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COPIF.U FROM THE CCJlAErnoNS IN THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN HISTOK' THE UNIVERSITY f)F TFYa s a t a iic t in Vol. 12, No. 20 October 19, 1970 Seagoing personnel in Hum ble's Esso Fleet contributed more than $2,400 to the Ameri can Merchant Marine Library Association during its 1970 drive for funds recently. This makes the fleet one of the top contributors to the AMMLA. The association, a non-profit organization with headquarters in New York City, conducts fund drives among U.S. flag ships annually to pay costs of distributing reading matei'ial to Merchant Marine and U.S. Coast Guard ships and to other waterborne operations of the government. These costs in clude picking up and delivering books, library maintenance, sal aries, postage, and office sup plies and printing. The AMMLA not only provides every type of service rendered by land libraries, but it is the only organization that provides seagoing library service ex clusively to American flag ships. The AMMLA also fills (See AMMLA, page 4) Fred West, kneeling, oiler in the Lexington, and Bill Peek of the Stewards Department, make selections from a library of books put aboard the Esso Lexington by the AMMLA. Books are both fiction and non-fiction. `Philadelphia' Largest Ship To Load At Empire Terminal The Esso Philadelphia on October 3 made her first call to the Empire Terminal located at the mouth of the Mississippi River. She's the largest ship ever to call at the terminal where she loaded some 502,000 barrels of crude oil for dis charge at Bayway Refinery. The terminal gathers oil from Humble's offshore wells. EXX-MOR-008078 Humble Refineries Is Produce Up I 60,000 larrels/Day Of Heavy Fuel Oil Humble will adjust its refin ing operations to produce up to 60,000 barrels per day of ad ditional heavy fuel oil by De cember. The increase is needed to help relieve the tight domes tic fuel oil supply situation. Changes call for modifying piping, tankage, and processing facilities at the company's Bay town. Baton Rouge, and Baywav refineries. Also, some changes in Marine tanker op erations will be required (see box on page 3). With these additional sup plies, Humble believes it can increase its commitment to in dependent resellers, with whom the company has sup ply contracts, to at least their 1969-70 purchases. The National Petroleum Council estimates that the U.S. faces a shortage this winter of about 200,000 barrels a day of heavy fuel oils, the kind used by power plants, factories, and large commercial boilers. Paul W. McCracken, chairman of President Nixon's Council of Economic Advisers, and Gen. George A. Lincoln, director of the Office of Emergency Pre paredness, recently called on the energy industries to in crease supplies where economi cally feasible. Humble Board Chairman M. A. Wright ex pressed confidence that labor and industry will respond to the need. The company stressed that the heavy fuel oil supply prob lem could not be resolved with out taking into consideration the closely related problem of heating oil supplies. The com pany noted that the steps being taken to supply additional volumes of heavy fuel oil will in no way impair its ability to meet in full its home heating oil commitments, including con tingency supplies for abnor mally severe weather. Prior to taking the additional steps, Humble had already com mitted itself to supply about 200 million barrels of heavy fuel oil to the U.S. market dur ing the 1970-71 seasonal year. About two-thirds of Humble's sales for domestic consumption are under long-term fixed-price contracts made during periods of lower prices. Supplies to utilities by the company will exceed last year's sales by ap proximately 18 million barrels. Most of the nation's heavy fuel oil -is imported, but a com bination of factors have boosted demand for the fuels sharply at the same time that a world wide tanker crisis has tightened world supply. The tight domes tic fuel oil supply situation stems from delays in construc tion of nuclear power stations, u< it oz LL < cx {j < 2* aLU >< > s/: H 32 T3 u3 LU ^ m 4 l/w TRAVEL IN EUROPE: Ian G. Harrison, AB in the Esso New York, recently returned from a trip through Europe. Highlights of his travel included a visit to the ruins of an ancient castle built around 1200 BC near Bourne mouth, England, and an afternoon taking in the pageantry and excitement of a bull fight in Malaga, Spain. In the photo, he is standing near a model of the old castle. WHAT MAY LOOK LIKE a "cooey" job to some of us is really quite a pleasant one for Chief Cook Jose J. Pires, right. He is spreading his own special barbe cue sauce over some 25 pounds of fresh pork ribs which he and Jose Domingues, second cook, are pre paring for officers and men in the Esso Lexington. Chief Cook Pires takes special pride in his culinary efforts. '"I like to improve sauces and other types of food dressings so that they don't taste like they just came out of a bottle or can," he says. He has been sailing with the fleet for 