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SNA OHAN MJELDE left Cleveland a Jie days ago on her long journey to Norway. Gryones will follow in a few weeks, and in rapid succession three sister ships will sail from De- troit and one from South Chicago. The six vessels are all destined for Norwegian service, and were built or are under construction by the Amer- ican Ship Building Co. at its Cleve- land, Detroit and South Chicago yards. The sailing of JoHAN MJELDE gives tangible evidence not only to the competency of American ship yards to meet the demands of foreign ship owners, but also to the ability of yards on the Great Lakes to build vessels for salt water service. The limiting restriction on this ability of the lake yards is the Welland canal connecting Lakes Erie and Ontario. This waterway arbitrarily restricts the size of vessels that can pass from the lakes to the ocean, except in cases where large boats are cut in two and rebuilt after the segments have sailed through the canal. Lake yards have built many Wel- land canal size steamers in past years, winch. j Q A Snappy Summary of the Leading Events of the Month in the Vessel Construction Field but vessel construction on foreign ac- count is largely a development of the conditions existing during recent months. All. of the boats are of the same type and dimensions, the length over all being 261 feet, length between per- pendiculars, 251 feet, molded breadth, 43 feet 6 inches and molded depth, 20 feet. They are otf the _ single-deck type with forecastle, bridge and poop. The propelling machinery is located amidships with the shaft tunnel run- ning through the after hold. Cargo Handling Equipment Each of the two holds has two 18 x 28-foot hatches in the main deck, the coamings being 3 feet 6 inches high. The foremast is located on the after’ end of the forecastle and is fitted with one cargo beam and _ cargo winch. A derrick mast is located on each corner of the bridge, each mast being fitted with one boom. This ar- _rangement gives two booms each to hatches Nos. 2 and 3. booms is Each of these equipped with a _ cargo The mainmast is located on the forward end of the poop and is fitted with one boom and cargo winch bat ae a JOHANMJELDE NORGE. AAA I Activities b= | —= ni NNN 00000000000 Boat Sails tor Norway which serves No. 4 hatch. All of these vessels are designed primar- ily for the lumber trade in the Baltic sea. For this reason the bulwarks are 5 feet 6 inches high, thus enab- ling large deck loads to be carried. The officers’ store room, galley and mess. room are located in a deck house on the bridge. They are built to Lloyd’s rules for ocean service and will carry approxi- mately 3,200 gross tons deadweight. They are fitted with an electric light plant, steam and hand steering gear, windlass, ash hoists, etc. A 3-foot water bottom extends the full length. The propelling machinery consists of one triple expansion engine with 20, 33 and 54-inch cylinders and 40- inch stroke. Steam is furnished at 180 pounds pressure by two Scotch boilers, 14 feet 6 inches in diameter and 11 feet long. Each boiler has three 42-inch Morrison furnaces. Natural draft is employed. The air pump is of the Edwards type. The pumping equipment comprises a 7 x 7 x 10-inch ballast pump, one 3% x 20- inch bilge pump, one 6 x 4 x 6-inch pony pump and one main feed pump NORWEGIAN OCEAN STEAMER BUILT AT THE CLEVELAND YARD OF THE 287 AMERICAN SHIP BUILDING CO.