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COMF1) FROM THE C 0IX E ITIO N S IN THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN HISTOK' THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS a t a iis t im ' PUBLISHED BY THE MARINE DIVISION, HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY Vol. 4, No. 5 March 8, 1962 New Tug and Barges For Chesapeake Bay Service Integrated push tows are common enough on the Western rivers but there are few counterparts on the Atlantic seaboard and nothing at all like the new Esso Maryland and Esso Barges No. 29 and No. 30. These three units were designed by our Inland Waterways Dept, for operation in the Chesapeake Bay area, where there is often considerable wave action. Because of this factor and other require ments of that trade, many special features were built into the vessels after model tests were made in a "sea keeping" basin. The Esso Maryland is 110'9" overall, 28' beam, 14'11" molded depth and 11' draft. She has a tug bow with a single towing knee (instead of multiple knees customary on the rivers) and a towboat stern. There are four decks to permit visibility from the wheelhouse when pushing light barges. Two air-powered winches handle the tug-barge connect ing wires. Powerful maneuverability is provided by six rudders -- four flanking, forward of the two propellers, and two steering rudders aft. As on the rivers, rudders are controlled by two sets of levers in the wheelhouse. Propulsion is by two Fairbanks Morse, opposed piston diesels, each rated at 1,080 bhp. at 765 rpm., driving twin screws through reduction gears. With the tug pushing the two loaded barges, the tow will make 10 *4 knots. Navigation and control equipment includes a radiotelephone, radar, automatic gyropilot and wheelhouse control of engine speed. Propeller direction is also controlled from the wheelhouse The new 600' integrated tow loading her first cargo. All cargo tanks are coated with Humble's Rust-Ban 190. Ip , .. s v- *- xvi T *, wrnmWmm mSBSSSm88 EXX-MOR-007847 7fi %a. -2 r- - V Humble Fleets Win 5th Consecutive Sanitation Citation In 1961, for the fifth straight year, all of the Company's ocean and inland waterway vessels passed U. S. Public Health Service inspections with a score of 95 or better. This excellence in ship sanitation and vessel cleanliness was again recognized by the Gov ernment health agency's award of a Special Citation. In the photo, Morgan J. Davis, center, Humble's Chairman of the Board, accepts the Citation on behalf of the Marine operating personnel afloat and ashore, from Richard S. Mark, Chief of the Inter state Carrier Branch, USPHS. John D. Rogers, right, General Manager of the Marine Division, presided at the presentation ceremonies and luncheon, held in the Houston Club on Feb. 20. ship-type bow with an 8'3" sheer. A 10' notch is built into the stem of the trailing barge for push towing. Both barges are equipped to discharge cargo under their own power. Each has two diesel driven cargo pumps which can handle two grades at once. As many as five grades can be carried in each barge. Both have anchors and a hydraulic anchor windlass, an engine house, hydraulic boom oper ating gear and two stem skegs. Adjustable fins are attached to the skegs and can be made to flare out to prevent yawing during hawser towing. Much study was given to the connections be tween the barges. There are two massive steel connecting pins and socket joints, in addition to one seven-part and one six-part wire rope lashing port and starboard. Four hand winches work the lashings. Maiden Voyage The Esso Maryland left Oyster Bay, N. Y., where she was built by the Jakobson Shipyard, on Feb. 5. Captain Willis Cannon, Charles McLean and Joseph D. Miskell, of the Inland Waterways Dept., were Skipper, Chief Engineer and Cook, respectively. The rest of the complement, from the seagoing fleet, were: Marshall G. Price, Chief Mate; Richard J. O'Neill, Second Mate; Michael J. Pagliango, Second Asst. Engr.; Carl E. Brooks, Jr., Third Asst., and Martin J. Connolly and Leendert Don, Able Seamen. On Feb. 13 the Maryland put in to Morehead City, N. C. and Gustav Pedersen replaced Mr. Pagliango, Walter F. Harris took over for Mr. Don and Harold A. Simpson joined as AB. The tug made Orange, Texas on the 19th to pick up her barges and arrived with them in Baytown for a cargo of heating oil on the 23rd. She left on the 26th on the return trip to Norfolk. U. S. Tankers Fewer, Tonnage Greater The United States flag, privately owned