If you are involved in the marine industry, if you like ships or
boats, if you like a technical challenge, or if you want to listen to 
expert speakers and talk to other people interested in maritime affairs, 
you will enjoy the Hampton Roads Section of the Society of Naval Architects
and Marine Engineers and you will be welcome.  We are very fortunate to 
be in area which has more shipyards than any other region in the country, 
has the greatest population of shipyard workers in the country, has the 
second largest container port on the East Coast, and is the home of the 
largest military fleet in the world and the largest coal export terminal in the
world.  In addition to the big ships our small boat yards and small boat
designers support the military fleet and the great recreational area
of Chesapeake Bay.

We live in an area with great maritime challenge - please come out and help
us meet that challenge.

CAPT Claude "Okie" Thompson, USCG (Ret), P. E.
Past Section Chairman, 1999-2000



Hampton Roads Section - Background Notes

   The Hampton Roads Section, which is part of the Mid-Atlantic Region, was inaugurated June 5, 1957.  The Section serves Southern Virginia
and North Carolina and encompasses the following zip codes:  218xx, 229xx-239xx, 242xx-243xx, 245xx, 270xx-289xx.
   While the Section currently is not  officially affiliated with any student sections, it has ongoing relationships with the Virginia Tech
Student Section as well as the Old Dominion University Department of Engineering and Technology.  Please see the Links page to visit their sites.