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as a wealth of raw material is near at hand. This is particularly irue as to timber and iron ore. If iron and steel plants are established the essen- tials for constructing both wooden and steel ships will be easily avail- able. The construction of wooden ves- sels is now going on in shipyards at Orange, Beaumont, Houston and Ar- ansas Pass, all in Texas. The indus- try is giving employment to several thousand men. In the shipyards at Beaumont alone about 1000 mechanics and laborers are employed. Hulls for 19 ships are being built in six shipyards at Beaumont at a cost of about $5,950,000. The owners of these shipyards are the Beaumont Ship- building & Drydock Co. McBride & Law, Henry Piaggio, Lone Star Ship- building Co., Tarver Shipbuilding Corp., and J. N. McCammon. Radnor Launched at Chester Yard On March 23, the Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, Pa. launched the steamer Rapnor. This vessel was originally contracted for by the Cunard Steam- ship Co., but was later commandeered by the Emergency Fléet corporation. The dimensions of the vessel follow: Tienet DA pst lee bats i is ve eee 435 Beam; molded; feet. 23 ssa ee ee 57% Depth. molded, feet 12502 eee eee. 38 Designed speed, knots............... 10% Indicated: horsepower: 3. ee. ee 2600 Pat FOC to ee a ee 26 Weadweignt, (ONS). nc. 6 c/5.G re a es 10,000 GLOSS AOUSs hod Bee ee. Esa Bon 7470 This vessel has three complete decks, four large cargo holds, large cross 'bunker for coal and deep tank for ballast or oil fuel, with a double bottom 'except under machinery spaces. The propelling machinery is fitted amidships. Hinged kingposts mounting four 5-ton booms each are fitted fore and aft, with one 30-ton boom at the main _hatch- way. Two kingposts amidships are fitted with one 5-ton boom each. Tel- -escopic topmast for the wireless an- _tennae'is fitted amidships. The deck 'machinery consists of steam steering gear, steam windlass, steam capstan, four compound-geared winches and_ six single-geared steam winches, fitted at the hatchways. Accommodations for the captain and officers are provided -in deckhouses, amidships. | quarters and messrooms are in side deckhouses. The crew is berthed in the forecastle. The vessel mounts a 4-inch gun forward and a 5-inch gun _ The propelling machinery consists of : triple-expansion 'reciprocating engines provided with steam from three single- ended Scotch boilers. The usual auxil- 2 aries for this class of vessel are fitted onnection with the main engines. THE MARINE REVIEW | oe 19 Engineers" --aft for protection against submarines. -- Indian Names for Ships The 120 vessels to be launched American International Shipbuilding Corp. from the Hog Island ways have been named by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of by the the President. The names selected are of pure Indian origin. The list follows: Red Jacket. Sac City. Sacandaga. Saccarappa. Saco. Sagaporack. Sago. Saguache. Sahale. Saluda. Sangamon. Sapinero. Sarcoxie. Satartia. Saucon. Saugerties. Saugus. Scantic. Scantacook. Schenectady. Schodack. Schoharie. Schoodic. Schroon. Scitico. Scooba. Sebamook. Sebethe. Sebewa. Sebewaing. Seekonk. Senatobia. Shakopee. Shamong. Shandaken. Shannock. Shaume. Shavano. Shawan. Shawangunk. Shawano. Sheboygan. Shepaug.' Sheshequin. Shetucket. Shickshinny. Shinnecock. Shintaka. Shivwitz. Shoccoree. Shohokin. Shohola. Shope. Sinnemahoning Sinsinawa. Siskowit. Sisladobsis. Sisseton. Sitkum. * Skamania. Skanawono. Skaneateles. Shippack. Skitticook. Skokomish. Skowhegan. Skunkscut. Snapeene. Socatean. Solano. Somanauk. Souhegan. Souneunk. Squam. Squamico. Succasunna. | Suisun. Sunapee. Suspecaugh.. Taghkanick. Talladega. Tamaroa. Tampa. Tankhanna. Taopi. Tarkio. Tatamy. Tatonka. Tawawa. . Taycheedah. Tehama. Tekonsha. Tenino. Teton. Tintah. | Tippah. Tishomingo. Tiskilwa. Tobesofka. Tomah. Tomasaki. Tombicon. Tomoka. Tonganoxie. Tonica. Totowa. Totoganic. Totoket. -Toulbah. Towaliga. Tucson. Tulare. Tullahoma. Ukiah. Unalaska. Unadilla. Wabeno. Waconia. 'Wahoo. Wahpeton. 680 Shipyards in World The report of an investigation b shipping affairs bureau of the Ja anes government, shows that there are 699 shipyards in the world, of which 264 ar equipped to build steel ships of 1099 tons or more, while 416 can _turn out vessels of less than 1000 tons. Great Britain leads the list and Holland js second. The plants are distributed as follows : Capacity Capacity 1000 less than Great Britain ........ 92° < 44d e286 British colonies ...... 9 402-58 Hollarid = 23 vate tie 5 oces 35 70s tae Germany 3.0. ee 23 28 St Japan.) 9 oss. ahi ce oie ees 14 lil 25 Ataly. co. Seite eae So ae 1s PranGen jos. ere. eas 14 Wo 2595 Austria-Hungary ..... 5 4 9 Spait 3b) ia eeee oe 3 PAL Ae Beleiuime es pee ee wares Bee Soa eee NiehiCa.. Gees oi ye ene 33 ES INGHWAY. (rei es 11 13 A Sweden= 2st ote 5 12 17 Dermat. ss erence 5 As Sieg Russia oss... ee ee 2 1S Chind=- oi ee oe ae 2 See Other. nations © .5..025.22:: es 12249 SROtalS. 25 ai einen steve 264 416 680 California Shipyards Are Busy aS Shipbuilding is growing in impor- tance in California. Of 85 vessels un--- der contract in California yards only © 12 are wooden ships. Contracts still pending call for 21 more steel ships. In San Francisco and vicinity steel shipbuilding predominates but farther south in the Los Angeles district -- about one-third of the contracts call for wooden ships. ; Recent registration in Los Angeles -- of men whose training has made them ~ available for shipbuilding showed that there are more than 5000. It 1s thought that 20 tons per man is a fair estimate of the output of Pacific coast yards. With this as a basis, -- government agencies are endeavoring to develop a systematic and depend- -- able method of estimation so that @ poll of the trades of the operatives employed would determine the num--- ber of men needed to secure tlie desired output. Although the government expects -- the Pacific coast section to turn out ~ not less than 30 per cent of all ships required, that vicinity is far ahead 4 of its schedule, according to western officials of the Emergency Fleet Cot oe poration. The volume of construction in California yards is shown in the fol- 2 lowing: Vessels under contract No. Tonnage Cost Steel ae 73 700,000 $105,000,000 Wood 12 50,000 6,000,000 With government orders on hand for 10 steel steamers of 9500 tons" : each, construction of the Pacific Coas Shipbuilding Co.'s plant, San Frag cisco, is being rapidly rushed to ©