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Complete Description nishings for Standard N THE October issue of THE MARINE Review, complete specifications for the hull and propelling machinery of the shipping board’s. standard _ steel steamer were presented. The following shows the hull engineering specifications and the furnishings: Hull Engineering Specifications (To be in Accordance with Rules of American Bureau of Shipping and United States In- spection Laws) 1. Windlass, To be of spur-geared type of approved size and make, with windlass and engine located on forecastle deck. The windlass will be fitted with quick-acting warping attachment. Suitable chain stoppers will be furnished. The windlass to be bedded on pitch. pine 4 inches thick, with plate under, and thoroughly bolted down on chocks between the beams, and well supported by stanchions. 2. Steam Gypsy A. reversible steam gypsy about 8 x 8 inches will be supplied and located on the poop deck aft. The engine will be located on the upper deck. The vertical shaft will be fitted with a drum for emergency steering. 3. Steam Winches Winches of approved make as_ follows: Eight single-geared single-drum and two com- pound-geared single-drum; six of the single geared and the two compound geared will have cylinders about 8% x 10 inches; two of the single geared will have cylinders about 6% x 8 inches. Each winch will have two gypsy heads, about 12 inches diameter and 7% inches diameter for the large and _ small winches, respectively. Winches to be placed on suitable beds to allow a clear lead from winch barrel over hatch coamings. 4. Watertight Door There will be one 45: x 20-inch horizontal sliding watertight door at the entrance to the shaft alley. 5. Hand Pumps There will be one double-acting hand pump placed on deck with suction from bilge sys- tem and sea and discharge overboard and to fire hose, in accordance with American bureau of shipping and United States steamboat in- spection service rules, and' two hand force pumps with 1%-inch suction will be installed forward for firemen’s and sailors’ sinks. 6. Steering Gear The steering gear will be of the right and left hand screw type with telemotor control from the pilot house and bridge and with a cast iron steam steering stand fitted on the poop deck. The steering wheels amidships and on poop deck will be teak. There will: be a tiller arranged to be connected to the drum on the after capstan for emergency steering. 7. Plumbing Water closets, bath and connections for main cabin, officers and crew to be fitted as shown on accompanying plan; also piping to fresh water tanks, which is to be of galva- nized iron. filled by fresh water pump to be quarters. in engine room, fitted to supply amidship officers’ 8. Sanitary System The sanitary piping will be galvanized iron and will be arranged in accordance with plans. 9. Heating System Steam pipes with cast iron wall radiators for heating the various rooms will be fitted. A steam pipe will be led into galley sink and to steam table. The pining will be of A 200-gallon fresh water tank, . 1s for of the Hull Engineering Specifications and the Fur- 7300-Ton Steel Steamer for Emergency Fleet Corp. black iron. Connections will be taken from the heating systems for heating the bath water. 10. Fire Main To be of galvanized iron, 2% inches, and fitted along one side of ship, with brass hose valves at intervals for attaching hose. The fire main to connect to aft peak for filling. 11. Fire and Deck Wash Hose Three hundred feet of 2%4-inch and 100 feet of 14-inch rubber-lined cotton fire and deck- wash hose, fitted with couplings to connect with the fire main, together with the necessary noz- zles and spanners, will be furnished. Tanks under Nos. 1, 2, and 3 holds and under engine and boiler rooms to be used for fuel oil, but will be arranged for flooding from sea by pro- viding portable connections at manifolds in machinery space. 12. Water Ballast and Drainage The piping to inner bottom tank No. 4 will be of suitable size for oil and so arranged that that tank can be used at some future time, at a minimum expense, for carrying fuel oil; the necessary changes for oil to be effected by shifting the connections at the manifold in the shaft alley, in which case the after peak tank will be used fresh water, blank connections being provided for this purpose. Suction pipes to °midship tanks carried into iron strums. Pipes to be led so as to _ be easily cased with wood where necessary. The fore and after peaks to be fitted as_ water- ballast tanks and to be filled by the fire main. The after peak to be connected to the ballast-pump system by a 3-inch suction pipe. The suction pipes to the well at aft end to be 3% inches diameter. The fore peak to be connected by a 3-inch pipe to the ballast manifold. The fore peak to be ar- ranged for carrying fresh water if desired. The ballast and bilge piping will be wrought iron, galvanized, with lead bends and drops into the bilges. The flanges will be galva- nized after the pipe is made up. 13. Air and Sounding Pipes Air pipes, 2 inches diameter, will be fitted at the forward end of each compartment, ex- cept in way of oil tanks, where they will be 2% inches; 14-inch diameter sounding pipes will be fitted for sounding all ballast tanks, fresh water tanks, and peaks. Air and sound- ing pipes will be of galvanized iron. 14. Smothering Pipes Steam smothering pipes will be fitted as required by United States inspection laws. Smothering pipes will be standard wrought iron pipe, black. 