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4 3 2 E ; Will Develop Use of Alloy Steels in Marine Field HEN the Marine Steel Corp. was organized recently by Clif- ford D. Mallory and associates with headquarters in the Chrysler build- ing, New York, to develop the use of corrosion-resistant alloy steels in marine applications, Lewis B. Linde- muth, one of the best known metal- lurgists in the steel industry, was made vice-pres- ident and gen- eral manager of the new company. As a steel expert fa- miliar with the diversified and _ special- ized require- ments of the marine field, Mr. Linde- . muth is well qualified to fill L. B. Lindemuth this position and has been placed in direct charge of the com- pany’s study of marine requirements. His career has been one of note- worthy contributions to the progress of the steel industry here and abroad. It also has been a colorful one, not only by reason of his travels in vari- ous parts of the world, but because’ of his disposition to make his own observation on the behavior of steel in exacting applications. For several years, for instance, he has been a de- partment of commerce licensed air- plane pilot, flying simply as a diver- sion and as a means of keeping in touch with the metal requirements of this new industry. In 1928 while in Australia, he pur- chased a 40-foot ketch and with an Australian for a companion sailed for a 3000-mile cruise over the Paci- fie ocean, visiting various South Sea Islands. The cruise included a visit to the nickel and chromium produc- ing regions of New Caledonia and ended in Suva, Fiji. Born in 1887, in Wichita, Kansas, Mr. Lindemuth graduated from Penn State college in 1909 with a degree of bachelor of science in metallurgy, and entered the open hearth and bes- semer department of the Pennsyl- vania Steel Co. at Steelton, Pa., at the same time continuing post-gradu- ate work at Penn State college. In 1912 he received the master’s degree in metallurgy from that institution. His initial efforts at Steelton were devoted to the development of iron ore from the company’s Mayari de- posits in Cuba. This ore, because of its nickel and chromium contents, offered great difficulty in the manu- facture of steel. Mr. Lindemuth did much in developing the duplexing process, blowing in bessemer convert- ers and subsequently refining in Open-hearth furnaces, which enabled the Pennsylvania Steel Co. and its successor, the Bethlehem Steel Co., to use the Mayari ore in making high-grade steel for the automotive structural and other industries. In 1918, he became assistant superintendent in the open-hearth and bessemer department of the Pennsylvania Steel Co. and in 1917 was transferred by the Bethlehem Steel Co. to its Saucon works at Bethlehem. He resigned this connec- tion in 1918 and with Frank D. Carney, who at the same time res- signed as chief metallurgist of the Bethlehem Steel Co., formed the firm of Carney & Lindemuth, New York, consulting engineers in connection with steel works operations in this country and abroad. Death Claims Well Known Naval Architect aoe C. BENNETT, technical sec- retary of the United States Load Line committee and chairman of the technical committee on the American Steamship Owners’ association, died at his home in Leonia, N. J. on Dec. 31 at the age of 56. Mr. Bennett was well known in marine circles and ranked high as a‘naval architect. During late years he had been one of the leading advocates of the use of pulverized coal, having designed and supervised several installations. The recent conversion of the shipping board freighter BREMERTON into the self-unloading and self-trimming car- go carrier H. F. DEBARDELEBEN was effected under plans prepared by Mr. Bennett. At the time of his death he was engaged in the preparation of plans and_ specifications covering changes and improvements on several vessels for the Mississippi Shipping Co. Inc., New Orleans. Mr. Bennett was born in London, England, Nov. 5, 1874 and was edu- cated at Weston academy, Bath, King Edward VI school, Birmingham and Armstrong college, Newcastle. His first American connection was as assistant chief drafts- man for the New <v ork Shipbuild- ing Co., Cam- den, Neva from 1900 to 1903. In 1904 he acted as naval archi- tect for Town- send & Down- ey, New York; from 1905 to 1917 as chief draftsman and later naval architect at the Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Mass., and from 1917 to 1922 he was vice-presi- dent and general manager of the Newburgh Shipyards Inc., Newburgh. Edwin C. Bennett MARINE REvieEw—February, 1931 Officers Are Elected by Neptune Association C APT. E. F. MITCHELL, master of the steamer AMERICAN MER- CHANT, was elected to serve a second term as president of the Neptune as- sociation at the recent annual meet- ing held at 105 Broad street, New York. Captain Mitchell is well known to American seafarers. He started his career on the : east coast but soon _ drifted out: to. -. the west coast where he en- tered the col- lier trade. He served in the Philip- pines and spent most of his time on the west coast until the be- ginning of the World war. He was a lieutenant-commander dur- ing the War and: later became master of a ship in the round-the-world trade. After a few trips in this serv- ice, he joined the United States lines and has been with the fleet ever since. Capt. George Williams of Galves- ton was elected first vice president and Commodore Herbert Hartley of Opelika, Ala., was elected second vice president. Five trustees were elected: Commodore H. A. Cunningham, a for- mer president, and Capts. S. J. Reynard, L. A. French, J. J. Vander Clute, and C. L. Taucer. Captain John F. Milliken was elected secretary- treasurer for a two year term, all the other candidates being elected for a one year term. Ballots were sent out three months ago and returns were received from — all parts of the world. The Neptune association is an organization of li- censed masters and deck officers estab- lished in 1910. Headquarters are at 105 Broad street, New York with branches in Boston, Galveston, New Orleans, and Mobile. Capt. E. F. Mitchell WwW. A. Thorpe has been appointed assistant to the manager of the fed- eral and marine department of the General Electric Co., according to an announcement made by the manager of the department, D. W. Niven. Announcement was made on Dec. 27 of the retirement of M. J. Lind- say, freight traffic manager of the Matson Navigation Co. for many years. Marshall F. Cropley, his as- sistant, was appointed successor ef- fective Jan. 1. Mr. Lindsay had been associated with the Matson in- terest for 30 years. 47