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VOLUME X II NUMBER 1 THE STATE UNIVERSITY MARITIME COLLEGE NEWSPAPER 12 OCTOBER l9o9 Throgg’s Neck Bridge The Throggs Neck Bridge, through the Triborough Bridge and TunnelAuthority, is costing New York City taxpayers $83, 000, 000. Originally the bridge was quoted at $90, 000, 000. when the project began a year and a half ago. Construction on the bridge was started in April of 1958. The caissons in the river were laid by Merritt, Chapman and Scott. The first concrete was poured in Jan uary of 1959 into the caisson which A g lim p s e o f th e m o d e m civ i l a r c h i t e c t u r e and en g in e e r in g fe a t b e i n g developed in F o r t Schuy le r ’s bocic yard. H e re we hove a front view of a n e o r ly com p l e t e d m a jor leg o f th e future T h r o g g 's N e c k B ridge. now houses the Bronx Tower. Work on both the Queens and Bronx Tower continued through the winter months. The anchorages for the bridge, will be the deepest of any of the suspension bridges in the United States. These towers which will secure the cables for the sus pension part, a r . now under com pletion. At present, the Bronx Tower is finished and the Queens Tower is nearly completed. If au goes according to i e predicted schedule the cables will be laid in December of 1959. The susj)ended parts will be constructed and added to the bridge by June of 1960. The susp>ended highway will then be joined and paved. A tentative date of completion set by the engineers is January 1961. Many companies combined to undertake this massive project. Amman and Whitney one of the leading civil engineering outfits in the United States today, together with Lionel and Pavlo Engineering firm have been working constantly to get the bridge completed in time. Steers and Company and Felhaber Construction Con^any also built the pier which now berths the Train ing Ship Empire State IIL Upx>n completion of the bridge the Trlborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority will have another source of revenue for the City of New York. The main pntrpwse however, was not for revenue purposes. Be cause of crowded conditions on the Whltestone Bridge and the ever in creasing number of cars on the Long Island-New England highways, the Throgg's Neck Bridge became a necessity. The only benefit, how ever, that the school can claim from the building of the bridge is that when the bridge is completed the college will receive additional land and a developjed sea wall. Upx>n this sight, new dormitories for the cadets will be built in the very near future. Meditation Room Nears Completion As the cadets returned from their annual training cruise, they found another addition to the Maritime College rapidly nearing completion. It consists of the buildingof a Chapel; one of Admiral Durgin's last acts before retiring as President of the college. As he put it, \In the rush of growing up, of getting an education, in planning for a career, today’s college stu dent finds in his schedule little time set aside for God,\ As a state-run organization, the :ollege cannot use any of its funds :o promote religion, so Admiral Durgin enlisted the voluntary ser- aces of Mr. Arthur L. Finn, ar- zhitect and member of the College -ouncil. Funds were provided sole- y by donation and the Parent’s As sociation donated the large stained- ;lass window depicting the USS St, ylarys, the schools first training ship. As of this date, all of the 113,260 needed to complete the :hapel has been pledged. Tbe chap)el is located in one of the ort’s casements, built in 1834 to lOuse three guns. The arched ceil- ng. thick granite walls and care ful design give an atmosphere of serenity. In addition to the large stained glass window, there are three smaller ones representing hope, wisdom and love. Sound equipment has been installed for the repro duction of sacred music. The chapel will have a capacity of 20 people. The National Laymen’s Commit tee, an inter-faith organization, founded to encourage religious thought, has volunteered to donate tliree bibles, one for each faith. These will be presented to the col lege on October 24 by Mr. H.E. Humphreys, Chairman of the board of U.S, Rubber Co., and chairman of National Bible Week. The chapel will be completed by dedication day, which is tentatively set as November 11. RADM MOORE NEW PREXY The universe is full of changes and State University Maritime College, is no exception. For on October 1, 1959, the presidency of the college changed hands as Vice-Admiral Calvin Thornton Durgin ended his term of eight y ears. His suc cessor, Rear-Admiral Harold C. Moore, will fill the vacancy and, since many queries have been left unanswered, the Porthole here presents the background of tne new chief executive of Fort