15. Refrigerating Machine A 1-ton refrigerating machine, direct ex- pansion ammonia type, of approved make, will be installed. A 4% x 334 x 4 inch horizontal duplex pump to be provided in the engine room for ammonia-condenser circulation. No provision will be made for ice making. There will be one 40-gailon scuttle butt, complete, with insulation and galvanized coil. The scuttle butt’ will be supplied from the gravity fresh water tank. 16. Generating Set There will be one generating set of 15-kilo- watt capacity. This set will be able to carry 20 per cent overload for half an hour without injury; it will be automatic and govern both speed and voltage within a range of 4 per ee The maximum voltage of this set will e ; 17. Switchboard There will be a main switchboard of black enameled slate, on which will be mounted the following: One main generator switch, pacity. Suitable number of distribution switches. One generator field rheostat, handle in front of board. One ammeter, 120-ampere scale. One voltmeter, 150-volt scale. One lighting fixture. 402 150-ampere ca- Voltmeter switch for testing generator and “srounds”’. : All switches will be double pole fused and one extra set of fuses will be supplied. 18. Wiring The wiring in all freight spaces, engine and fire rooms, and all places exposed to the weather and moisture will be run in conduit. In deck houses, staterooms, etc., wooden molding will be used to conform to surround- ing joiner work. Water-tight junction boxes with standard interior fittings will be used on all conduit wiring. At suitable locations watertight receptacles will be placed to which portables may at any time be connected. The best quality marine insulated wire will be in- stalled, the sizes of which will be so propor- tioned that the drop of potential from the switchboard to the farthest lamp will not ex- ceed 3 per cent. No solid wire larger than No. 12 B. & S. gage will be used. All wire and wiring will meet the inspec- tion and approval of the national board of fire underwriters. 19. Fixtures Steam-tight globes with guards will be in- stalled in engine room, fire room, freight spaces, and all places exposed to moisture and the weather. For staterooms, etc., spe- cial type of fixtures will be installed. Four hand. portables and six cargo reflectors, each with necessary cable and attaching plug, will be furnished. Electric running lights, consist- ing of masthead, range, and two side lights, will be installed, the side lights being ar- ranged for both electricity and oil. One masthead and two side lights will be con- trolled by a running light indicator located in the pilot house. All fixtures will be sup- plied with the necessary lamps, the voltage of which will be 110. The total number of 16 candlepower lamps installed will be about 200, as per plan to be approved by owners. 20. Searchlight . A 14-inch searchlight, mounted on _ sub- base and with pilot house control, will be provided and installed on top of pilot house. This searchlight will have separate circuit from switchboard and the leads which are ex- posed to the weather will run in conduit. A switch will be installed at the light for the purpose of turning it on and off. 21. ‘Telegraph _Mechanical reply telegraph with illuminated dial to be fitted from bridge to engine room and flying bridge. One telegraph stand on bridge and one on flying bridge. 22. Interior Communication There will be installed the following means of interior communication: Mechanical telegraph transmitters on bridge and in pilot house to indicator in engine room. 1%-inch voice tube from engineer’s state- room to engine room. 1%-inch voice tube from bridge to pilot house. _1%-inch voice tube from pilot house to en- gine room, | 1%2-inch voice tube from standard compass to check compass. 1%-inch voice tube radioroom, 1%-inch voice tube from pilot house to from pilot house to “crow’s nest. Steam whistle gear on bridge and in pilot house. Tisetns call bell from pilot house to crow’s nest. Electric alarm bells in crow’s quarters to meet inspection ‘laws. An electric bell’ in captain’s and mate’s staterooms and push button in pilot house. Furniture, Ete. 1. Seamen’s Quarters : Eight metal pipe berths, st i spring bottoms. . a Bendes 0G ight metal lockers. Two seats 5 feet long, One mirror.