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PUBLISHED BY THE MARINE DIVISION, HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY Vol. 4, No. 24 December 13, 1962 JHoltitag (Bmtmgs To all our seagoing employees and their families; annuitants and friends, we extend sincere best wishes for Joy in the Christ mas Season and Success in the pursuit of Happiness throughout the New Year. 30 Fixed Butterworth Machines installed in Esso Boston During the Esso Washington's repair period last spring, an experimental installation of five fixed Butterworth tank washing machines was made in each of two tanks--No. 4 starboard and No. 8 port. Following successful operating experi ence, 30 permanent installations of Butterworth machines were recently made in the Esso Boston. Two machines were placed in each of the No. 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11 center tanks and four in each No. 11 wing and in the three No. 12 tanks. These tanks were chosen after a study determined that permanent installations in them would take care of normal tank washing for changes of grade. The cleaning machines are supplied with wash water through 2" lines which are connected to the fire main by 3" or 6" lines on deck. The procedure for washing tanks with the permanent installations is to start the Butterworth pump and flush the deck line through the Y strainer (see photo) to remove any scale. Then the ball valves on the 2" "lines at the manifold are opened to supply wash water to each But terworth machine in the tank to be cleaned. Suc tion valves are opened, the stripper pump started and, like a shopping center "washateria", clean ing is done while you wait --or do something else. .w M\ 4'-; f Six-valve manifold controlling wash ing water to the four Butterworth machines in No. 12 center tank and two in No. 11 center. To right of the manifold is a Hamer blind, Y strainer and 6" stop valve. Manifolds (not shown) serving Nos. 11 and 12 wing tanks are to port and starboard; those for No. 5, 6, 7 and 10 center tanks are forward. '.S4i MmMm3 */* Looking down and aft in No. 12 center tank. Three of the four per manently installed Butterworth ma chines are visible. The 2" lines were run to the bottom of the tank and then up, instead of hanging from the top, to avoid a static electricity hazard. I'frSt-- 3kV/gf uaj til O^ "< <;UzJ ^< jCJ x IhI= i^z U>J ^ 0 uj uj JHE EXX-MOR-007771 Job Placement Center at Baytown To Assist Laid-Off Seamen Assistance in finding new jobs is available to men in the fleet who receive termination notices under the pending crew reduction program, or those choosing termination rather than demotion. The Placement Center was established last Oc tober to help re-locate employees laid-off at the Refinery, where about 500 workers are affected by the current cut-back in personnel. The Placement Center is in the Baytown Re finery's Community House No. 2, located at the intersection of Bayway Drive and West Main St. (near the Post Office). A staff of four men, head ed by Maurice L. Watts, Placement Coordinator, has been working at the Center. In addition, W. A. Scott, of the Baytown Marine Office, joined the group on Dec. 10, especially to assist sea going men. Since it "started in business", the Placement Center has accumulated files on over 650 pros pective employers. Up to Dec. 4, 283 job oppor tunities have been received, 118 interview's ar ranged, 70 jobs offered and 29 offers are pending. Six men took tests and qualified for maintenance . '.. --' . ......*... A rare sight for Esso Seamen (ex cept on an insurance company's literature and to men in the Esso Scranton) is the Rock of Gibraltar, photographed here by AB Michael Sharik, III, on the Scranton's In dia voyage No. 2. The bearded mariner is OS Joseph J. Gumble, one of several crewmen who developed luxurious growths of whiskers on the 90-day trip (Aug. 26 - Nov. 24). Mr. Sharik said that everything went fine and that the Steward's Dept, did "a fantastic job. We had fresh milk for 72 days." The Scranton sailed from Beaumont Dec. 8 on India voyage No. 3 with Captain Roger A. Steward in command; Thomas J. Bov, Chief Engineer (he was also Chief on the first voyage) and Dempsey D. Davis, Chief Steward. Itinerary is Suez, Dec 30; Aden, Jan. 4; Bombay the 10th and Calcutta, Jan. 20. jobs with DuPont, at Nederland, Texas and sev eral have qualifed for Humble Service Stations and will start in training school in January. Mr. Watts said that the Center's search for jobs is concentrated in the Baytowm-Houston area but additional opportunities have been located in La., Ark., S. C., Neb., Minn, and abroad---Saudi Arabia and the Marshall Islands. What To Do A seaman who is subject to lay-off or demotion and who w:ants help in finding another job should go to the Placement Center as soon as he can -- the next arrival