22 years and Jose Domingues for three years. Page 2 ESSO FLEET NEV/S EXX-MOR-008079 COPIED FROM THE CCJELECTIONS IN THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN HISTOK THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS a t Au s t in the coal industry's inability to provide fuel meeting increas How Fuel Oil Increase Will Meet Humble Ships ingly stringent clean air stand ards, and the shortage of gas. i In addition, cutbacks in Medi terranean crude oil supplies and the resulting world-wide transportation shoi'tage have aggravated the crude oil and heavy fuel oil supply situation, both in the U.S. and abroad. These elements have com bined to cause a rapid shift The major change in the Humble tanker fleet to meet the an nounced 60,000 bbl/day of additional heavy fuel oil will be the assignment of the 26,800-dwf Esso Lima to this service. Heating coils, required to keep the oil heated in transit, will be installed during the Lima's next repair period in November. The additional fuel oil also makes necessary an increase in the number of heated cargoes carried by other Humble tankers equipped with heating coils. These are the Esso Newark, Esso Miami, Esso Lexington, and Esso Baltimore. The Enco Gloucester, now in West Coast operation, will not be affected. from other fuels to heavy fuel oil with the result that fuel oil Most of Humble's heavy fuel with sulfur contents of 1 per demand has increased approxi mately 15 per cent over 1969, oil comes from its affiliates, cent and below. Without these Creole Petroleum Corporation recently completed facilities, it where for a number of years prior to then, it was increasing only 1 to 2 per cent per year. Today, about 85 per cent of the heavy fuel oil used on the U.S. East Coast is manufactured from foreign crude in foreign refineries and brought into the and Lago Oil & Transport Com pany which have been taking a number of important steps to help alleviate the existing and anticipated energy problems in the U.S. The most important has been the investment of $100 million in facilities at Creole's would be impossible for Hum ble to obtain sufficient volumes of low sulfur fuel oil during the coming winter which meet the stringent sulfur limitations which have been imposed by various state and local authori ties. A similar plant is under U.S. by tanker. Soaring demand Amuay Refinery to reduce sub construction by Lago which op in both Europe and Japan has stantially the sulfur content of erates a refinery in the Nether further strained the world-wide Venezuelan heavy fuel oils. lands Antilles. This plant will supply and transportation fa These facilities are now produc begin operation prior to the cilities. ing large volumes of fuel oil 1971-72 winter period. % i i. quently served peaches at meal times, so I have a good source of supply,'' he says. "I scrub the pits and with my pocketknife and a small file I shape each pit into the form of a basket, hollow out the inside, round off the handle, and dress up the outside of the shell. I then carve a cross or some other decoration on the outside, varnish the whole thing, and the job is finished. It takes about six hours to make a basket," he said. He gives the baskets to friends. Admiring Joe's latest efforts, shown below, are Curtis Keech, left, 1st assistant engineer, and L. M. Williams, chief engineer. JOE CABRAL, right, 3rd assistant engineer in the Esso Baltimore, probably has about the steadiest hands and the most patience of anyone in the fleet, if his hobby is any indication. He carves small baskets (with handles on them) from peach pits. He even carves decorations on the sides of the baskets. "We're fre October 19, 1970 Page 3 EXX-MOR-008080 (AMMLA, continued from page 1) special book requests for sea men. Chances are that when you go to the lounge in your ship to read a magazine, book, or paperback, it is part of an AMMLA library unit that was put aboard at a port of call by a library representative. A library unit consists of an ample supply of magazines, about 40 hardcover books, and 20 to 30 pocketbooks. Last year, about 70 different libraries were used by seamen in 20 Esso ships. Since its inception in 1921, this "public library of the high seas" has distributed some 270.000 library units containing nearly 16,000.000 hardcover and paperback books and several million magazines to U.S. ships. Last year alone, it shipped about 600,000 periodicals and books to 1,038 ships, including 20 in Humble's Esso Fleet. Also in 1969, the library assembled one of the largest special col lections of books for shipboard use in its history. This collec tion, dealing with the Arctic, its climate, people, and culture, was put aboard the Esso Man hattan for reading by officers and men making the historic Northwest Passage voyage. The AMMLA gets reading material for distribution from donations made by the public and various organizations and groups. Leading publishers also make generous donations en abling the association to in clude more current material in the assembled library units it prepares