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a THE MARINE REVIEW sel late in 1921 well within the con- tract time. The main propelling machinery for these scout cruisers is building at the plants of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., the turbines at the Pittsburgh works and the reduction gears at the new South Philadelphia plant. Each cruiser is to have four sets of steam turbines working through reduction gears, each set developing 25,000 horsepower. Each set of turbines con- February, 1921 sists of a combined cruising and high pressure turbine, a low pressure turbine and a reduction gear which reduces the speed of the turbines from over 2500 revolutions per minute to about 370 revolutions a minute for the propeller. Coast Yards Promised Busy Year IRST of seven 12,000-ton tankers being built by the Northwest Bridge & Iron Co., Portland, for the Swiftsure Oil Co, the steamer SwIFTSuRE, was successfully launched Dec. 15. She was christened by Mrs. Ward R. Bowles, wife of one of the di- rectors of the Northwest corporation. Three ways are being used in the con- struction of the seven vessels and rapid progress is being made. Capt. George E. Bridgett, a veteran navigator of the Standard Oil Co., is supervising the work for the owners. The keel of the fourth steamer was laid immediately af- ter the launching of the SwiIFTsuRE. On Dec.:15 the 12,000-ton tank steam- er W. H. Lipsy was launched at the yards of the G. M. Standifer Construc- tion Co., Vancouver, Wash. Miss Madge Libby, daughter of a former official of the Standard Oil Co. acted as spon- sor. The Lipsy is the second of three vessels of the same size and type the Vancouver plant is building for the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey. The JoHN WorTHINGTON, first’ launched, has already entered service. The steamer LivincstoNe Ror, which will be the last tanker of this contract, will be launched in January. The same yard also has contracts for two 12,000-ton tankers for the Imperial Oil Co., of Toronto, a sub- sidiary of the Standard Oil Co. The Seattle Contract Co. has purchased the material, equipment and_ buildings of the Ames Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Seattle, and this fine yard shortly will be dismantled. It was assembled in 1916 and had a number of contracts from the Cunard company and Standard Oil Co., when the yard was com- mandeered. In a little more than two years the Ames plant completed 24 freighters of 8800-ton type and three tankers of 10,000 tons each. G. F. Matthews, shipbuilder of Grays Harbor, Wash. has purchased a site on the Willamette river at Portland, where he will engage in wood ship- building. He is confident of a continued demand for wooden sailers and steam schooners for the Pacific lumber trade. Upon the completion of the schooner UnpauntTepD, he will remodel another wooden steamer into a sailing vessel. _The steamer schooner QuinauLT has Canadian minister of agriculture. BY R. C. HILL been completed at the Matthews yards, Hoquiam, Wash. The wooden barkentine S. F. Tor- MIE has been launched at the plant of the Victoria, B. C. Shipowners’, ‘Ltd. The vessel was named in honor of the The Totmig is the first of four vessels of the same type and size being built with government aid. Their lumber ca- pacity will be 1,700,000 feet and they will be used in Pacific trade. These vessels are unusual in that they are being constructed with forged steel knees instead ,of natural wood knees. The steel. knees give more room in the holds adding about 100,000 feet to the ca- pacity. : . The Union Oil Co. is building three tankers at the plant of the Southwest- ern Shipbuilding Co., San Pedro* for coastwise service. Two are of 12,000 tons and the third of 7500 tons. The new carriers will replace four of the older vessels now operating on coast. The company has already sold the tanker ArGyLL to the Compagnie du Boleo, of Santa Rosalia, Mexico. The tankers LANSING and WASHTENAW and barges SImLA and ErskINE M. PHELPS also are to be sold. The PHELPS was for years the pride of .the American merchant marine, built at Bath, Me. and known in all parts of the world as one of the smartest ships afloat. She was converted into a tank barge about six years ago. Calls for Cost Reduction The general depression in world trade and shipping is being reflected in the shipbuilding industry, according to G, M. Standifer, president of the G. M. Standifer Construction Co., Vancouver, Wash., who has returned from an east- ern tour. Mr. Standifer says there is a surplus of tonnage and he does not view the future with particular enthus- jlasm, especially when the high wages paid at the Pacific yards are considered. “With the vessels built and those under construction,” he said, “there is a sur- plus of bottoms at the present time. Yards throughout the world are either closing or curtailing output. When busi- ness improves to a point where there is a demand for existing and additional this. tonnage, the Columbia river will parti- cipate in the new work. However, a readjustment of wages. will be necessary. We are paying higher wages than any other shipbuilding area in the world.” Coal, cement and mining companies on the Pacific have been advised that Japan has a fleet of wooden hulls for sale at about 25 yen per ton, which is said to be one-twentieth of what was asked for them during the war. vessels are idle in Japanese ports and are represented as being available for barges to carry heavy bulk cargoes. The new ‘steel steamer CANADIAN HIGHLANDER, built for the Dominion government by the Wallace Shipbuilding Co... Vancouver, Bb. C., las- had her trials and has gone into service. This vessel is one of a large fleet being completed for the ‘Canadian government for Australian and other overseas serv- ice. The steel motorship KENNECOTT was ready for launch by the Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co., Tacoma, for the Alaska Steamship Co. on Dec. 30, exactly 45 working days from the lay- ing of the keel. This is believed to be a peace-time speed record. The work was done under normal conditions and with straight 8-hour shifts and no overtime. The vessel was christened by Mrs. E. Tappan Stannard, wife of the vice president and general manager of the Alaska Steamship Co. The KENNE- coTt is a splendidly built hull, testifying to the increased efficiency and output which has been accomplished by the Todd organization under the able man- agement of President C. W. Wiley and Vice President J. A. Eves. At the last minute the launching was postponed until Jan. 6. A bronze tablet, commemorative of her construction and first sailing date, has been presented by maritime interests of the Crescent City to the steamship New Or.EANS. She is the first of sev- eral 9600-ton steel steamers being built for the Emergency Fleet corporation by the Doullut & Williams Shipbuilding Co., New Orleans. She has been allo- cated: to the. J. H. .W. Steele Co., New Orleans. These ,