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■3 VOLUME XII NUMBER 7 THE STATE UNIVERSITY MARITIME COLLEGE NEWSPAPER 4 MARCH 1960 PROP CLUB VISITS U.S.LINES On the 24th of February, the Propeller Club sent a group of cadets to visit the S.S, America. The tour was supervised under the watchful eye of Cadet Peter Bresnan , 2/c. This ship is one of the most beautiful on the water. Her overall length Is 723 feet, stretching from the tip of her bow to the end of her stem. Her beam is 93'3’*. Her gross tonnage is 26,454 and her cruising speed is about 20 knots. Her source of power is in her two sets of triple expansion turbines developing 34,000 shaft horsepower at 121 r.p.m.’s. She carries a crew of 643, and 1200 passengers. One of the amazing concepts of this sh4> ie that only one of her stacks is active. The other is streamlined to reduce her resis tance to a minimum and to also give the vessel a striking appear ance. Perhaps one of the most un usual features of the ship is in die construction of its separated boiler rooms with the engine room in between, the uptakes going up through the machinery watch. All three of the main machinery spaces are protected from collision dam age by deep fuel oU tanks on each side. This ship, rising above the water with her ten decks and swimming pool, three dining halls, and ball room, is stUl one of the most beau tiful ladies gracing .the high seas. After this tour in the next berth was the SS UNITED STATES. Nine cadets managed to get aboard and were taken on a tour by the second mate. This massive beauty, stretching out 990' is right now queen of the high seas. Her beam is 101’6” , and she has twelve decks. 19ie cruises at 32 knots and is p rc^lled by steam turbine engines of a quad- nqile screw type. She carries- a ■ crew of 1,000 and has the capacity to carry 2,000 passengers. She also has a safety factor; she has the ability to withstand twice the collision damage than is required by the Coast Guard. All her en gine rooms are independent with parrallel piping and extra reserve. Also, the ship is completely air- conditioned. Two main theaters of fer fourteen different movies on her fourteen day trip. Sie makes her crossing to Ireland in four days 18 hours. If one were to draw a com parison of the two, it wouldn’t be very hard. They both are beau tiful. The UNITED STATES is much faster, longer and ultimately more modem; but yet the basis of both the interior designs are the same, even though the AMERICA has been on the sea 20 years. P-8 TRIUMPHS IN JERSEY MEET On Saturday, March 5, Pershing Rifle Company P-8, competed in the Third Regimental Rifle Drill Meet, at the Jersey City Armory. This meet was sponsoredbythe St. Peters Drill Team. The sudden snow storm hindered the plans of eight drill teams Scheduled to compete, and con sequently only six teams were able to be present. Under the capable command of their Captain, Rudy Shaberlck, the trick drill team took third place honors, barely missing second by one point and also a broken rifle. Cadet Bishop 1/c led the I.D.R. team to a second trophy of the day. The big event, the Individual drill, was dominated by P-8 with Cadets Rick Bagshaw and Richard Stenson finishing first and third re spectively. The Rifle match was the next success for P-8, with Cadets Al Jprol and William Puleo receiving third and fourth place honors. The final tabulation for the day’s activities shown Company P-8 with two trophies and one gold medaL TTiis achievement assured Company P-8 of a spot in the com ing Cherry Blossom Festival to be held in Washington sometime in April. A final honor of the day was that Maritime College had been re ferred to as the West Point of the Merchant Marine. Congratulations to the Pershing Rifles for a job well done. NAVAL SCIENCE REVEALS DRAFT STATUS Commander J.L. Butler, Jr,, head of the department of Naval Science has issued a current, up- to-date review of the ntilltary status of the cadets. This report includes all the possibilities that may face a college student upon graduation, dis enrollment, or any other type of termination of his cadet or student status. Commander Butler emphasizes tha fact that he or his depajrt- mental personnel will be glad to consult further with anyone who may have draft or other types of military service problems. The report entitled, \The State University Maritime College Cadet and His Military Obligatiins,” reads as follows. Many questions have arisen in the past concerning the draft status 6T College cadets and the Com missioning Programs in the U.S, Naval Reserve. To