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COHIf-.D FROM THE CCJELErTIONS IN THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN HISTOK I'm Your Hand You Just Won't See Any Piece Of Machinery My Size That Is More Sophisticated, Tireless Plans Underway To Improve Films "As the result of good re sponse to a video-movie sur vey questionnaire sent to ships about six weeks ago, it is hoped that personnel in the ocean fleet will be seeing im proved movies and other entertainment films starting about September," said Paul T. Cavanaugh who is helping to coordinate the movie pro gram. "We have received re sponses from 15 ships to date and several comments have stood out consistently," he said. "One is that movies are often second-rate, many of them foreign made and dubbed with English voices. The other is that sound and picture qual ity of some tapes is not good. "We have informed the film supplier of these two concerns and made the point that U.S. crews require more selective U.S.-made entertainment films. The supplier appreciated our comments and assured us that he is working to improve the films. He has been developing new contracts with United Artists and 20th Century Fox for new features. The supplier is also implementing a system to have his agents, who handle film exchanges, do a better job of checking the contents of the boxes on the mix of entertainment and the condition of the tapes," Mr. Cavanaugh said. "We plan to conduct another survey later this year to see if film sub jects and quality have been improved." , j ( k Ocean Fleet Completes Sea Trials What major part of your body would you rather do without, if you had to make a choice? An eye? A leg? A kidney or lung? You have two of these and could pos sibly spare one without too much inconvenience, you might reason. You might even consider the loss of a hand as not too disasterous. But you'd be wrong. Actually, los ing a hand could be an even greater disaster to some peo ple than losing an eye or a leg, especially for those who de pend upon the skilled use of their hands to earn a living. Large Brain Area A measure of the impor tance of any body part is the size of the brain area reserved for this use. I modestly point out that we hands have two of the largest spaces in the area of the brain, known as the motor cortex. When you move a finger, thousands of messages from the brain are required for the single act, ordering this muscle to con tract, that one to relax, caus ing this tendon to pull, that one to rest. During an average lifetime, I will extend and flex finger joints at least 25 million times. Levers And Hinges Structurally, no other piece of body machinery has so much packed into so small a space. I am made up of a be wildering array of levers, hinges, and power sources, all managed by a master com puter, the brain. My partner and I have a total of 54 bones, (See PROTECT HANDS, Page 3) RADAR BUOYS are being lowered over the side by AB Jose C. Domingues, left, AB Susan Williams, center, and Chief Mate Stephen F. Ford. The buoys were used during the vessel's recent ship maneuvering verification trials conducted in re sponse to a Coast Guard requirement that operating character istics of all U.S. vessels (not just Exxon) of 1,600 gross tons or over be verified with those posted on the bridge. Exxon vessels have completed the tests and laminated plaques con taining current data, as required by this federal regulation, are now being made up for posting on the bridge of each vessel. EXX-MOR-007891 CVPir.l) FROM THE COLLECTIONS IN THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN THF. t JNI VF.RSITY OF TPY a c a t a j i c t i m First Of 18 Fuel Oil Barges Launched In Houston . __________ `j - ./ii ,--rf- -,'C ' t. m. .-i vnt-'/i. .:! - --' '>;: .' : . r^- .~4-i..'J -.- , ,, V" .- -4:-wjaiiiJ-"-V'- '. THE FIRST OF 18 heavy fuel oil barges was launched on June 28 at Bludworth Shipyards in Houston. Five more of the barges are being built by Bludworth, another 12 are being constructed by Ingalls Iron Works in Decatur, Alabama, and Dravo Cor poration Shipyard in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 18 barges, ranging in capacity from 10,000 to 30,000 barrels, are sched uled for delivery over a one-year period. They will be used in inland waterways service in the Mississippi River and Gulf Coast area. Three New Marine Employees THREE NEW EMPLOYEES in Engineering & Planning meet with Roger R. Hemminghaus, left, manager of the section. From Mr. Hemminghaus' left are Stephen F. Goldmann, Michael R. Bennett, and Mark J. Berman. Mr. Goldmann obtained a ------------------------------------------PhD in Chemical Engineering in 1969. That same year he from the University of London joined Esso Mathematics and Systems, inc., at Fiorham Park, New Jersey. In 1973 he trans ferred to Bay way Refinery where he was an investment planner, an energy conserva tion section supervisor, and worked in short range eco nomics. He joined the Marine Department as an advisor in Economics and Planning. Mr. Goldmann is married and has two young children. Mike Bennett came to the Marine Department after serv ing eight years in the U.S. Navy. As a 1967 Naval Acad emy graduate, he entered the Navy's nuclear power program and served aboard the USS Simon Bolivar, a polaris/ posidon submarine. His last tour of duty was at the NROTC Unit, The Citadel, in Charles ton, South Carolina, where he began work on an MBA de gree. Mr. Bennett, who joined the Marine Department on July 3 as a project engineer, is married. Mark Berman has been hired as an analyst in Economics & Planning, effective July 10. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineer ing from Rutgers University and in May, 1975, he received his MBA from Indiana Uni versity. He is single. Exxon Texas Crew Saves Burning Tug Quick action and expert firemanship by the crew of Exxon Texas saved a burn? tug from possible total de struction on the Intracoastal Canal recently. The Exxon Texas, westbound under light tow, received a Mayday call from an approaching tug at about Mile 214 west of Harvey Locks. The tug was the Quarter Horse with two caus tic soda barges in tow. She was on fire and huge billows of smoke were pouring from her engine room. W. J. Dupre, captain in the Exxon Texas, sounded the general alarm and quickly steered toward the burning tug. His crew broke out fire hoses and had them ready for action by the time the Texas pulled alongside the Quarter Horse. They extinguished the fire within 40 minutes. "I am convinced that if it weren't for the fast action of the men, the Quarter Hoq would have burned to waterline," Captain Dupre told Captain Sam V. Gardner, Baton Rouge Branch manager who commended Captain Du pre and his crew for their speed and expertise in extin guishing the flames. Although fire gutted the en gine room and sleeping quar ters, no one aboard the Quarter Horse was injured. In addition to Captain Du pre, others in the Exxon Texas who helped save the Quarter Horse were: Rainey F. (Red) Lyons, pilot; Herbert J. Gomez, utilityman; Calvin P. Morales and Duffy J. Rivere, pilothouse trainees; and Terry J. Patin. William M. Gillespie, and Don ald L. Baker, all deckhands. Ik ~ - EXXON FLEET NEWS is published every other Monday for active and retired employees of the Marine De partment, Exxon Company, U.S.A. (a division of Exxon Corporation;; O. R. Menton, General Manager. GENE LEGLER. -EiQ Contributions and suggestions are It. vited and should be addressed to the Editor. EXXON FLEET NEWS, Dixon Company, U.S.A., P. O. Box 2180, Room 4045, Houston. Texas 77001. Page 2 Exxon Fleet News EXX-MOR-007892 COHFU FKOM THE CCJl.LErTIONS IN THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN HIST! protect hands (continued from page 1) lift a glass or hold a magazine, or even shake hands. Several employees in the fleet have 38 sets of muscles, 10 fingers, thumbs and other fingers miss a maze of ligaments, connec- ing; they'll tell you how incon tissues, blood vessels, venient it is to function with a rich network of capil out them. laries. We also have about 1/3 Since I play a part in just of the 5 million or so tiny senabout everything you do, it sory receptors in the body.is little wonder that I am in These receptors register all volved in a large number of sorts of sensation--pain, pres accidents. I'm burned, mashed, sure, hot, cold--making my pinched, cut, and bruised. I partner and me one of the am hit by hammers, caught in most highly endowed parts of pulleys. My tendons are pulled the anatomy--a very good and torn. Yet, most people reason why you should take become aware of my real im every effort to protect us. portance only when something I Am Important Although I don't intend to over emphasize my impor tance, I will point out that los ing nearly any part of me can cause more inconvenience and trouble than about any other part of the body. You can lose a piece of a lung or kidney and probably not miss it nearly so much as if you had to do goes wrong. Burn two of my fingers badly and you'll find it more disabling than a broken collar bone. Please, for your sake and mine, regard me with wonder as the remarkably sophisti cated and indispensable piece of body machinery that I am, and be careful how you use me. without a finger or two. Take Be Sure To See Movie my thumb away, for instance, and I would be like a pair of ers with one jaw missing, st try to write without it, or Jennings Enjoys Travel "Now, I'd like to issue you a special invitation on behalf of my partner and me. Be sure to see the safety film entitled "All Hands Alert" now being sent to ships. Perhaps your ship already has it. The film, produced in color by Exxon Chemical Company in Baton Rouge, features a widely- known hand surgeon, Dr. Paul W. Brand. He uses about 7 minutes of the 30-minute film A '-%T* performing a delicate opera i tion on the hand. The close-up shots are quite vivid, but they are purposely this way in order to impress you with the importance of protecting your hands as you work. Among the many important facts on AB lan G. Harrison, right, hand safety stressed by Dr. sent in the above photo show ing Mr. and Mrs. John P. Jen nings posed in front of their motorized home. Mr. Harrison visited Mr. and Mrs. Jennings recently in Florida. "Now that John has retired, he and his wife are doing some extensive traveling. They both enjoy Jheir motorized home and say Apy are meeting many fine T*Ple and seeing lots of interesting places," Mr. Harri son said. Mr. Jennings retired as A/Oiler in May, 1974. Brand, one especially stands out: "Once you really damage your hands, we can do very little to bring them back to normal, in spite of the fact that some outstanding repairs can be made," he said. That's sure worth thinking about. The film is probably the most dramatic ever pro duced on hand safety. Be sure