for ships. The AMMLA itself collects large numbers of books through its annual Spring Book Drive held in New York City. The associa tion invites a ship owner to lend a lifeboat which is decorated and used as a book drop during the drive held in May in Rocke feller Center. Boats from sev eral Esso tankers have been A book on South America was awarded to the Esso Lexington by the AMMLA for contribution of more than $100 during the recent drive for funds. Examining the nat ural history book are Captain Rob ert Stap, left, assistant port direc tor, and Captain Keith Frutiger, master of the Lexington. used over the years. In some port cities, book drops are set up in public places such as large department stores and super markets. In addition, AMMLA vehicles pick up books from donors living in port office col lection places, such as New York, New Orleans, San Fran cisco and Seattle. Magazines and most paper backs are usually pretty well "exhausted" by much handling aboard ship so not many of them can be reissued to other ships. Many hard cover books survive, however, and these are returned to Marine branch of fices where they are either sent to or picked up by AMMLA representatives for reissue in other library units. Slightly damaged books are returned to the library's headquarter's of fice in New York for repairs. As of September 15, officers and men aboard Esso ships gave the following amounts to the 1970 Ocean Crews Drive for AMMLA funds: Esso Baltimore. $160; Esso Bangor. $103; Esso Boston, $135; Esso Chester, $242; Esso Dallas. $118; Esso Florence, $64; Esso Gettysburg, $112; Esso Hunt ington, $114; Esso Jamestown, $102; Esso Lexington, $106; Esso Lima, $115; Esso Miami, $121; Esso Newark, .$131; Esso New Orleans, $100; Esso New York, $78; Esso Philadelphia, $38; Esso Sati Francisco, $107; Esso Scranton, $151; Esso Seattle, $120; Esso Washington, $106; and the Enco Gloucester. $121. ' As in past years, the AMMLA made book awards, such as the "Columbia Encyclopedia," the "American Heritage Book of Natural Wonders," and other important works to the per manent libraries of ships con tributing $100 or more to the drive. AMMLA membership cards are given to each seaman who contributes $5 or more to the drive. Most isso Ships Mow Back In U. s Trade All Esso ships not under charter and previously engaged in foreign service are now back in the United States, except the Esso Houston and the Esso Scranton. The Houston is due to discharge Arabian Gulf crude at Genoa, Italy, on October 10. From there, she sails to Libya where she will load for St. Croix in the Virgin Islands. Fol lowing discharge of crude there, about October 27, she is scheduled to return to the United States for coastwise trade. The Esso Scranton, which dis charged products at Okinawa about October 17, is scheduled to arrive at a shipyard in Osaka, Japan, about October 23 where she will be inspected bv representatives of the Esso Transport Company which has entered into an agreement with Humble to purchase the vessel. Esso ships still under charter, sailing from both United States and foreign ports, are the Esso New York, Esso Dallas, and Esso Seattle. Page 4 ESSO FLEET NEWS COPIED FROM THE COLLECTIONS IN THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN HISTOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TFYAS a t a iic t im Two 30=Year Serfice Awards Presented A SERVICE EMBLEM and watch were presented to John B. Chamberlain (in white shirt), 3rd assistant engineer in the Esso Florence, when the ship was in port at Baytown recently. Congratulating Mr. Chamberlain are, from the left, Al Fellows, assistant port engineer; Herman Teller, Baytown opera tions supervisor who made the presentations; and Captain Roy Ewell, right, master of the Florence. FRIENDS OF ROBERT A. McMICHAEL, transportation allocator at the Baton Rouge branch office, congratulated, him recently on his 30th year of serv ice and presented him with a watch and service emblem. From the left are Paul Shuford, senior transportation allocator; McMichael; Captain Richard (Red) Lynch, assistant port captain; Captain S. V. Gardner, manager of the branch office; Vern Dicharry, operations manager; Charlie Holladay, per sonnel assistant; and Henry Singer, transportation allocator. Mr. McMichael joined the company's personnel department in New York City in 1940, transferred to Bayonne in 1941, and in February, 1942, he went into mili tary service. He returned to Bayonne in 1945, transferred to Jacksonville in 1960, and later left the seagoing fleet to work in the Marine Department in Houston. In 1967, he transferred from the seagoing personnel section in Houston to Baton Rouge as a dispatcher. He was named transportation allocator in August, 1969, the position he now holds. ,October 19 1970 Captain Kenneth Wing, 75, Dies In Massachusets Captain Kenneth Wing, 75, died in Hingham, Massachus- sets on September 3. He joined the company as a 1st mate in August. 