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Personal Sketches of Marine Men H. E. Frick, Vice President and General Manager, The Export Steamship Corp. By E. C. Kreutzberg Photo by Kaiden-Keystone Studios wa] E. FRICK, vice president and general manager PYG) of The Export Steamship Corp., 25 Broadway, New York, is a well-known figure among those identified with the operation of deep-water ships under the American flag. He has charge of that company’s fleet of 28 vessels, plying between North At- lantic and Mediterranean and Black Sea ports, and known as the American Export lines. After attending the public schools in his native city of Baltimore, he went to Ireland and enrolled in a special course at the famous plant of Harland & Wolff in Belfast. There he served in all departments of the yard and engine works, finally completing his course in the draft- ing room. Returning to the United States, he joined the Sparrows Point plant of the Maryland Steel Co., on hull construction. In 1904 he left Sparrows Point to go with the Fore River Shipbuilding Co. at Quincy, Mass., where he served in various capacities, remaining after the yard had been acquired by the Bethlehem Shipbuild- ing Corp. He was in charge of hull construction when, in 1917, he left to go with the United States shipping board. With the Shipping Board Mr. Frick first was placed in charge of all the board’s activities, including the ship construction and housing program, at Bristol, Pa. Later he was transferred to Hog Island where he had charge of ship construction. In 1919 he was transferred to the Pacific coast, as manager in charge of the North Pacific district, with headquarters at Seattle. Here he assisted in the settlement of many difficult problems which he inherited as district manager. In 1920 he returned East and was made manager of construction and in that capacity was placed in charge of all construction. Resigning from the shipping board in 1921, he be- came vice president and general manager of the Atlantic Corp., Portsmouth, N. H., and took charge of the com- pletion of a shipbuilding contract there. In 1922 he again joined the shipping baord, going to Europe as man- ager of maintenance and repairs with headquarters in London. There for three years he was identified with S GENERAL manager of one of the largest overseas American flag services he is unusually well equipped in practical and technical knowledge. E HAD the benefit of early training in shipbuilding followed by years’ of experience in responsible positions in leading American shipyards. KEEN student of operating costs, his command of incontrovertible facts, logically presented, helped great- ly in the promulgation of effective ma- rine legislation. the reorganization of the maintenance and repair staff in European ports. In 1924, he resigned to join The Export Steamship Corp. as operating manager, later be- coming vice president and general manager. This com- pany purchased first 18 vessels and later six additional. During the years 1929-30 The Export Steamship Corp. also operated 14 chartered vessels in the Russian service. In 1926, Mr. Frick became active in directing atten- tion to the need for government aid for private vessel operators and he wrote several articles on ocean mails which were widely published and highly influential in shaping thought on this subject. The movement which he started resulted eventually in the Jones-White act. After the passage of this act, Henry Herbermann, president of The Export Steamship Corp. pledged his company to build four steamers under the provisions of this act. To Mr. Frick was assigned the responsibil- ity for constructing these vessels. In collaboration with George G. Sharp, naval architect, New York, and the operating staff of The Export Steamship Corp., Excatrur and her sisterships were designed, and the vessels built at the plant of the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N. J. Incorporated in these new vessels was Mr. Sharp’s novel ‘‘veranda”’ arrangement by which each stateroom is an outside room. These vessels have proved most popular with the travelling public and reflect great credit to all concerned in their design and construction. With a specified shaft horsepower of 8000, a speed in excess of 18 knots is attained in service. Mr. Frick has been a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers since 1902 and a mem- “er of the Institution of Naval Architects of Great Britain since 1904. He is a member of the American Bureau of Shipping, New York, and of the advisory board of the U.S.P. & I. Agency Ine., New York. He resides at Upper Montclair, N. J., with his wife and family. He is a member of the Upper Montclair Country club, the Art club, Philadelphia, and the Whitehall club, New York. His office is at the headquarters of The Export Steamship Corp., 25 Broadway, New York. 52 MARINE REVIEwW—February, 1932