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April, 1919 Death of H. R. Mallory Henry R. Mallory died on March 4 at Winter Park, Fla., of heart failure following a long illness. Mr. Mallory in the coastwise shipping business and was the second son of the late Charles Mallory and grandson of Charles Henry Mallory who founded the line of steamships bearing his name. The name of Mallory has’ been linked with American shipping activ- ities for nearly three-quarters of a century. In 1837 Charles Henry Mallory built the first American clip- per at Mystic, Conn., and _ entered the shipping trade, sailing as far east as China. His business ability and farsightedness led to the rapid expan. sion of the business and in 1866 he founded the firm of C. H. Mallory & Co. The main line of the company ran between New York and Galves- ton, Tex. Upon the death of his tather, R. Mallory became president of the company. When the line was sold to Charles W. Morse, and was consoli- dated with other coastwise lines, Mr. Mallory practically retired from active business.. When the Morse pool failed, however, the security holders induced Mr. Mallory to-return to active man- agement of the company’s involved affairs’ and to accept the presidency of the present Atlantic, Gulf’ & West Indies Steamship Co. Under Mr... Mallory’s able manage- ment the affairs of the subsidiary or- ganizations, which were merged with the Mallory line, were successfully handled. These included the Clyde TRE Magee andy AB ROM “information — credited he? Tas eoseeter, director oe operations of the Emergency Fleet corporation, the government has formulated definite plans regarding the type of ships it will construct in the future. The vessels are divided into four groups as follows: Group 1.—A . 3-deck, shelter deck, single screw steel freight steamer, 420 feet over all; 405 feet between per- pendiculars; molded beam, 56 __ feet; molded depth to shelter deck, 36 feet 9 inches, with a carrying capacity of 10,000 tons deadweight, with a draft of 26 feet, installed with quadruple expansion en- gines of approximately 4000 horsepower, and three Scotch boilers, being oil burn- ers, with steaming radius of 13,500 knots without bunkering. This type of vessel is wel! ari on the Pacific coast, having been operated by Grace & Co. It is known as the was one of the most prominent men Henry - [ | Four Ty] THE MARINE REVIEW line, the Ward line and the Porto Rico line. Ill health compelled Mr. Mallory again to retire from active business in 1915, He was a director of the Steamship Co., the Eastern Steamship Corp., the Mechanics and Metals Na- tional bank, the New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Co., the New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co., of Maine, the North American Co. and the San Antonio Co. Mr. Mallory was in his seventy- first year. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Cora Pynchon; two sons, Clifford B. Mallory and Phillip Rogers Mallory and_ one davghter, Mrs. Frank B. Munson. Clyde Launch First Ship The Virginia Shipbuilding Corp.’s first steel ship, GuNston HAtt, slipped quietly- from the ways in the yard at Alexandria, Va., into the historic Potomac river promptly at 4 o’clock on the afternoon of Feb. 27, with much of her machinery and equipment installed. Mrs. B. W. Morse, wife of the vice president and general manager of the company, formally christened the vessel which had been named by Mrs. Woodrow Wil- son on May 30, 1918, when President Wilson drove the first rivet into the keel. The Gunston Hat is the largest steel ship ever built on the Potomac, being of 9400 deadweight tons: She is of the Isherwood design, 417 feet 3 inches in length, 53 feet beam and 26 feet 6 inches deep. Her speed will be 10% knots loaded.- She is one of 12 vessels ordered from the company. es of Santa type and has given good service. Group 2.—A 3-deck, shelter deck, single screw freight steamer, 490 feet over all; 470 feet between perpendiculars; molded beam, 62 feet; molded depth to shelter deck, 43 feet, with carrying capacity of 12,500 tons deadweight, with a draft of 29 feet 2 inches, installed with quadruple Y Y Y expansion engines of approximately 5600. horsepower and five Scotch boilers, oil burning, with a steaming radius of 14,000 knots without bunkering. Group 3.—A 3-deck, shelter deck, steel freight steamer, 522 feet over all; 500 feet between perpendiculars; molded beam, 68 feet; molded depth to shelter deck, 45 feet 6 inches, with carrying capacity. of 15,000 tons deadweight, with . draft of 30 feet 8 inches. These vessels wit be either installed with twin screw quadruple expansion en- gines of approximately 6600 total horse- power or single screw quadruple expan- 199 American Shipping Makes Big Gains : According to a statement just issued by the United States shipping board, the American merchant marine comprises 46 per cent of all shipping plying between American and foreign ports. On Jan. 2 31 the following ships were in over- | 3 seas service under the American flag: : No. of Gross Employment vessels tons TRANSATLANTIC West? Africans 2-0 tne teeter sarcate 13 14,034 South African * i i3. rece tae ce 24 33,793 Bast: Afrieaty ot oie te ws sie eee 1 3,350 Britisn ca esc eer geare to ee 13 58,685 Brencht: vies eiatets vt oraiete atten aca 23 89,462 =" Belgian: “relight tae a aiate 4 23,213 Wahian eas ek Sacre er dies ae 25 119,587 SWISSss soe Seas eres ice hers 1 1,965 Spanish Joo Siaicat ey ee os ieee oes 3 7,271 Portuguese. 22k aeidies sa sd a eee ee 7 23,142 Other Mediterranean ............. 9 16,974 Northern neutrals ..............2% 2 12,606 = Other transatlantic .............. 1 2,246 TRANSPACIFIC Bast Aslan eh6 vies oeb cesta eae ee 49 162,304 Hast: INdlan iris ssc swan ve ee a teas 5 13,279 British“ In@ians o3ecse wes s Sane ee 3 12,502 ‘Australian’ = 4/70 Soren wees oe ees 71 83,423 Hawaliane coca os Messe Sees 17 43,416 SOUTH AMERICAN AMAZONIAN YS kin eke eS eens 27 22,830 Central: Brazilian wi... occ veec a's ee 44 87,385 Rivet. Piste. coco eka eee eee 39 . 99,488 West: Coast: ccc Ciastatecciente eine e's 70 193, O18 CARIBBEAN AND MEXICAN West. “Indies viec.geceeas cede ee ow 168 400,055 Carribean 2-70 Si sie ar orenatocg sa alae 63 147,419 Mexican -Paeihes sige sense es ee 2 2,262 Mexican Guitc. 2enihs, «teenies 42 211,516 ALASKAN : 14 30,891 CANADIAN : PaGih@ 2 oe vin be wae dns axers pie 9 20,860 Atlantic. 32. pose sate ee caer 3 24,263 : Overseas total sind rs pede vas 752 1,961,239 This fleet includes -351 freighters, 84 freight and passenger ships, 3 freight and refrigerator vessels, 7 freight, pas- : senger and refrigerator ships, 6 colliers, s 71 steam tankers and 230 sailing vessels. essels sion engines of approximately 6600 horse- power and six Scotch boilers, oil. burners, with a steaming radius of 14,000 knots without bunkering. Group 4.—A 3-deck, shelter deck, twin screw motor freight vessel, 440 feet over all; 425 feet between . perpendiculars; molded beam, 56 feet; molded depth, 38 feet to shelter deck, with carrying ca- pacity of 9800 tons deadweight, with draft of 26 feet, installed with twia screw, 6-cylinder, 4-cycle diesel type en-. gines, running at 100 revolutions per minute and developing a total of 400 brake horsepower. Steaming radius, 28,500 knots, without bunkering. All the foregoing types are designed with sea speed of 13 knots. All boilers in the steamers to be same type and size, as follows: 15 feet 6 inches inside diameter x 12 feet, built for 220 pounds working pressure and | fitted with forced draft and superheaters. . i K a 5