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June, 1919 and made of yellow pine, are fitted in the way of troop compartment hatches. Wood gratings are fitted over the hatches to provide for a circulation of air. Hospitals, operating rooms, isola- tion wards and dispensaries are equipped with white enameled standee sick-bay berths. These are placed in double rows, two high. Two such _sick-bay berths are fitted into the ships for each 100 persons carried. The space on the upper 'tween decks is set aside for first-class quarters to accommodate army officers. This is di- vided into staterooms, lavatories, dining salons, pantries and lounges. The offi- cers' staterooms are equipped with double standee berths, built fore and aft. The vessels are equipped with steam heat and electricity. Navy crew quarters are installed. Furthermore it is necessary to build a steam galley, serving station, 'bake shop, butcher shop, storeroom, etc. By the middle of March, 22 freighters had been converted in this .manner to troopers and had sailed. At. that time, 27 other freighters were being con- verted and 18 additional had been desig- THE MARINE REVIEW nated for this service. The contract to convert the first freighters was let on Dec. 7, 1918. The first converted freighter sailed for Europe on Jan. 18, 1919. This was the Burorp. It was estimated that the transport capacity of the first 22 converted freighters was nearly 800 officers and approximately 50,000 privates. Uses All Available Ships In transporting troops to Europe use was made of foreign steamship lines, especially the British. Since the armis- tice, however, there has been as great demand in Australia, Canada and other outlying provinces for the immediate return of the troops as in the United States. England has not been capable of rendering nearly as much assistance in returning our troops as she was in sending them over in the first place. For this reason the navy transport serv- ice has been compelled to grow with leaps and bounds. Today, our troops are being returned on British as well as French and Italian liners. As a matter of fact, every available passenger ac- 295 commodation is being taken up by the army. The navy transport fleet was able to bring back approximately 97,000 troops during January, and a like number dur- ing February. During March, how- ever, when the transport fleet was greatly augmented, it was able to bring - back approximately 170,000 troops and even a larger number during April. Of the number returned during March, 100,- 000 troops were landed at New York, the remainder being returned through Newport News, Va. At the present time only these two ports are being used as debarking ports, although Charleston, S. C., has been used. One shipload of New England troops were returned to Boston. During March, some 16,000 casuals were returned on the navy transports. This is considered quite an accomplishment inasmuch as the space on board ship required for one casual is double that required for a healthy soldier. At that time there re- mained in France some 50,000 more casuals to be brought home. Since that time the number has decreased materially. --oC IUTIUUUUUTUU TUE =|) iil Practical Ship Production, eh A. Ww: Carmichael, cloth; 252 pages, 534 x 9 inches; published by the McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., and furnished by THE Marine Review for $3. The author is a lieutenant commander, construction corps, United States navy. He points out that it was his intention in presenting this book to give in convenient form the most im- portant, general principles of steel ship design with which every naval architect should be thoroughly familiar, and to describe the numerous processes involved in steel shipbuild- ing. The forepart of the book is de- voted to a general description of ships in which such subjects as buoyancy, trim, propulsion, etc., are explained. The various members that enter into the construction of steel ships are next described. Numerous illustrations are included to make clearer the various Parts referred to in the text. -- The design of ships is next ex- Plained, followed by a concise descrip- tion of shipyards. The tools used in a steel shipyard are covered in this chapter which also includes a descrip- tion of the various trades employed in steel shipbuilding. The chapter devoted to preliminary steps in ship construction will prove of value to comparatively new yards 'steel shipyard. Reviews of as many perplexing problems are clearly explained. Ordering material, making molds, patterns, etc., are described; followed by a dis- cussion of the fabrication of hull ma- terial. The actual erection of the ship is next taken up. 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A concise description of welding practice as applied to shipbuilding is given which will prove of value to those seeking information on this comparatively new innovation in the The launching and Latest Sal cocoon 'templates, ooks Sal U1 fitting out of a vessel is treated. The book is well written and will be of value to those employed in steel ship-- uel Submarine and Anti-Submarine, by Sir Henry Newbolt; cloth; 312 pages, 5x 7% inches; published by Longmans, Green & Co. and furnished by THE Marine Review for $2.25. The author is well known as a writer of sea literature and in the present volume he has included a number of authentic narratives pertaining to sub- marine warfare. It is pointed out that the book is not an epic and that fully half of it is mere technical detail while the remainder is fact, plainly told. The author traces the evolution of the undersea boat from its earliest concep- tion to the present day. He _ lays emphasis on the fact that the submarine is in no wise a German invention or development. Among the introductory chapters is one on the submarine in war as an illustration of the contrast between the national spirit of England and that of Germany. Written by an English- man, the book is intensely anti-German throughout although the author does not overdraw his conclusions. His in- formation is drawn from official sources -- and he describes vividly just what sub- marines have done and can do and how the British navy set about to quell and