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COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY

E N G I N E E R S JOURNAL V O L U M E 7 8 N U M B E R 3 0 J U N E 1 9 6 6

PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NAVAL ENGINEERS, I N C .

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Rear Admiral JOHN B. OREN, U. S. Coast Guard, President

Captain A. B. Emu., USCG R.u ADYIIIY E A. c.urraaUr, USN Captain W. C. J~OME, USNR Mr. E MA-lq

Captain W. bf. Nxc~o~~olq, USN Mr. own H. ouur Captain c. N. P a m . USN

Captain S. H. Rrce, USCG Mr. TBoMA8 H. - Rear Admiral NAW So-, USN Captain Ikoaua J. SUUIVAN, Jn, USN Mr. T~oour captain W. B. W H ~ , USNR Cap- J. E m N , urn (RIEL), ---

NAVAL E N G I ” G Definitkm NAVAL E N G I ” G is the art and rcience applied in tbe

design, carrboletiaa, aparrthp nnd maintamwe d mvd ships and their in- stllled equipment.

ASNE DAY 1966 WHY?

Much of the achievement and accomplishment of the Naval Engineer is obscured by the brilliance (or lack of it) exhibited by the users of the Naval Ehgi- n e e d product. This product is the total naval ship including all of its installed and carried hardware. The number of these products which have different characteristics is large and ever expanding. Before

any one of these becomes usable as a weapons sys- tem, untold numbers of naval engineers, w b ex- pertise is derived from experience and application in the myriad of different technical and scientific disciplines in which they were individually educated and trained, will have contributed. This is a minia- turized capsule of “naval engherhg.”

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ASNE DAY 1966

The American Society of Naval w e e m thmugh its NAVAL ~ C I N E R S JOURNAL and its an- nual ASNE Day faces a diEcu.lt task in attempting to r e p m n t every facet of Naval Engineering. To do so even once a year would require at least a Journal of its present size every day instead of bi- monthly and an ASNE Day every week instead of once a year. Manifestly the universal coverage is impossible.

Fortunately f o r our purpose every Navy ship from a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the 31 foot PBR designed for riverine warfare is a com- plex resulting from the application of every physical and chemical law known to man. The mere mention of any ship of any type or class, to the perm who really knows what this ship is and how it progressed from ideation to combat readiness presents a pic- ture of endeavor by hundreds o f kinds o f Naval lhginers. Every tale of accomplishment by opera- tors in the employment of a naval ship, includes, by implication at least, a picture of the operating Naval Engineer in the employment of the product of his brother Naval Engineers.

ASNE Day 1966 was designed by building a p m gram around the naval operations of today which evoke the heaviest headlines, the agonizing casualty lists which bow in wholesale tragedy only to traffic accidents and crime, and to antidemonstrations which no republic less strong than our own could survive. This is the struggle between freedom and slavery in South East Asia, currently largely cen- tered in South Viet Nam.

Unfortunately our program could not be made available to the general public and because it is real and factual in the engineering sense it does not carry the spectacularity demanded by the public who are generally limitel in their knowledge to that offered by the popular news media. The program was offered to the membem of the Naval Engineer- ing Profession and more than 700 of thean took ad- vantage of this upportunity for the entire day and an additional 700 attended the banquet to receive the inspiration offered by General Greene’s talk.

For those who could not be with us and to pro- vide a permanent record for posterity, we present in this issue as complete a picture aa possible of the event. Such printing can only partially substitute for personal participation. To any who eqerience a sense of loss of the real vitality of the occasion when r&g the printed word, we can only advise and urge that they consider behg present in person at future ASNE Days.

The general make up of the day’s program fol- lowed k of the past with one exception. At the d~ual meeting in 1965 Mr. Ralph Miller pointed out the unfairness of running technical sessions si- multaneously and thus competitively. His point was that if the program is really worthwhile no indi- vidual should be forced to weigh comparative merits in deciding which part to attend. Since we have no intention ever, of presenting any paper which is not of major caliber, this argument went home and this

year, prohably as a pattern for all time, ASNE did not put any of its authors in time-competition with any others. We held no simultaneous competitive sessions.

The Site Our first experience at the Shoreham Hotel in

Washington was a generally happy one. W h e k this will be repeated remains for decisions yet to be made. The Shoreham has the single drawback of limited capacity. This year we touched capcity at both technical sessions, had to turn applicants away f o r lunch and almost reached capacity for the ban- quet. These facts indicate that in future years it may prove foolish for anyone to hold off decision to at- tend much after he receives the announcement. De- lay could well mean deprivation.

