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56 THE MarRINE REVIEW The Steam Tug Oneonta for the Port | of Portland I N the September number of THE Marine Review reference was made to new steel tugs to be built for the port of Portland, Ore., and we are now _able to present longitudinal and midship sections and deck plan showing details Tri : Nee rimmin. ta\ Qa g ae 3\O ge "A Crews Quarters of construction. But one.tug is be- ing built at present and will be namea Oneonta. The designs are Dy... Norrlin, consulting engineer, Portland, Ore., and the boat is being built by the Willamette Iron & Steel Works, Portland, and will be completed late in the coming spring. The tug is designed particularly for service at the mouth of the Columbia river. Portland is the largest grain shipping port on the Pacific coast, and most of the grain is exported to Europe in sailing vessels which must be towed from the open sea across the bar and up the river 100 miles to Portland, returning to sea also under ZBailors -- Quarters Hawser | Z i Bouttle 400. tow. The river towing is done princi- pally by powerful stern-wheelers, but sea-going tugs are required for the section from Astoria into the open ocean. This service is unusually se- vere, the Columbia river bar being Fire Room Floor 40 34 382 28 22 LONGITUDINAL SEcTION Tuc ONEONTA. 38 26 2h 42 35 notorious for its nasty weather, and a tug for this service must be very weatherly and powerful, and it is to meet these conditions that the One- onta has been designed. The scant- lings and particulars will 'be noted on midship section. Steam will be furnished by two Scotch type boilers, 10 ft. 6 in. diameter, 11 ft. long, de- signed for a working pressure of 175 lb. and to be worked with oil fuel. The propelling machinery will con- sist of a compound engine designed by the builders, with cylinders 20 and 44 in. diameter and 28 in. stroke. In addition to the usual auxiliary equip- ment of pumps, winches, etc., there Fuel-oil [SEA SE Toilet | Lamp - er "Boatswains _ Locker Tuc ONEONTA, PLAN OF a0 February, 1910 will be fitted an automatic towing machine. Quarters for officers and crew are provided in the deck house and forecastle. The master's room js located in the chart house aft of the pilot house. There will be fitted one mast carrying a derrick boom op- erated by the steam winch on main deck forward. The contract price of the tug, delivered in Portland, $92,350. © Trimming Tank fresh Water 16 18 WHITE STAR LINER OLYMPIC. It is now definitely settled, subject to unforeseen occurrences, that the launch of the Olympic, the first of the two White Star leviathans, which are being constructed in Belfast, will take place on Thursday, Oct. 20. They are triple-screw, combined reciprocating engine and tur- bine steamers, The interest which has been, and is being, taken in these two monsters is, of course, exceptional, as the dimensions and weights are so phen- omenal, the displacement, when loaded, coming up to nearly 60,000 tons, the gross tonnage being about 45,000 tons, and the launching weight between 25,000 and 30,000 tons. \ a \ ~W! Locke wae ' State Room |; " 1 Seb ls qo ea. \ Be State Room i uv St i <7" Looker..--S< a oo __- ze | or _.- - a af ng BO: poy ves sae res Oe