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'March, 191z THE MARINE REVIEW 19 Work in Coast Ship Yards New York Ship Building Co. The ship building program under con- -struction at the yard of the New York Ship Building Co., Camden, N. J., in- 'cludes the United States battleship Ar- 'kansas of 26,000 tons displacement, the battleship Oklahoma of 27,500 tons dis- "placement, the - Argentine " battleship Moreno of 28,000 tons displacement; a Chinese cruiser, 328 ft. over all; the United States torpedo boat destroyer Jarvis, 294 'ft: over all; the United States torpedo boat destroyer Downes, 305 ft. over all; thrée oil steamers, 342 ft. over all; one oil steamer, 407 ft. over all; two seagoing tugs, each 175. ft. over all; one sidewheel steamer, 410 ft. over all;: one steam Collier, 396 ft. over all, and one steam collier, 319 ft. over all. Work at Newport News The Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., has the following work under way: | Submarine boat Tuna of the Lake 'type for the United States Navy; tor- pedo boat destroyer Fanning for the United States Navy; battleship Texas for the United States Navy; revenue cutters Unalga and Miami. for the Revenue Cutter Service; colliers Proteus . and Nereus for the United States Navy; two bulk freighters of 3,500 gross tons register for A. H. Bull & Co., of New York, and one freight and passenger steamer of 6,000 gross tons register for the Clyde Line of New York. Maryland Steel Co. 'The Maryland Steei Co. Sparrow's Point, Md., has recently contracted to. build two sidewheel passenger steamships for the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Co., Baltimore, Md., for service on Chesapeake Bay, having the follow- ing general particulars: Length over all, 200 ft.; beam molded, 36 ft.; beam over guards, 59 ft. 434 in.; depth mold- ed, 11 ft. The engine will be double- cylinder, simple inclined with Corliss valve gear and two water leg type boil- ers. Fore River . Yard The Fore River Ship Building Co. Quincy, Mass., have 12 vessels under construction at the present time, as follows: Battleship Rivadavia, battle- ship Nevada, torpedo boat destroyers Henley and Duncan, four Holland sub- marine boats, sulphur steamer Frieda, Standard Oil tank steamer, molasses steamer Nelson and a fireboat for Port- land, Ore. Harlan & Hollingsworth The Harlan & Hollingsworth Corpor- ation, Wilmington, Del., has a great deal of work on hand. The steamer for Olson & Mahony, San Francisco, has been sold to the Alaska Steamship Co., and re- named Cordova. Considerable alterations have been made on the vessel; the poop deck has been extended to bridge and sides of vessel built up, four ad- ditional staterooms added, and vesse! arranged for special cargo. Her di- mensions are 251 ft. long, 41 ft. beam and 20 ft. deep; gross tonnage, 2,400. The sidewheel steamer Rose Stand- ish has been built to the order of W. & A. Fletcher Co., of New York, for the Nantasket Beach Steamboat Co., of Boston. This vessel was de- livered lIast month, with her boilers, uptakes and deck machinery installed, to the Fletcher company, who wil finish her at New York. Her dimen- sions are 311 ft. overall, 34 ft. molded beam, 59 ft "over ouards; and IZ i, 6 in. deep. The. freight steamer Henry .Wil- liams, building for the Baltimore & Carolina Steamship Co., has three complete decks, and is built to Lloyds highest class. She is 241 ft. long, 39 ft. beam and 28 ft. deep. The Harlan & Hollingsworth Cor- poration has contracts for the fol- lowing: Oak Two fishing steamers, the B. H. B. IIubbard and W. T. James, for the Taft Fish Co. These vessels are 155 ft; long,' 23 ft beam atid 11 ft. depth of hold, and hulls are built of wood. One fishing steamer, the Warren J. Courtney, for the C. E, Davis Pack- ing Co., of same dimensions as above, also a wood hull. One fishing steamer for the Atlantic Tisheries Co., 155 ft. by 24 ft. by 10 ft. The hull is of wood. The hulls for these four vessels are being built by the Jackson & Sharp Co. (American Car & Foundry Co.), of Wilmington, Del., while Harlan & Yollingsworth build the engines, boil- ers, tanks, and install same, together with all equipment ready for service. This company has machinery con- structing and equipment being pre- pared for two fishing steamers for the I.ewes Fisheries Co., and for one steamer for the Edwards Fish Co. The following contracts have been 'received this year: One. single-screw passenger and lumber steamer for Wilson Bros. Co., to be named Columbia. The dimen- sions are 251 ft. over all, 243 ft. 3 in. perpendiculars, 41 ft. beam, and 20 ft. deep. The machinery is located aft, and consists of two cylindrical return- tube boilers, 12 ft. diameter and {1 ft. 5 in. long, and a triple expansion engine having cylinders 19 in., 30 in. and 50 in. diameter by 36-in. stroke. The' vessel has two tasts, each equipped with two booms arid two hoisting engines for rapidly discharg- ing caro. One single-screw freight steamer for the Unicn Co., to be named the John "A. Hooper. This vessel is about 300 ft. long overall, 284 ft. perpendiculars, 44 ft beam and 2l it. 6 in, deep. The machinery located aft consists of two cylindrical return tube boilers, each ,14- ft. 3 in. diameter by, 11 if. 9 in. long, and a triple expansion engine | having cylinders 21 im. 34 in. and 56 in. diameter by 42-in. stroke. This vessel has three masts, eight cargo booms and is equipped with power- ful hoisters for discharging cargo rap- idly. One steel lighter for the Central Railroad of New Jersey, to be named Mauch Chunk. This vessel is 118 ft. lone overall, 105 ft. 7 in. perpen- diculars,31 ft. 6 in. beam molded, 12 ft. 9 in. deep. She is equipped with a single engine 22 in. diameter and 26-in. stroke, and one boiler 13 ft. 6 in. diameter and 12 ft. 3 in. long. This vessel has a steel mast and large steel boom with rigging for handling heavy boilers, etc. The hoisters are of special construction and operated by one man. One steel sea-going tug for the 'Philadelphia & Reading railroad to be named Germantown. This vessel is 170 ft. long overall, 163 ft. 6 in. per- pendiculars, 30 ft. beam molded and 18 ft. deep. She is schooner rigged and is similar in appearance to the other large tugs of the company. Her machinery consists of two return tube hoilers 12 ft. 6 in. diameter and 12 ft. 7 in. long, and a triple expansion engine 18 in., 28 in. and 45 in. diame- ter by 30-in. stroke. One steel passenger and _ freight steamer for Olson & Mahony, San Francisco, to be named California, to replace the vessel built for them and sold to the Alaska Steamship Co. The tug Germantown and all the lum- ber steamers are equipped with power- ful towing engines of Shaw & Spiegle design. The steamer Nicholas Cuneo is in dry dock having new rudder fitted, ; :