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and Below—This Illustration is an Excellent Ive C of 10.9 knots per hour between Cuba and Cristobal. The ship was launched on Aug. 5, being christened by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. There was consider- able delay in the fitting out and deliv- ery of this vessel because: a large amount of riveting had to be completed at the fitting out dock. Today, all 50 ways at Hog Island are occupied. The first vessels built are all 7500 tons deadweight; 39 of the ways are now occupied with this type of ship: The remaining 11 ways are oc- cupied with the construction of vessels which are to be standard 8000 tons dead- weight. The Submarine Boat Corp., from. its plant at Newark, has launched 23 fabri- ‘and awaiting gears. cated boats up to Feb. 8 All of the ships built at this yard are to be 5500 tons deadweight. Owing to a mishap in the delivery of gears for the turbine engines, however, but one of these. ves- sels had been completed and delivered on this date. . This, one was the AGAWAM, which had the honor of being the first fabricated vessel launched from any of the government agency yards. Two others, the ALtconA and the AtLa- Mosa, have completed their trial trips, and 18 of the others are completed The first gears furnished for the ships produced at this plant did-not. prove satisfactory. The illustrations show these ships at the yard. Several unfounded reports have been 151 circulated about the AGawam. Upon investigation it was discovered: that trouble encountered on her trial trip was due to an inexperienced fire room crew who did not know how to fire with oil. In December she took aboard a cargo of sugar and sailed for Genoa, Italy. Again the raw crew reported engine trouble and put in at Bermuda. Investigation again showed that there was no mechanical trouble and the ves- sel was started on her way. The Newark yard holds the record of manufacturing fabricated boats cheaper ‘than either of the other two fabricating yards. It has been estimated that, fig- uring in the yard expenses, the boats are costing on an average of $206 per - SHIPS SHOWN IN THE UPPER ILLUSTRATION. THIS YARD HAS LAUNCHED THE GREATEST NUMBER OF SHIPS OF ANY OF THE FABRICATING YARDS