1919, and sailed in var ious deck officer berths, taking his first command in the E. M. Clark in July, 1934. He was master in the Esso Chattanooga at the time of his retirement in August, 1956. Over 50 years ago. Captain Wing went to sea in the whaler Andrew Hicks, then made a voyage around the world as able seaman in a four-masted Norwegian bark. Later, he was in coastwise coal schooners ply ing between Norfolk and New England ports and in one of . them, the five- . masted Mary Bowen, was advanced to the second i-: /V mate's berth. Beginning in August, 1919, Captain Wing was chief mate in his first Esso ship, the Dawnlite. a 3,000-dwt four-masted auxiliary motor vessel carrying case oil to South America. He then spent several years in freighters. On April 22, 1924, he signed on Pan Am's William H. Doheny as third mate and later became chief mate. He was second, chief mate, and relieving master of the Paul H. Harwood for seven years and during the 1930s had assignments in the last two ranks aboard the Princeton. E. M. Clark, W. C. Teagle, C.' A. Canfield, Wm. Rockefeller, S. B. Hunt, and the first Esso Balti more and the first Esso New Orleans. During the war, Captain Wing was master of the Beacon- hill. and commanded the C. A. Canfield on coastwise trips, the first Esso Baltimore on trans atlantic voyages, and the Esso Paterson in the Pacific area. Poge 5 EXX-MOR-008082 COPIFU FROM THE COLLECTIONS IN THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN HIST THE UNIVERSITY O FTFVa S a t a ik t im Annuitants Meet To lat And Spin Yarns By Henry Heidorn A large group of Marine De partment annuitants (land lubbers as well as seagoing), with a smattering of "still in harness" former associates, break bread with one another several times a year for old time's sake. The average serv ice of the annuitants, give or take a little, is 40 years. The ag gregate service of all who com prise the group, adds up to a total of 1,200 years. You can well imagine the yarns that are spun and the nostalgic atmosphere that pre vails at each luncheon, which is held in Davy Jones Restau rant, 3 East 54th Street, Man hattan, New York. Decision to hold these "Dutch treat" lunch eons periodically was reached about 11 years ago when sev eral annuitants expressed de sires to continue their previous long, close, friendly relation ships. A few telephone calls at first brought together about a dozen annuitants who met in Ye Olde Dutch Tavern on John Street in Manhattan. Later, the group became too large for the Tavern's facilities and a trans fer was made to Larre's uptown French Restaurant where a few unretired Radio City "mari ners" also found it enjoyable to participate during their lunch period. When Larre's be came too small for the expand- SERV1C1 AWARD 20 YEARS Antone Gomes Ordinary Seaman September 3, 1970 I Part of the group who attended a luncheon held recently in New York City by Humble and Esso Marine Department annuitants are, from the left: Mike Foget, Rod Baillie, Joe Carney, Jake Nuveen, Gene Ottenant, Harry Saun ders, Larry Hodgkins, Henry Heidorn, Fred Aldridge, Bob Sailer, Marty Wolfe, and Bob Nash. ing group, Davy Jones provided the appropriate accommoda tion. Sometimes there are as many as 30 at the luncheon. "It gives me a grand psychological lift" is a common expression uttered by those attending. Most of the annuitants had been employed in various capacities in the Port of New York office, which, until operations were trans ferred to Houston, had been situated at 156 William Street, Manhattan. Retirees in the sea going fleet were invited im mediately to join with the others. In fact, anyone ashore or afloat is welcome to eat with us. In addition to myself, the original sponsors of the lunch eons are Martin M. Wolfe, for mer head of A&B and Claims Section at "156" (retired in 1959), and Edwin C. Fischer, formerly at "156", and now serving as head of Marine's Benefit's and Claims Section in Houston. I retired as assistant manager (Administrative) at "156" in 1959. Annuitants who cannot be reached by a local New York phone call are mailed invita tions to attend the luncheons. As far as I know, this is the largest group of Marine annuit ants to meet on a periodic basis. Humble and Esso Marine per sonnel who usually attend the meetings, but are not shown in the picture accompanying this article include: Guy Bennett, Sidney Drucker, Fi'ank Hourigan, Capt. Adlov Larson, Wil liam Nisbet, Capt. Ed Peters, Harry Wilson, Claude Andrews, Ed Cronham, Art Eggleston, John Luhrs, Larry Silbernagel, A. C. Thompson, Bruce Guth rie. Ed Carlson, Capt. Fred Stober. Leo Whyte, Irving Johnson, Jack Garrity, R. W. Mountrey, Elliot Erwood. Nick Burdie, Capt. Pat Reidy and Capt. John Conaghan. ESSO FLEET NEWS is published every other Monday for active and retired employees of the Marine Department, Humble Oil & Refining Co.; Russeff C. Curtis, General Manager; Sydney Wire. Assistant General Manager. GENE LEGLER, Editor Contributions and suggestions are invited and should be addressed to the Editor, ESSO FLEET NEWS, Humble Oil & Refining Co.. P. O. Box 2180. Room 4193, Houston. Texas 77001. l i i k Page 6 ESSO FLEET NEWS