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January, 1912 TAE MarRINE REVIEW WORK IN COAST SHIPYARDS New York Ship Building Co., Camden, N. J. Sidewheel passenger steamer Wash- ington Irving for Hudson River Day Line, New York, 414 ft. long, 86 ft. beam. ' © 'Battleship Moreno for Republic, 595 ft. over all, 27,600 tons displacement; Curtis turbines, triple- screw; Babcock & Wilcox boilers; estimated horsepower, 45,000. Cruiser for -Chinese government, 320 ft. over all; 2,600 tons displace- ment; Parsons turbines, three screws; express type of boilers; estimated horsepower, 8,000. Hull of side-wheeler Alameda for Southern Pacific Co., 275 ft. over all; gross tonnage, 2,000. Two car floats for New York Cent- ral & Hudson River railroad; length, over all, 332 ft.; gross tonnage, 1,000. Two oil steamers for Standard Oil Co., 342 ft. over all; gross tonnage, Argentine 3,500; triple-expansion, single-screw engine; Scotch boilers, estimated horsepower, 1,300. Oil steamer for Gulf Refining Co., 406 ft. over all; estimated gross ton- nage, 5,200; triple-expansion, single- screw engine; Scotch boilers; esti- mated horsepower, 2,650. The Moran Co., Seattle, Wash. Steel steam whaler Star I, 117 ft. over all, for United States Whaling Co.; estimated gross tonnage, 180; three-cylinder, triple-expansion engine, one single-end Scotch boiler; estimat- ed horsepower, 500. Two steel steam whalers, Star II and Star III, for United States Whal- ing Co.; length over all, 105 ft.; gross tonnage, 150; estimated horsepower, 400; machinery same as for Star l. Two steel steam whalers, Yard No. 66 and Yard No. 67,for Canadian North Pacific Fisheries Co.; length over all, 96 ft.; gross tonnage, 130; three-cyl- inder, triple-expansion engine, one sin- gle-end Scotch boiler; estimated horse- power, 375. Steel passenger steamer Solduck for Inland Navigation Co.; length over all, 205 ft.; gross tonnage, 1,160; three- cylinder, triple-expansion engine; two Ballin water-tube boilers; estimated horsepower, 1,400. The Wm. Cramp & Sons Ship & En- gine Building Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Three steel coal barges for Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., Jersey City, N. dead weight car- equip- J., 160 ft. over all; rying capacity, 988 gross tons; ped with donkey boiler. Three steel coal barges (sail) for Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., 175 ft. pansion engine; long; dead weight carrying capacity, 1,291. Qross* tons; equipped: with aun key boiler. >teel cruiser Cuba for Cuban gov- ernment,' 260 "4ti" over' ally: 2,055 ' gross displacement; triple-expansion, engines, two water-tube 2,400 estimated horsepower. Steel: gunboat, datria..(sails)..tor Cuban government, 185 «ft. ,ovet al; 1,zU0 tons displacement; triple-expan- tons twin-screw boilers; sion, twin-screw engines, .two water- tube boilers; estimated horsepower, 1,300. tore River Ship Building Co., Quincy, Mass. 'wo steam trawlers for Bay State Fishing Co., 126 tt. long, of 283 gross tons; approximate value, $/U,UUU; triple-expansion engine, one Scotch boiler; estimated horsepower, 450. Suction dredge New Orleans for the . war department, 315 ft. over all; ap- proximate value, $400,000; four triple- expansion engines, four Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 2.500. Battleship Rivadavia for Argentine Republic, 585-ft. over all, 30,200 full load displacement; approximate value, $11,000,000; three Curtis marine tur- bines, 18 Babcock & Wilcox boilers; estimated horsepower, 40,000. Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va. Freight steamer for A. H.: Hull Steamship Co., 8-10 Bridge St. New York;. length over all, 328 ft.; esti- mated gross tonnage, 3,500; single- screw, triple-expansion engine; two Scotch boilers; estimated horsepower, 1,200. Freight and passenger steamer, 397 ft. overall, for Clyde Steamship Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; , nage, 6,000; single 1 screw, triple-ex- estimated horsepower, 3,600. Maryland Steel Co., Md. Two colliers, Orion and Jason, for United States navy department. Five steel steam freight ships, duplicates, for American-Hawaiian Steamship Co., New York; length over all, 429 ft. 2 in.; estimated gross ton- nage, 6,600; 'quadruple, single-screw engines; three Scotch boilers; esti- mated horsepower, 3,000. Southern Pacific Co., West Oakland Yards, West Oakland, Cal. Side-wheel, double-end team and passenger ferry steamer Thorough- fare, for Southern Pacific Co. San Sparrows Point, estimated horsepower, . estimated gross ton- py four Scotch. boilers; all" 3 Francisco, Cal.; length over all, 273 ft.; approximate value, $170,000; esti- mated gross tonnage, 2,662; two (con- densing) tandem compound engines; two Scotch dryback boilers; estimat- ed horsepower, 1,340. Stern wheel river steamer Creates Cherokee, 175 'ft.' over all, for South- ern Pacific Co,, San Francisco, Cal.; approximate value, $48,500; estimated gross tons, 429; two non-condensing, compound, horizontal engines; one locomotive firebox boiler; estimated horsepower, 325. Harlan & Hollingsworth Corporation, Wilmington, Del. Steel lumber and passenger steamer -- California, for Olson & Mahoney, Fite building," pan: .Prantises, Cal: length over all, 250 ft. 11 in.; estimat- ed gross tonnage, 1,580; one triple- expansion engine, single-screw, two cylindrical return tube boilers; esti- mated horsepower, 1,200. Side-wheel excursion steamer for Nantasket Beach Steamboat Co., Bos- ton, Mass.; length over all, 215 ft.; estimated gross tonnage, 900; one in- clined compound engine, being built by. W.. & A. Fletcher Co., Hoboken, N. J.; two Scotch marine type boil- ers; estimated horsepower, 1,400. Coastwise freight steamship (steel) for Baltimore & Carolina Steamship Co., Baltimore, Md.; length over all, 241 ft.; estimated gross tonnage, 1,870; one triple-expansion engine, single--- screw; two cylindrical return .tube boilers; estimated horsepower, - 850. -- The Harlan & Hollingsworth Cor- poration, Wilmington, Del. is also building outfits of engines, pumps, © machinery, piping, boilers, etc. for wooden hulls which are being built various wooden ship _ building yards, as follows: For wooden hull of fishing steamer being built by M. M. Davis, Sol mons, Va., for the Edwards Co., Inc., Reedville, Va. For wooden hull of fishing steamer being built by John Abbott, Milford, Del., for Lewes Fisheries Co., Lewes, Del. Lee For wooden hull being built by American Car & Foundry Co., Wil- mington, Del., for the 'Taft Fishing Co., Kilmarnock, Va. For wooden hull being built by ' American Car & Foundry Co., Wil- -- mington, Del., for C. E. Davis Pack- ing Co., Fleeton, Va: Also the following engines and boil- ers: One fore and aft compound engine.