Schuyler. Rear Admiral Harold Conklin Moore, United States Coast Guard, was bom August 23, 1901, in Green- port, Long Island, New York, the son of Thomas Luther and Edith Conklin Moore. He received his early education in Greenport public schools, completing high school in 1919. From Greenport, he entered the New York State Maritime Col lege, which was then located aboard the schoolship NEWPORT, After graduating In 1922, he was employ ed aboard the NEWPORT. The following year, he took the entrance examinations and received an ap pointment to the United States Coast Guard Academy. Admiral Moore was graduated from the Coast Guard Academy and commissioned an Ensign on 15 May 1926, He subsequently was promoted in rank as follows: Lieutenant (j.g.) 15 May 1928; Lieutenant, 15 May 1930; Lieutenant Commander, 3No- vember 1936; Commander, 15 August 1942; Captain, 1 August 1943; and Rear Admiral 1 April 1956. His first assignment to duty was aboard the Coast Guard Cutter . H a rold C. Moore (^^S« C o a s t G u a rd Photo) Maritime Commission Increases Subsidy Commencing July 1, the United States Maritime Com mission authorized the students of the Maritime Col lege to receive an annual subsidy of $600. The only exceptions to this new agreement are students who are not citizens of the United States, and those under the Korean War \Gl” Bill. Other than these, all students can expect the subsidy for the 1959-1960 academic year. To effect the payments, an agree ment between the Maritime College and the Maritime Administration must be concluded. This agreement has not been signed yet, but dis cussions are in progress on the few remaining technical points holding up its approval. Upon concluding the agreement, and elimination of all the government ’'red tape” , the first payment will be made retroactive to July I, 1959. A system for distributing the sub sidy payments has not been devised by the business officer as yet. Cdr. Hiram Gandleman feels that final agreement and other complications will be cleared up in a few months. The payments will be made to all eligible students as soon afterwards as possible. TAMPA in which he participated in the International Ice Patrol cruise in 1927. From 1928 to 1931, hewas assigned to the U .^ Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn., as instructor in the department of Mathematics. During this peri.rd he made the training cruise in the former Coast Guard Cutter ALEX ANDER HAMILTON. From 1931 to 1933, Admiral Moore held his first of many com mands, the CoastGuard Cutter PER SEUS. Then in 1933, he took over the Cutter ARGO and was temporar ily assigned to command a group of 125-foot patrol vessels on the Great Lakes. In 1934, the Admiral became exec utive officer of the Cutter ONON DAGA, which he put in commission and took to its home port of Astoria, Oregon. Admiral Moore’s next assignment was to Hollywood, Calif., 3S technical 'cr sno- tion pictures in 1936. After one year in that capacity, he was re assigned to duty at the Coast Guard Academy as head of the department of Seamanship, and in 1938, VrjiS placed in command of the training schooner CHASE. Detached from the Academy in 1941, he assumed command of the converted yacht NOURMAHAL, s e r ving in that capacity until 1942, when he became Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard Detachment, Engi neer Amphibian Command at Camp Edwards, Mass., and was commend ed for his excellent work in that position by Brigadier General Daniel Noce of the U.S. Army. Admiral Moore then went back to sea for Atlantic convoy duty as Commanding Officer of the Cutter INGHAM in 1942 and 1943. As Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard Cutter DUANE, a s ister ship of the INGHAM, the Admiral in 1944, was awarded the Bronze Star by Admiral Frank J . Lowry, U.S. Nav/, Commander of the U.S. Eighth Amphibious Force, in the name of the President, for his “ exceptional ability, resourceful leadership, and outstanding devotion to duty \ p rior to and during the amphibious inva sion of Southern France. \During the actual assault,” the citation read, \Captain Moore, displaying sound judgment and faultless sea manship, maneuvered his ship thro (gh dangerous waters to as signed positions, thus enabling'the task torce Commander to exercise close and effective supervision of the actions of his units and contributing materially to the overall success of the invasion.” During the period of August 1945 to June 1946, Admiral Moore served as planning and Control Officer, Third Coast Guard tXstrict, New York. He then was ordered to Coast Guard Headquarters, Wash ington, D.C., as Coordinator for Interdepartmental and International Affairs. While serving in this capacity, Admira. 4oore was: Technical Advisor on the U.S. (continued on Page 8) , r I