An --busy period at tlw registration deak.

The Rogram The day’s program consisted of four parts, mom-

ing and afternoon technical d o n s , luncheon and the 49th Annual Banquet. The designers of this p m gram were Rear Admiral John J. Fee, USN, 1964-5 President and Rear Admiral John B. Oren, USCG, 1 S 6 President, and Captains W. M. Nicholson, USN and S. H. Rice, USCG. This admixture of Cast Guard and Navy produced the same coopera- tive and coordinated results which always flow from joint efforts of the two services.

The theme subject for the day was originally suggested by our 1963 President Rear Admiral W. A. Brockett, USN (REX’), then Chid of the Bureau of Ships, now retired. Admiral Brockett is to became president of Webb Institute. His responsi- bilities farced his absence from Washington on ASNE Day. Admiral Brockett’s suggestion that the day be themed to South East Asia met a good re- sponse. A few voices were raised that in the eight months before the &air the Viet Nam struggle might be history. The plan was to present a four-part pro- gram which would connect the phllosophical-ib logical reasons for there being a conflict in Viet Nam to the r985on for Naval Enginem. To put this in proper SeQuence the initial speaker planned for the morning d o n was Dr. Bernard Fall an oustand- ing authority on the subject “Viet Nam: Realities and Myths.” Dr. Fall’s very busy schedule forced this presentation to the end of the afternoon d o n but it lost nothing by this shift. Because Dr. Fall wants to dress the manuscript up, we are not able to print his talk in this issue. We will publish it as soon as possible, hopefully in the August issue.

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The program which was arranged in detail by Captain S. H. Rice, USCG and Captain W. M. Nich- olson, USN in five papers crammed in the three parts of the whole story for Naval Engineers:

Why by Dr. Fall What by Captain Bucklew and Lieutenant Nel-

How by Messrs. Eldredge and Chaplin son and

To demonstrate the versatility of Naval Engineers, each session was ably moderated by a member af the profession. Captain A. B. Ehgel, USCG, Com- mander of the Coast Guard Curtis Bay Yard, con- trolled the morning session and Mr. A. Dudley Haf€ of Bethlehem Steel Co. occupied this role in the afternoon. These sessions covered what is sometimes called the working level. Any implication that by comparison this puts the speakers who completed our program in the non-working class would be somewhat erroneous in view of their 120-hour work weeks.

President Oren and RAD sdectee Henderson, USCG, db- cuss the program with AclmirPl Soaenahdn and Mr. Tom Shepherd (back to camera).

The fourth part of the informational program was conducted by principal speakers at the lunch and banquet. They represented that top echelon of com- mand which carries heavy responsibility for the accomplishments at the front. This level carries the heaviest burden of all as they not only must p- vide the wherewithall to the fighting forces but must act as the contact between these forces and the public in the press and in the Congress.

Captains Nicbohm, Engal, .ad aerdenop

ASNE DAY 1966

The Morning Technical Session

Captain Engel O ~ C M the morning session

With this change, the morning session presented two papers by field commanders: Captain Bucklew, USN Commander Naval Operations Support Group, Pacific, whose paper “Naval Special Operations S.E. Asia-Junks to PACVs and their Operations” starts on page 395; and Lieutenant Robert T. Nelson, USCG, recently in Command of a squadron of Coast Guard patrol boats operating in Asian waters. Lieutenant Nelson presented a paper, -authored by keutenant Douglas G. Cumer, USCG who had also commanded a squadron in Viet Nam waters. Their paper “Experience in operation of Small Pa- trol Craft in Southeast Asia” will be found starting on page 403. These two papers covered the phase of the theme which could be experienced only by commanders in the field in command of combat forces. They clearly enunciated the relationship be- tween Naval Gngineers and the sailor at sea in peace or war.

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and introduces Captain Bucklew

Lieutenant Nelson holds his audience

Captain BueLlew

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The Afternoon Technical Session

In the afternoon the Naval Engineers spoke their pieces through two talented and experienced mem- bers of the profession. Although both are currently devoting their expertise to the h d w a r e require- ments of field sea fighters such as Captain Bucklew and Lieutenants Nelson and Currier, they truly represent all of the profession which is devoted to produce the best Naval Ships of all kinds to meet the hardware requirements of evmy kind of Naval Force. These speakers, Mr. A. G. Eldredge, Uncon- ventional Warfare Equipment Coordinator in the Ship Systems Command of the Navy Material Com- mand, and Mr. John B. Chaplin, Assistant Chid Engineer, Air Cushion Vehicles Systems, Bell Aerosystem Co., established the fact that Naval Engineers fully understood the requirements of the fighting sailor and marine and that major Naval Engineering talent is at work to meet these require- ments. Mr. Eldredge’s paper “Indicated Direction for New Craft Development” starts on page 409. “The Air Cushion VehicleEvahation and Poten- tial” by Mr. Chaplin is on page 421.