at Baytown, if possible. He will be asked questions about experience, education, qualifications, type of w'ork preferred, where, etc. A resume will be prepared and sent to prospective employers and, where an employee is interested, an interview will be arranged. Masters are being asked to try to allow tune ashore for men wishing to register at the Place ment Center. Mr. Scott will be working overtime on certain days, particularly if a ship docks late in the afternoon. He will also go aboard the Esso Huntington at Baton Rouge and possibly other ships which will not come to Baytown in the next few voyages. To telephone the Placement Center locally, the number is 582-8121, extension 3403 for Mr. Scott or ext. 3401 for Mr. Watts. The long distance number is 583-7461 plus the extension. Mail may be addressed to Humble Oil & Refining Co., Placement Center, Box 350, Baytown, Texas, Attention M. L. Watts. New Hospitalization Rates; Coverage Extended to New Annuitants Costs for hospitalization insurance for sea going employees and their dependents will be increased slightly, beginning Jan. 1, 1963, under a contract between the Company and Health Service, Inc. The increases are 32c per month for indi vidual coverage, 50c per month for an employee and one dependent and 50c for an employee and family. With these increases, member employees will pay $5.44 per month on an individual basis, $9.42 for twro persons and $10.62 for a family. The Company has also increased its share 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. of the two-person and family coverage costs and will now contribute $3.98 per month on a twoperson contract and $5.18 per month for family coverage. Total cost of the insurance is the sum of employee and Company payments. The Com pany doesn't contribute to individual contracts. There is no change in the cost of medicalsurgical insurance, the rates remaining at 87c per month for an individual, $2 for two persons and $3.70 for a family. More than 1.000 seagoing employees are par ticipants in the plans. Coverage For New Annuitants On and after Jan. 1. 1963 employees who retire with annuitant status may continue their participation in the hospitalization and medicalsurgical programs. The Company will contribute $3 per month toward the cost of any of the three types of coverage. The cost to annuitants will be $2.44 per month for an individual, $10.40 for two persons and $12.80 for a family. Early Retirement' Acceptances As of Dec. 5, the following 66 men in the fleet have accepted voluntary early retirement under the Company's Special Program The figure to right of the rating indicates the month in which retirement becomes effective. All are in 1963 exxept two, which are Dec. 1962, and all effective dates are the first of the month. Deck Officers Andrews, Walter F. Evans, Robert E. Hunt, Anton Lankford, Arthur H. Capt. Capl. Capt. Capt. 2 7 6 1 Selvik, Aksel Capt. 7 Boje, Johannes Ch M 1 Jacobs, Thomas A. Ch M 6 O'Connell, Eldridge J. Ch M 12 O'Hara, Clarence E. 2M 1 Andersen, Einar K. 3 M 6 Hacklin, John H. 3M 5 Sutherland, John D. 3 M 7 Engine Officers Palmer, Ernest J. Ch Eng Petersen, Max D. Ch Eng Wilson, Raymond W. Ch Eng 7 7 1 Madsen, Edward A. 1st A 3 Sabrowsky, Paul 1st A 4 Benson, Melvin W. 2nd A 1 McCary, Travis W. 2nd A 6 Wallace, Theodore J. 2nd A 2 Baldwin, Jesse W. 3rd A 1 Coltrain, John W. 3rd A 4 Creech, Allen 3rd A 3 Willis, Noel 3rd A 12 Radio Officers Barr, Dewey E. D. 1 Benner, Harold S. 7 Dahlke, Herman A. 1 Eriksen, Lief C. 2 Gels, Abraham M. 7 Osborne, Eugene G. 1 Chief Stewards Cantrell, Cecil 3 Scott, Phillip A. 2 Spillane, Thomas M. Westen, Bernard A. Unlicensed Burgess, Marshall R. Mach Davis, William V. Mach Elb, Leo P. Mach Miller, Henry J. Mach Swift, Lincoln W. Mach Curry, Carrol L. Pump Keiser, Albert E. Pump Mitchell, Willard W. Pump Rathke, Henry C. MM/2P Bledsoe, Roy Oiler Edge, Raymond Oiler Grover, Donald L. Oiler Nava, Jose A. Oiler Wakeman, Franklin D. Oiler Harrill, Arnold A. Wiper Abrahamsen, Chas. O. Bosn Baucon, Maurice C. Bosn Harris, Sanford L. Bosn Hrovatin, August M. Bosn Hubbard, Martin A. Bosn Jaetschmann, H. P. O. Bosn Moura, Jose M. Bosn Fisher, Benjamin F. AB Lissman, Matthew J. AB MacRiver, James AB Simpson, Harold A. AB 1 7 1 6 1 7 2 7 7 3 6 7 1 3 6 4 3 1 1 2 7 2 4 6 1 1 1 1 Gonsalves, Jose Serquina, Jerry Turon, Alfonso E. Mclay, Joseph V. Peters, Fred W. Taylor, Rudolph 2 Ck 2 Ck 2 Ck MM UM UM 3 7 5 6 3 2 UGH!! -- or some such exclamation -- will probably be the first reaction of most Engine Dept, men when they see this picture. It's the front of one of the auto mated boilers in the Esso Newark. The ship put to sea so equipped from Newport News on Nov. 27 and the trip to Baton Rouge was rough -- weather-wise and automation-wise. Manual controls were used most of the time, while adjustments were made