this end this attempt is made to clarify regulations and directives as they apply at this time. The primary ■sources of references for these topics are the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, and the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952, as amended. Merchant Marine Act of 1936 Section 302 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 provides that all of the Deck and Engineering Officers employed on vessels on which an operating differential subsidy is paid shall, if eligible, be members of the Naval Reserve of the U.S, Navy. Since many of the steamship lines are paid this operating differential subsidy, officers of the Maritime Service are being required, prior to em ployment by the shipping firms to submit evidence that they are members of the U.S. Naval Re serve, have an application pending, or have been rejected. Cadet Status Cadets while enrolled in the College are all draft deferred during the period they are en rolled, but become draft eligible as soon as they graduate or are disenrolled for any reason. The Navy’s interest in the Maritime Colleges stems from th National Defense requirements for an ade quate Merchant Marine manned by well-trained officers possessing an understanding of Naval pro cedures and capable of operating with the' Navy in time of war. In other words, the Navy does not rely on the Maritime Colleges as a primary source of Naval Reserve officers, but rather con ceives of these schools first and foremost as the source of Mer- chnt Marine officers for man ning our Merchant Fleet. With’ this mission in mind, a discussion of the several cate gories of Cadets follows: I. Cadets Already Enlisted in the Naval Reserve. a. Personnel enlisted in the Naval Reserve prior to 10 Aug ust 1955 acquired an obligation (Continued on page 2) SUMC Host To Parents On 22 February 1960, the Cadet Corps were hosts at the Parents Day Program held lii the Armory. The Program opened with a short address by Dean A.O. Porter who outlined the events to follow! Next, Admiral H. E. Moore welcomed the parents and discussed the subsidy checks. He stressed the requirements that a cadet must meet in order to receive them; and suggested that, the money be used for uniforms and maintenance. In addition Admiral Moore spoke on the merit and demerit system, the im portance of faculty advisors, and the new dorms, which are to be constructed this summer on the present athletic field. This site was chosen because of its central location on the reservation. TTte new dorms will have four one hundred and fifty-man units with a six hundred-man messdeck below. Commander J. L. Butler Jr., followed with an address on the relationship of the Maritime Col lege to the Naval Reserve. He listed the requirements for a r e serve commision and the different types of programs available. The next .speaker. Professor J. J. Foody, discussed the em- ploymet opportunities for en gineers afloat and ashore, and introduced the three graduates who made upMhe engineering paneL Commander G. J. De Simone, the last speaker, followed with an outline of the opportunities for deck cadets after graduation, and introduced the four graduates who made up the deck panel. The panels followed with a question and answer period. After the close of the Program refreshments were served in the messdeck. Basketball Team In Invitational Tourney NEW YORK STATE INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT On February 26, the Fort Schuyler basketball team, to play the best colleges of the State University of New York, In the New York State Invitational Tour nament. Fort Schuyler was seeded last in a field of eight teams, but proved to be better at the tour nament’s end. After a crushing defeat at hands of Albany State (70-40), Fort Schuyler Ixtunced back to upset Pottsdam (82-68) and send highly seeded Brockport State Teachers into overtime, be fore finally lossing (61-53). This record of one win and two losses gave N.Y.S.M.C, a sixth-place finish. The overall team record stands at 10-7. The tournament was won by Oswego, with Cortland second and Albany S»te third. Ron Davis of Oswego was voted the tournament’s MVP. As usual Fort Schuyler’s MVP was Kurt Axelsson who scored 56 points inthethreegames played. Just A Little Further!! Leading Fort Schuyler Scorers in the Tournament Player Games T.P. First game Second game Third game PPG. Axelsson 3 56 14 31 11 18.7 Kletsky 3 34 4 15 15 11.3 Burkhart 3 31 11 11 9 10.3 Maender 3 26 4 11 11 8.7 Baranello 3 14 4 3 7 4.7 Riley 2 13 2 ll 6.5 Hughes 1 1 L — — 1.0