The afternoon was topped by the very interesting and extremely important and informative paper by Dr. Fall. Those who missed the meeting will have to await a later issueof the JOURNAL to read it.

Mr. HI& introduces Mr. Eldredge

Mr. Eldredge speaks

Tbe8ad&nce

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ASNE DAY 1966

The Luncheon

The Luncheon Speakern' Tabla

This year the luncheon attendance was the largest in the history of the Society. For the first time all demands could not be satisfied and it was necessary to reject applications when the total reached 720.

It was a simple affair. The head table group was limited to some of those who had worked for the success of the day. This included one of the program arrangers, Captain Nicholson; the moderators C a p tain Engel and Mr. Haff; the chairman of the com- mittee and three of the hardest workers on the Committee. Mr. Tom Shephard, Captain C. N. Payne, and Commander Cab Davis. The latter was the real work horse whose constant and continual work with the hotel staff and with Mr. Ted Driscoll, who had taekn over the job of handling applications, indoctrinated both of these into the ways of ASNE; and four of the authors of papers which have already been mentioned, Captain Bucklew, Mr. Eldredge, Mr. Chaplin and Lieutenant Nelson.

-dent Oren chaired the meeting. He greeted the guests and introduced our President-nominee for next year, k Admiral E. J. Fahy, Commander of the Navy's Ship System Command, and the prin- cipd speaker, Rear Admiral L. V. Swanson, Assist- ant Chief of Naval Operations whose responsibilities

Admiral Fahy

include the Naval operations in Viet Nam. Admiral Swanson's talk, which you will find on

page 391 brought Naval Engineers into touch with reality and pointed out how and to what degree they carry a heavy responsibility for success or failure in the field.

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The Banquet

The 49th Annual ASNE Banquet drew an attend- ance in excess of 1400. This was an increase over 1965 and is an indication that the rules necessary to comply with the DOD standards of conduct are not disabling this affair.

The head table was notable for a Washington banquet in that none of the political element was present. ASNE has no political axe to grind, does not engage in lobbying and places no demands for special service on any part of the Federal govern- ment which this absence signdies.

In addition to participants in the program those at the head table were:

Vice Admiral I. J. Galantin, USN, Commander of the Navy Material Command

Rear Admiral L. V. Swanson, USN, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, the Luncheon Speaker

Mr. Matthew Forrest, President of our sister society the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

Rear Admiral E. J. Fahy, USN, Commander of the Ship System Command and President nominee of ASNE

Captain Marvin Gluntz, USN, Retired, Secre- tary of SNAME and the following Past- Presidents of ASNE

President in 1952

President in 1955

President in 1955

President in 1956

President in 1957

President in 1958

President in 1959

President in 1961

President in 1962

Rear Admiral T. C. Lonnquest, USN, Retired,

Rear Admiral W. D. Leggett, USN, Retired,

Rear Admiral F. R. Furth, USN, Retired,

Vice Admiral K. K. Cowart, USCG, Retired,

Rear Admiral A. G. Mumma, USN, Retired,

Rear Admiral L. V. Honsinger, USN, Retired,

Rear Admiral W. A. D o h , USN, Retired,

Rear Admiral E. H. Thiele, USCG, Retired,

Rear Admiral R. K. James, USN, Fktired,

Rear Admirals Louis Dreller, USN, Retired, President in 1951 and R. E. Cronin, USN, Re- tired, President in 1960 were also present but by choice did not sit at the head table.

As the head table party entered, honors were rendered by the Navy Band contingent to General Wallace M. Greene, Jr., USMC, Commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps. This was followed by the Marine Hymn.

Our President, Admiral Oren, presiding, introduced Rear Admiral James A. Kelly, Chaplain Corps, USN, Chief of Chaplains who delivered the invoca- tion.

The Navy Band Cadaged

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The right wing of the Speakers’ table, from left to right: A&uiral Thiele, Admiral D o h , Admiral Furth, Admiral Lorn- quest, Admiral Swanson, Mr. Forrest, Admiral Fahy, Mr. Modey, General Creene, Admiral Fee.

Mr. Shephard, Commodore E. E. Brady.

Below: The reception before the banquet was well attended.