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Changes in Personnel of United States Lines S a result of the promotions of Capt. A. B. Randall to master of the LEVIATHAN and commodore of the fleet, following the resignation of Commodore Harold A. Cunningham, and Capt. George Fried, of rescue fame, to master of the GEORGE WASHINGTON, several changes in personnel were an- nounced Feb. 10 at the of- fices of the United States Lines, - 45 Broadway, New York. Capt. A. M. Moore be- comes master of the AMER- 1cA, Capt. Hub- bard C. Fish takes com- mand of the Repusiic and Chief Officer Harry Manning of the AMERICA will be temporarily assigned to the AMER- ICAN TRADER. Capt. A. M. Moore is a native of Maine and has spent practically his whole life at sea. He served during and after the war in the Army Trans- port service as an officer and took command of the Grorak WASHINGTON for the United States lines in June, 1922. He has been chief officer of the GrorGe WASHINGTON, staff captain of the LeviATHAN and became master of the RrepusLic two years ago. Aside from being extremely popular among north-Atlantic voyagers, Capt. Moore is noted for his ability as a seaman and navigator, and has been feted and decorated for rescues, notably his work in connection with the saving of the crew of the GANDER DEAL in mid- Atlantic in December, 1929. Capt. Hubbard C. Fish, newly ap- pointed mas- ter of the Rr- PUBLIC, Was born in Noank, Conn. He has been decorated by the Nor- wegian goOv- ernment for supervis ing the rescue of 34 members of the crew of the Norwegian freighter Et- vIn, disabled in a north-At- lantic gale in November, 1926. This feat also brought a letter of commen- dation from former President Cool- idge. Capt. Fish served for four years as chief officer of J. P. Morgan’s yacht, Corsair, and in the same capacity on O. H. Payne’s yacht, APHRODITE, and Harry Payne Whitney’s WHILEAWway. Capt. A. M. Moore Capt. H. C. Fish 40 After the war he became master of the Army Transport service liners SHERMAN and PRINCESS MATOIKA and was appointed staff captain of the LEVIATHAN in February, 1922. After two years’ service on the flagship of the United States lines’ fleet, he was given command of the AMERICAN TrapER of the American Merchant lines and has served in that capacity to date. Harry Manning, who has been chief officer of the AMERICA, is now in tem- porary command of ‘the AMERICAN Traver of the American Merchant lines. Mr. Manning, one of the young- er executive officers in the American merchant marine, was born in Feb- ruary, 1897, and is a graduate of the New York State Nautical Schoolship Newport. He joined the United States lines in July, 1921, as fourth officer of the GrorGE WASHINGTON and_ be- came chief officer of the PRESIDENT Harpinc in November, 1927. He, served with that rank on the REPUBLIC and in March, 1928, was perma- nently assigned to the AMERICA. Mr. Manning received wor 1 d-wide reco gni- tion for his heroic activi- ties at sea when in Jan- uary, 1929, un- der the super- vision of Capt. Fried, 32 mem- bers. of the Italian freight- er FLORIDA were rescued. Harry Manning Merits Honor By Service David J. Owen, general manager of the Port of London Authority, was recently knighted, a distinction conferred upon him in the New Year’s honor list in recognition of the onerous and far-reaching impor- tance of the duties attached to the administration of Britain’s premier port. This post has been described as the “blue riband’’ of port ad- ministration. In relation to trade, the Port of London Authority is the most important public body in Great Britain, Preparations have been started for the convention of the Association of Pacific and Far East Ports to be held in Vancouver Aug. 18, 14 and ‘15. In- vitations have been issued to 86 ports in the Orient, South America, Mexico, Hawaiian islands, Philippine islands, New Zealand and Australia asking them to send representatives to the meeting. Headquarters for the con- vention wil be the Hotel Vancouver and details are being handled by Ken- neth J. Burns. ; MARINE REVIEW—March, 1931 Famous Engineer, Inventor of Steam Turbine, Dies Si CHARLES PARSONS, K.C.B inventor of the steam turbine en, gine, died on Feb. 11 while on a cruise to the West Indies. He was 76 years old. News of his death came as a great surprise to his friends as he had left England in seemingly the best of health, despite his advanced age, Sir Charles, who received the Knight- hood of the Bath in 1911 for his serv- ices to the Royal navy, was born in London June 13, 1854, the fourth son of the third Earl of Rosse. From his early youth Sir Charles Parsons he exhibited a talent for science and invention. At the age of 11, while cruising in his father’s yacht, he designed a deep sea sounding gauge which was developed by Lord Kelvin and later put on the market. Upon comple- tion of his education at St. John’s college, he began his practical en- gineering work as an apprentice in the Armstrong plant at Elswick, Neweastle. During the three years of his apprenticeship there he in- vented an epicycloidal four-cylinder rotary engine with revolving cylin- ders. His experiments which led to the perfection of the steam turbine were started in 1884. The original Parsons steam turbine which produced 10 horsepower and made 18,000 revolu- tions per minute is now in the Science Museum at South Kensington, London. The principle of the Parsons turbine, that of “pressure-compounding” or using several “simple” turbines in series, is an essential feature of all modern steam turbines of large out- put and high economy. The invention of the steam turbine revolutionized marine travel and made possible for the first time the crossing of the At- lantic by large liners in less than 4 week. His principles of generating power for liners of the MAURETANIA type have been adapted to merchant vessels, warships and virtually every design of ocean-going craft. Although large works were estab- lished at Heaton-on-Tyne for manu: facturing turbines, dynamos, and other similar equipment, it was not until 1898, when he founded the Marine Steam Turbine Co., that Sir Charles began his work of adapting the tur bine to use in ships. The famous TURBINIA was completed four years later with 2300 horsepower steam tul- bines. She was 100 feet loné-