pleasant." Don was AB and 2nd Pumpman |,1 ' , in the Esso Charleston from Dec. ' - ^ 1946 to Feb. 1950 and MM/2P and Pumpman until his retire ment. Aug. 1. He lives in Jacksonville, Fla., on a street with an intriguing name -- Dee Gee Drive. Do you suppose...? Able Seaman Willie D. Helms is starting his retirement Aug. 1 with the purchase of a new selfcontained Travel Trailer in which he and his family (wife Estelina, daughters Debbie 12, Nancy 9, and Judy 4) plan to see a lot of the United States. A native and resident of Brundidge, Ala., Willie owns a 200-acre cattle farm and 165 Herefords which, he says, are doing fine. . ,vi. 'Jr-; O' - '_ ' \ ' f A' Joining the Fleet in May 1945, Willie had one assign ment as OS but all the rest of his nearly 23 years' service was as AB. "I enjoyed my seagoing career with Esso very much." Willie said, "and I would like to say best wishes to all my shipmates." Matthew M. Matherne Fi reman-Watertender June 27, 1968 EXX-MOR-007179