tanker fleet showed a loss of 11 vessels but a gain of 136,770 dwt. on Jan. 1, 1962, compared with fig ures for the beginning of 1961. According to the statistics, published in a re search report by the American Merchant Marine Institute, the fleet totaled 327 vessels of 6,914,783 dwt. on the first of this year. On Jan. 1, 1961 there were 338 vessels of 6,778,013 dwt. Last year was the fourth in a row to show a gain in carrying capacity but also registered the second consecutive reduction in the number of vessels. Prospects for growth of the U. S. tanker fleet in 1962 are not bright, the AMMI report stated. Only four tankers are scheduled to be delivered this year from new construction. TAFFRAIL TALK , <, t Mates Harald Ronhave and Arthur Danielsen have accepted loan assignments to Esso Tankers, Inc. to inspect tank coating work in Spain. The assignments are for three months, Mr. Ronhave's starting on March 1 and Mr. Danielsen's about the 15 th. ** * The Esso Bermuda, Captain C. F. Stober and Chief Engineer Thomas F. Smith, left Corpus Christi Feb. 22, bound for San Francisco. She is scheduled to return to the East Coast about March 25th. ** * Humble's second experimental consolidated auto repair center (the first is in Buffalo' is now in operation at 210 Fifth St., N. W., Washington, D. C. The repair center is equipped with modern ESSO FLEET NEWS is published for the seagoing em ployees of the Marine Division, Humble Oil & Refining Co.: J. D. Rogers, General Manager; Joseph Andreae, Assistant General Manager; Sydney Wire, Assistant Gen eral 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 1, Texas. zz. u< 2 U1 l<it2 liot :< fr-- LJ < j CJ > LU ^-- >f" i Z I> P Ui EH u: a. EXX-MOR-007848 devices for repairs and adjustments from tune-ups to complete engine overhauls. Work can only be sent to the center by Esso service stations in the area -- motorists do not deal with the center di rectly. Higher income for dealers and expanded service for customers, including charge privileges for Humble credit card holders, are the principal objectives of the centers. Esso Gettysburg Men See Space Flight The following letter from Utilityman Phil Tally, of the Esso Gettysburg, describes the oppor tunity he and his shipmates had to witness part of the historic first American earth-circling space flight. "The Esso Gettysburg had two shots at a grand stand seat for the round-the-world flight of astro naut John H. Glenn, Jr. The second time around, we made it. "When the flight was postponed for the 10th time, we were abeam of Cape Canaveral, Texas bound. All hands were disappointed. However, once again on Feb. 20, bound for New Haven, Chief Mate Edward Crawford announced that at 0730 Cape Canaveral would be about 50 miles off our port bow. The 2j4-hour delay in the take-off A New Character "Bows In" We introduce herewith a new personality to Fleet News readers. His name is J. Stumbleprone McFracture. He is a fictitious character, of course, but his actions are true to life. In this sketch, for example, he is tripping on the sill of a pumproom door, landing on his right elbow and wrist, the way one seaman did recently. JtfCii J. Stumbleprone is always getting hurt -- just because he is careless and unseamanlike. His feet are his worst enemies. But he has the best intentions -- he|p strengthen our safety consciousness by showing what happens when we lose it. ' " if | || || f || || f || || II WMm PANEL SHOW -- An eye catching view of the alumi num and porcelain sunshade panels on Humble's new 44story headquarters building in Houston. The panels are designed to give the building a lighter, more graceful look but they also will pay their way by reducing the air con ditioning load. Mounted on outrigger beams, the shades have been built to withstand hur ricanes and to serve as con venient platforms for window cleaners and maintenance men. Despite the advantages, the panels weren't adopted until tests had proved their strength and durability, that they wouldn't whistle in the wind, leak, stain in wet weather, or prove attractive to pigeons. Completion of the building is scheduled by the end of this year. First occupants are expected to move in a few months earlier. put the Gettysburg again abeam of the Cape at the right time. "As the count down proceeded, the anticipation aboard was second only to that at the Cape. Most of the crew watched on TV until Friendship 7 lifted from the pad. Then there was a mad scramble for the deck. It seemed a long minute after blast off before she came