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July, 1917 building Co. She was the second of six boats ordered for the Cunard line, the first having been launched a few weeks ago. The vessel was christened WARPLANE by Miss Julia Davison, daughter of the president of the com- pany.. It is understood that the entire six boats of the fleet being built for the Cunard line will also be taken over by the shipping board. Refit Lake Steamer for Ocean Trade The wooden steamer Mouecan, after 23 years of service on the Great Lakes is now “somewhere on the Atlantic’. That “somewhere” may be New York harbor, or the harbor of Georgetown, British Guiana, or some place between those ports, for the former lumber carrier will ply between those points carrying bauxite ore for the Alu- minum Co. of America. She will load the ore at a point some miles up the Demerara river from Georgetown. The illustration at the foot of this page shows the MoHEGAN as she was when plying fresh water. The view at the top shows some of the rein- forcement which was installed to in- sure her seaworthiness when _ breast- ing the Atlantic. The work was carried on at the Cleveland yard of the American .Shipbuilding Co. In the hold, 120 9 x 10-inch knees, similar to. those illustrated, were placed. In addition to. the 3-band steel strapping already in _ place, 3-pointers, 4 x 14-inch oak ‘straps, were put in. The panting beam is 12 x 12 inches. Two bilge keelsons of three courses, 12 x 12 inches, were built fore and aft the. full length’ of the ship. A new floor was built about 30 inches above the old one, 8 x 10-inch timbers being used. Strong- backs, 6 x 6 inches, were placed across the hatches. Carried on the stanchions forward, 6 x 6-inch timbers were placed to reinforce the deck against heavy seas. On both the for- ward and aft bulkhead, 6 x 8-inch stanchions were placed for further reinforcement against heavy seas. The deck rail aft was increased in height by 2 feet. New cabin quarters were built forward of boiler inclosure and extra coal bunker space _ provided. Extensive alterations were carried out in the crew’s quarters, which now have improved light and ventilation. On the bottom and sides a specially prepared creosoted sheathing was placed. The Mowercan was built at Marine City, Mich., in 1894. Her gross ton- nage was 1216 and her net tonnage 1014. She is 225 feet long, 39.2 feet and 14.1 feet deep. Her alteration constituted one of the biggest repair THE MARINE REVIEW 253 REINFORCED FOR SERVICE ON THE ATLANTIC jobs carried out on wooden ships on the lakes in a number of years. The men in charge of the work feel confi- dent of her ability to withstand suc- cessfully any buffeting she may meet in ocean trade. In addition her machine was altered to meet ocean-going requirements by fitting surface condenser, evaporating and distilling plant, Kroeschell Bros. carbonic anhydride refrigerating plant, CLC: Build Chasers on Lakes The. Rocky. Riyer Dry: :Dock::; Co, Rocky River, O., is building two sub- marine chasers for the government. The contract price is $52,000 each. It is planned to rush the construction through quickly. The Matthews Boat Co.,: Port: Clinton,~ GO.) 418. biniding.410 chasers, at a contract price of $52,000 each. The Burger Boat Co., Manito- woc, Wis., is building one chaser and the Great ,Lakes Boat Building Corp., Milwaukee, Wis., is building two, all of them at a contract price of $52,000 each. The Hartman Greiling Co., Green Bay, Wis., is building two chasers at a con- tract price of $40,266.75 each. Seattle Ship Launched The steamer Srtort- NEILSEN was launched from the yards of the Skinner & Eddy Corp., Seattle, May 22. Be- fore she was launched Stort-NeEILseNn was chartered by Mitsui & Co. for the transpacific trade. It is said her charter rate will bring the owner $100,000 a month. Stott-NEmMSsEN is the sixth vessel to be launched at the Skinner & Eddy plant since its estab- lishment a year ago. Mrs. Egil ‘John- sen, wife of Captain Johnsen, represen- tative of B. . Stolt-Neilson,. owner, christened the vessel, which is one of a fleet of seven contracted for by the same interests. Three sister ships of the fleet are now in service and three remain to be launched. Each vessel is of 7800 tons capacity. MOHEGAN BEFORE HER SALE TO SALT WATER/INTERESTS