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496 feet 6 inches long. They will have a heating surface of 9576 square fest, and will be equipped with Howden forced draft and mechanical burners. In addition, one large donkey engine boiler, 10 feet 11 inches in diameter and 10 feet 10% inches long will be provided. This boiler will have a heating surface of 1200 square feet. The plans of these tankers were drafted by the engineers of the Federal Shipbuilding Co. in consulta- tion with the naval architects and marine engineers of the Standard Oil Co. -In many respects, the design places their ships among the first rank of tankers turned out by Amer- ican yards, and makes the vessels ex- cellent commentaries upon the stand- THE MARINE REVIEW bunker stations throughout the world and plans to offer bunker oil to ships plying on all the chief ocean routes. To fill this tremendous demand is proving by no means a small task especially in view of the changed atti- tude of Jabor. Owing to the high cost of labor, the newer types of Standard Oil tankers are capable of greater speed and have been equipped to load and unload much more rapidly than those already afloat. These innova- tions have undoubtedly enhanced the cost of the new ships but when every- thing is considered it is anticipated that they will prove more economical. The Gulfport Shipbuilding Co., Gulf- port, Miss., has obtained contracts for September, 1920 Repairs Tax Capacity The facilities of the yard and the three drydocks of Todd Dry Docks, Inc., Seattle, are being severely taxed bs general repair work. This plant is receiving an increasing amount of work and the docks are constantly in demand. Several exceptionally big repair jobs have been handled this year. The accompany- ing photograph shows five vessels at the yards, three in dock and two moored alongside awaiting their turn. On the left is the shipping board steamer Forr WAYNE moored at the east end of the yard. Next is the shipping board steam- ship West HartTLanp in the 12,000-ton sectional drydock. The third vessel js the shipping board liner City or Spokane REPAIR ards which the industrial line attempts to maintain. Tanker tonnage has been in press- ing demand ever since the outbreak of the German war. English and other foreign yards are busy building this class of ships but it is estimated that it will be many years before the supply catches up with the demand. The Standard Oil Co. is branching out upon a program of world-wide ex- pansion, opening new bunker stations and striving to meet the unusual de- mand for oil. These new ships have been specially designed larger than tankers of the past because of this in- creased demand for oil and the in- creasing distances that oil has to be carried. The greater percentage of the new ocean tonnage constructed since the out- break of the German war is oil burn- ing and the demand for bunker oil for ocean navigation alone represents a tremendous demand not before ex- perienced. The Standard Oil Co. has outlined a program for extending its six large working power boats for coast- wise service of the United States gov- ernment. Three will be 72 feet long and three 61 feet. The boats will be equipped with high speed gasoline engines, and probably are intended as_ lighthouse tenders. Turnover Shows G ain Messrs. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Ltd., a large shipbuilding firm of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, and Glasgow, Scotland, are offering for subscription £2,000,000 of 6% per cent second mortgage debenture stock at the price of 95 per cent redeem- able in 25 years. The directors state that although accounts have not been published since 1915, profits for the four years since that date have prob- ably averaged not less than £1,000,- 000 per annum. The chairman of the company in a letter to the stock- holders states that the present rate of turnover is three to four times that of prewar days. WORK CARRIED OUT ON FIVE VESSELS AT SEATTLE PLANT sitting in the 12,000-ton steel drydock. On the right is shown a part of the local steamer PotLatcH resting in the 4000-ton dock and last is the American barkentine Tuomas P. EmicH awaiting docking and having a new top gallant mast and yard installed. The Fort Wayne, built by the Baltimore Dry Docks & Ship Building Co., Baltimore, underwent general overhauling after a voyage to the Orient while the WEeEsT HarTLAND and City oF SPOKANE were docked and overhauled. This yard has also docked the shipping board steamer Drasito, as well as a number of large steamers owned by private companies. In addition, Todd Dry Docks, Inc., has been awarded several contracts for re- modeling steamers built in Japan for the shipping board and delivered here. The steamer C. S. Rozinson went ashore below West Neebish, Soo river, recently when her steering gear became disabled. Sixteen, plates were damaged and she put into drydock for repairs. | |