The US-listed shipbuilder shedlight on the departure of Ken Tamblyn in a securities filing released at theclose of trading Monday.

The document included a copyof a letter addressed to Gulf Island chairman John P Laborde, which read:

DearJack,

You willrecall that at the time the board was considering adding a stock component andstock ownership requirement to director compensation, I expressed my strongdisagreement with the plan being proposed.

My