to see it. 7 Like To Go Aboard Ships/ Says Freda FREDA H. SMITH, transportation allocator at Norfolk, is shown here checking cargo papers with the master aboard the time- chartered tanker M/S Buckeye which discharged products at the Norfolk Marketing Terminal recently. Joe S. Burkart, op erations supervisor at Norfolk, is observing at left. "I believe that Mrs. Smith is the first woman in the Marine Department to carry out transportation allocation duties aboard a ship," Mr. Burkart said. He indicated that for the most part her duties as transportation allocator have been confined to the office where she arranges for docking, undocking, pilot, and -----------------------------------------needs); and performs other agency duties. How does she feel about going aboard a ship in her first assignment? "It was very interesting and gave me an opportunity to see first-hand how the work I per form ashore is used in ship board operations. I look for tug services for U.S. and for ward to boarding other ships eign vessels calling at the that call at Norfolk," she said. Norfolk terminal; coordinates cargo discharge operations between ship and terminal; Obituary performs personnel work for our own ocean and inland vessels; works with customs, immigration, and other govern ment agencies in preparing necessary papers for entering and clearing ships; assists foreign ships in storing and crew matters (including med ical, dental, and repatration Alfred Daly, 80, died on July 11 at Staten Island, New York. Mr. Daly retired in 1960 as tug engi neer in the inland waterways fleet with 33 years of service. He was employed by Socony in 1926 and worked as engineer on their New York tugs until the equip ment was acquired by Exxon in 1946. He continued as tug engi neer until his retirement. He is survived by his widow and one son. July 28, 1975 Page 3 EXX-MOR-007893 COFIFI.) FROM TOE C0I.LE<TIONSTn RETIREMENTS Shipmates Present Retirement Gifts To Edward J. Porus neer's license in September, 1947, serving for the first time in this license in the Esso Concord. During WWII, ' made voyages in the Emj^P Pittsburgh, Dartmouth, Esso New Orleans (1), and other ' vessels. He lives in Bala Cyn- . wyd, Pennsylvania. i Edward J. Porus, holding a retirement gift of a wallet and expense money contributed by shipmates, retired on July 1. After spending nearly 14 years as repair inspector he opted to return to sea in January, 1971, as regular chief engineer in the Exxon Jamestown. Mr. Porus began his seagoing career on July 11, 1940, as wiper in the Beacon. When the Beacon was tied up and taken out of service 12 days later, Mr. Porus went to sea in the Esso Concord. Progressing to fireman and oiler during the next several years, he ob tained his 3rd assistant engi neer's license in December, 1942, and joined the George W. Barnes in this capacity a short time later. In October, 1943, Mr. Porus obtained his 2nd assistant's license and served in that capacity aboard the Barnes until April, 1944, when he accepted a sixmonth assignment with War Emergency Tankers, Inc. Re turning to the fleet, he raised his license to 1st assistant engineer. He was aboard the Esso Springfield when he was promoted to chief engineer on January 9, 1947. He lives in Houston. Exxon Owns Creole On June 23, Exxon Corpora tion became the sole stock holder of Creole Petroleum Corporation, Exxon's operat ing affiliate in Venezuela. Hatchett, Chamberlain Retire July 1 Judge L Williams Retires As AB Judge L. Williams retired on June 1 as AB. His last ship was the Exxon Boston. He was ship's representative for the ESA at the time of retirement. Mr. Williams began his seagoing career in December, 1956, as AB in the Esso Shreveport. Since then, he sailed in this capacity in most of the ships in the fleet. Mr. Williams lives in Jacksonville, Florida. Tiger Shark Caught m eta a; Arthur L. Hatchett, above, and John B. Chamberlain, right photo, are shown aboard the Exxon Chester, their last ship before retiring on July 1. Mr. Hatchett, 2nd mate, was surprised when a number of his shipmates met on the bridge to wish him well and present him with a walnut tobacco humidor and a cir cular pipe stand, along with two pipes. From the left are Captain Edwin J. Fellows; Jose Silva, AB; Mr. Hatchett; William Kobylack, 3rd mate; Stephen F. Ford, chief mate; and Brandon H. Orcutt, AB. Mr. Hatchett began his career in the fleet in March, 1951, as AB in the Esso Lynchburg. He was promoted to 3rd mate a short time later, and in Aug ust, 1952, he sailed in his first assignment as 2nd mate in the Esso Bayonne. He obtained a chief mate's license and sailed in this license in the Esso Scranton, Esso Florence, and Esso Gloucester. He lives in Pitman, New Jersey. Mr. Chamberlain, shown at left in the wheelhouse photo with Chief Engineer William Motta, retired as 3rd assistant engineer. He joined the ocean fleet as wiper in the Ethyl on April 22, 1939. He advanced to fireman and oiler and ob tained his 3rd assistant engi- V. 4 ;IU .`.Tjae*. THIS LARGE tiger shark was caught recently when the Exxon Florence was at anchor off Savannah, Georgia. The photo, showing Chief Engineer Boleslaw I. Roman cautiously pulling on a fin, was taken by Kjeld Eriksen, 2nd pumpman. "When the shark was cut open, we found a mess . " black feathers inside. He ml, have surfaced and caught duck or some other bird," Mr. Eriksen said. i j : 1 I Page 4 Exxon Fleet News EXX-MOR-007894