out of the blue Florida sky. She arched like a half-moon out and over the bow of the ship and was visible for about 90 seconds. Passing into a small cloud, the rocket was hidden from view and when the cloud passed, we had had it. Friendship 7 and Lieut. Col. Glenn were beyond human vision. "There were varied comments on what she looked like passing over the ship, so I will add mine. She looked like a porpoise that had jumped too high." r" - * OBITUARY ; . jva James Lyon, Jr., an annuitant since Oct. 1954, died in Norfolk on Feb. 28. He was 72. Sur viving are his wife, Bessie, and a brother and two sisters in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Lyon was Fireman- J- " -V Watertender for nearly all of ; his 16 years in the fleet (1938 1954). He sailed throughout the war in the G. Harrison Smith, Esso Harrisburg and Esso Utica and survived the torpedoing and sinking of the Harrisburg off Venezuela on July 6, 1944. J"* *1 4BT ' EXX-MOR-007849 Safety Award Made to Isso Raleigh Captain M. Breece (right center), Manager of the Operating Dept., presents the Marine Division's "Cer tificate of Safety" to Captain William Hamilton, Master of the Esso Raleigh. The certificate is the first of four to be awarded this year to vessels operating through out 1961 without a lost-time personal injury accident. A National Safety Council "Green Cross for Safety" pennant was also presented to the Raleigh during the ceremonies at Baytown on Feb. 27. Others in the photo are, left to right; Port Captain F. L. Hooper, Asst. Port Engineer H. W. Bradbury, Port Steward D. A. Hodges, Chief Steward Jose A. Plaza, Port Engineer T. J. McTaggart, Chief Engineer Svafar Steffensen, Second Asst. Albino A. Boitano, Employee Relations Adviser L. H. Earle, First Asst. Lawton M. Williams, Third Mate Robert Butler and Safety Engi neer John M. Sachs. On the bulkhead is another safety certificate, earned by the Raleigh in 1958. Risk of Mutilated Mariners Documents A half-dozen men in the Esso Boston, returning from a foreign voyage, came close to being passed over at a pay-off recently. The reason --- bad con dition of their Merchant Mariner's Documents. Since the Coast Guard regulation became effective on Jan. 1, 1961, U. S. Shipping Commis sioners have had the right to refuse to accept muti lated or faultily laminated documents. If your document is not in good condition, you should exchange it for a new one by presenting the old card and new photos at any Coast Guard Marine Inspection Office. Otherwise, you may sometime find yourself ashore and off-pay because of a Shipping Commissioner's refusal to permit you to sign on. mmmsm RECENT RETIREMENTS mmmmm Third Asst. Engr. Seth G. Davis. A "Down-Easter"--bom in Boothbay and a resident of Lewiston, Maine -- Mr. Davis retired March 1 with 1914 years of Company service. He has sailed in all Engine Dept, ranks and ratings except two. After shipping out in Union Sulphur, Dollar Line and Ford Motor Co. vessels, Mr. Davis joined the Frederick Ewing as Second Pumpman in Nov. 1929. His first licensed berth was in the Benjamin Brewster in Jan. 1934. During World War II Seth was First Assistant in the Elisha Walker for 16 months, sailing in the Pacific, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf, and also experienced 33 days of V-l and V-2 bombings in Antwerp. For the greater part of the past decade Mr. Davis was Third Asst. Engineer, serving last in the Esso Bridgeport. He is married and has three daughters, Devone, 25; Linda, 22, and Nancy, 20. He hopes to move to California. Fireman - Watertender Manuel P. Casais. Bom in La Coruna, Spain, near Cape Finisterre, Mr. Casais has been going to sea all his life -- first as a fisherman and then a merchant mariner. In the late 1920's he sailed with Socony and United Fruit and joined his first Esso ship, the Wm. G. Warden on June 13, 1932 as OS. That was the only time in his 2514 years' service in the fleet that he ever sailed in the Deck Dept. For the most part Mr. Casais was FiremanWatertender in such ships as the W. C. Teagle and M. F. Elliott in the 1930's, the Walter Jennings and Esso Pittsburgh in World War II and the Esso Little Rock (three years), Esso Bangor and Esso Gettysburg. "I am very grateful to Esso," Mr. Casais said, "and wish to express my thanks to all the officers and fellow seamen for the many happy years I spent with them." Retiring Feb. 1, Mr. Casais has plans to visit northern Europe and then will probably return to Bayonne, N. J., where he has resided for many years.