on the oil-airwater regulating devices. However, one observer estimated the performance about "par for the course". Port Engineer T. J. McTaggart is confident that the "bugs" will be worked out. Repair Dept. Manager J. E. Hoagland pointed out that this is an experimental conversion and if starting from scratch, there'd probably be two burners with half the controls and piping. If you are still skeptical, think how a photo of the insides of your radio or television set would look-- or under the hood of a 1963 "super-power-matic" automobile. Things are complicated all over these days. mmmmmmmmTAFFRAll TALK The Esso Shreveport, which has been tied up at Jacksonville for the past five years, was sold Dec. 7 to the Commodity Transportation Corp. of New York. The purchaser will probably operate the vessel in the grain trade. ** Tad Sadowski. who sailed as OS in the fleet from Oct. 1952 to Sept. 1954, has been named Marine Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, which resumed daily publication on Oct. 15. A. D. Mookhoek. formerly Project Engineer on the Technical Staff of the Operating Dept., is now on a rotational assignment with the Ocean Tanker Economics Group in the Traffic Dept. Reynold R. Kraft, who was Sr. Technical Asst, with the Inland Design and Construction Section of the Repair Dept., has moved to the Technical Staff. *** Pumpman Alonzo B. Beever, ex Esso Miami, made the front page of the Houston Post, Nov. 26. A1 was one of a group who "camped out" overnight to be first in line for tickets to the Galena Park Yellow Jackets - Beaumont South Park Greenies football game. The Greenies won 7-0 after a Galena Park drive in the final minutes of the game fell one yard short of a touchdown. *** Esso Tankers, Inc. will become the Marine Dept, of Esso International, Inc. (formerly Esso Export Corp.) on Jan. 1. J. M. B. Howard, President of Esso Tankers, will become Sr. Vice President and a Director of Interesso and Robert W. Mountrey, Vice President of Tankers, will be a Vice Presi dent and General Manager of the new Marine Dept. The MIS-Adventures of J.STu*lB\EPf<M Mc FRACTURE If you think you have seen this sketch of J. Stumbleprone before, you're right. On the pre vious occasion Mac stepped on a Butterworth hose, twisted his right foot and broke a bone in it. Now, by George, he not only did it again, he did it twice again. On one ship he stepped off the windlass platform onto a wash-down hose, turned and sprained his left ankle. On an other ship he tripped on some garden hose while washing down, fell and sprained his left wrist. Funny thing about these last (we hope they're the last) two encounters between same day--Halloween. The un-funny thing is that they are so-uh--so avoidable. Minus Signs on Vouchers We hear there is some confusion about the meaning of minus signs following figures on pay roll vouchers. See if this helps to clarify some of the points. 1. A minus sign in the assignment section of the voucher means either an overpayment or a correction of an assignment. In other words, the minus sign wipes out that item and it is usually followed by the correct assignment. 2. A minus sign in a deduction area means a refund. (Two negatives make a positive.) 3. In the paid leave credits column, a minus sign after a figure indicates that the employee has had more paid leave than he has earned and owes that many days' work. 27,000 dwt. Ships Get New Draft Marks During the past session of Congress, an act was passed which authorized deeper load lines for certain coastwise vessels and extended the summer zone from Cape Hatteras to Penobscot Bay, Maine the year round. As a result, new Plimsoll marks are being put on our 27,300 dwt. vessels. The new summer marks will permit 8%" deeper loading. This will mean about 4% increase in cargo carrying capacity, except for high grav ity cargoes, where the cubic capacity and stress and trim factors are the limiting factors. The 37,700 and 48,800 dwt. tankers cannot presently take advantage of the new load lines as channel depths are their limiting factors. OBITUARY George Edelman, 72, who re tired Dec. 1, 1954 as senior Steward in the fleet, died in Brooklyn on Nov. 23. He had been ailing for the past two years with a heart condition. His wife, Marie, survives him. VS^f ' Born in Germany, Mr. Edel man went to sea in 1911 as second confectioner with the North Lloyd Line. He was later a pastry chef with the United Fruit Co. and a baker and chef ashore. He joined the Company as Chief Cook in June, 1923 and served as Steward from Aug. 1927 until his retirement. Mr. Edelman was famous for his cakes and cookies. Before leaving his last ship, the Esso Raleigh, he made 10 fruit cakes and several large batches of cookies as a gift to the crew for the holidays. _<u .5 2 :uuj ; = uj l x; c' u>j 9H 3* >3 uJ If'It EXX-MOR-007774