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314 Naval Tugs Sonoma and Ontario The New York Ship Building Co., Camden, N. J., has just completed for the United States navy depart- ment, the steel ocean-going tugs Sonoma and Ontario, ordered by the United States government, Aug. 24, 1911, and launched, the Ontario on April 11, 1912, and the Sonoma on May 11, 1912. These tugs are of the single-screw type and have the fol- lowing dimensions: Length over all, 185 ft. 2 in.; length between perpen- diculars (fore side of stem to after side of rudder post), 175 ft.; beam, molded, 34 ft.; beam, over guards, 35 ft. 6 in.; depth, molded, to main deck, 20 ft. 3 in.; mean load draught (salt water), 12 ft. 6 in.; speed, load- ed, at sea, 14 knots. The vessels are of open-hearth THE MARINE REVIEW etc., forward of engine space, in main deck house. There is fitted forward a steam windlass, combined with towing bitt, the windlass having warp- ing ends. A _ reversible capstan is fitted on main deck aft. Two steam winches of 5-ton capacity' each are located, one at fore mast on main deck, the other at the main mast on top of the deck house. A _ tow- ing machine is provided in the after end of the main deck house and sup- plied with necessary hawser rollers, etc., a towing bitt is also fitted aft, a steam steering engine is located in engine room and has connection in pilot house. A combined steam and hand steering wheel is fitted on after end of deck house top. The boat one 21-ft. consists. of one 28-ft. equipment motor dory, Navat Tuc Sonoma on Her TRIAL Photo by New York Ship Building Co. steel throughout, and built in accord- ance with the rules of the American bureau of shipping and under special survey. They are subdivided by sev- en watertight bulkheads, and. have raked stem and elliptical stern, two masts with derrick boom of 5-ton capacity on fore mast, schooner rig and equipped with a wireless outfit. These tugs are very large and power- ful, being well adapted for the work they will be called upon to do in the event of war. Quarters for a naval complement of four officers, three chief petty of- ficers and 35 men, are arranged as - follows: Captain's quarters aft of the pilot house, officers' quarters in forward end of main deck house, crew on lower deck, forward; chief petty officers and engine room force on lower deck, aft; toilets, galley, whale boat and one 16-ft. dinghy; the former two being slung under davits. One 4-in. Monitor fire hose nozzle is fitted on top of pilot house » and a similar one on top of deck house ait. A machine shop, amply equipped, is located upon platform on port side of engine room. Dou- ble bottom and feed-water tanks are fitted under boilers. The peak tanks are arranged for the carrying of fresh or salt water and the coal bunkers are abreast of the boiler room, with a cross bunker aft of the boiler room. The drinking water tanks contain 4,000 gallons of fresh water and the gravity tank 500 gallons. The refrigerator space has a capacity of 550 cu. ft. The propelling machinery is placed amidship and consists of two single- ended Scotch boilers, arranged fore- September, 1912 and-aft, with fireroom between the two. They are 16 ft. in diameter and 11 -ft. between heads, with a working pressure of 200 lb. The en- gines are of the vertical, inverted- cylinder, _ triple-expansion, surface- condensing type, of about 1,800 horse- power, with cylinders 1934, 31%, and 5414 in. diameter by 36-in. stroke. The contract price of each tug is $194,000. Launch of the Nelson The steamer Nelson, building by the Fore River Ship Building Co., of Quincy, Mass., for the Cuba Distilling Co., of Havana, Cuba, was launched on Monday, Aug. 12, the christening ceremony being performed by Miss Madeline E. Mayer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levy Mayer, of New York. The Nelson is an improved dupli- cate of the steamer Currier, built by the Fore River Ship Building Co. and owned by the Cuba Distilling Co., and will' be engaged in the transportation of molasses in bulk between Cuba, Porto Rico and Am- erican ports, principally New York. She is also constructed in such a way as to enable her to enter the trans- Atlantic trade. dimensions The principal are as follows: Length between perpendiculars, ft...:. 370 Deam™ molded, fic. . ccs os oes a tele e shes 52 Depth molded to upper deck, ft....... 30 Draught loaded' -fto 3 Fin 2 ates vais 23 Gross' tovinage, "abouts ee eon ek 4,700 Net. tonnage. baboutiiva. woos neces eee 2,800 The vessel can be used for the transportation in bulk of molasses, oil, or other liquid cargo. The total stowing capacity for molasses is 190,- 000 cu. ft., representing over 1,400,000 gals. When carrying petroleum, with the oil carriage and tanks and inner bottom, the vessel will have a capac- ity of 1,600,000 gals. The vessel has three pole masts fitted with cargo booms having a ca- pacity of 5 tons each. The propel- ing machinery is located in the stern of the ship, consisting of a vertical inverted three-cylinder, triple-expan- sion engine with cylinders 25 in. 41 in. and 68 in. and a common stroke of 48 in., supplied with steam at 190 lbs. pressure by three single-ended Scotch boilers, working under the heated forced draft system. The engines will develop a maximum of 2,700 H. P., which will give the vessel a speed of more than 12 knots. The Main St. Iron Works, 163-173 Main St. San' Francisco, Cal. have under construction two passenger steam- ers for Charles R. McCormick & Co., and a freight steamer for the Southern Oregon Transportation Co.