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oo Speed in Knots April, 1923 oe bid ee _ ne Ss 10 |9N4 UOL Jag $a|IW |OIILNON Me aa a Bee Hie 6, 16) PEFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR THE LINERS PRESIDENT TAFT, PRESIDENT PIERCE, PRESIDENT GRANT, PRESIDENT CLEVELAND, PRESIDENT JACKSON, PAN AMERICA AND WESTERN WORLD (SEE CURVES PAGES 125 AND 128) Set Standards for 535-Foot Liners Operating Performance of American Liners DATA FOR PERFORMANCE STANDARDIZATION 535-FOOT PASSENGER AND FREIGHT VESSELS . STEAMSHIP PRESIDENT WILSON Knots per Ton Tons fuel Pounds B A/B Draft Observed per fuel A Theo- Correction ito: 1 RPM, speed 24hrs; permile actual retical factor Weather 19 hg 1 Ta.6 16.88 136.0 7 Slad, 2.97 4.09 0.727 Fair 19. 8 1f5.1 16.10 115.0 666.4 3.36 4.16 0.754 Rough 21 634 118.5 17.25 138.8 Ca0/, 2.98 3.68 0.810 9 Os Re Aaa te 16.40 153.8 874.3. 2.56 4.04 0.634 Fair 9 21 118.1 17.10 132.3 721.8 ae h0 3.67 0.845 Rough 22: 6%" 125.6 17.60 154.0 816.3 2.74 S.07 0.814 ; 22 ,7% 120.1 17.45 P5152 808.7 2.77 3.45 0.804 23° 4% 125.0 17.48 144.0 768.6 2.91 3.34 0.872 24° 3% 118.7 » 16.65 144.6 808.5 2.76 07. 0.773 Head wind and ; ; : heavy sea 24 3 126.6 18.10: 142.1 733.0 3.05 2.99 1.020 25... 7%4:. 118.0 16.52 136.3 770.0 2.90 3.47 0.837 25 123.0 17.27 150.3 812.3 2.75 3.55 0.873 25 934 127.0 18.30 154.5 787.9 ° 2.84 2:75 1.033 Fair 26 «68 119.1 16.75 162.8 907.1 2.46 3.26 0.755 DH aes] 119.3 16,43 128.3 728.3 3.07 ae 0.917 PH Ree 114.7 16.30: 123.6 707.7 3.16 3735 0.944 27. 9% = 118.3 16.53 155.0 875.2 2.56 3.24 0.790 27 10% 122.0 17.45 141.3 7550 2.96 2.92 1.013 272 11% 122.4 17.33 a ae 711.9 SiO. 298 1.075 28 117.0 16.87 124.5 688.7 3.25 3.08 1.055 28. 10% 119.8 16.40. 146.0 830.7 2.69 3.21 0.838 29° 2% 123.7 16.90 136.5 753.8 2.97 2.97 1.000 29 3% 117.3 16.00 135.0 788.0 2.84 3.34 0.850 Rough 29° 914 123.9 17.40 134.7 722.5 3.10 2.74 £134 Average 25. 1% +120,3 16.98 140.5 772.5 2.91 3.35 0.869 STEAMSHIP PRESIDENT GRANT : 19 634 118.8 18.88 150.3 » 742.6 3.02 3228 .935 Fair 20 544 112.4 16.90 125.2 687.8 3.24 3.98 15 0.9 0.8 Various; followi 8 113.7 17.50 141.9 753.4 2.96 3.67 0.807 beam winds sans 4 ; ae ae ee oat 3.46 4.81 0.720 Oar, : 6: 9 64. 3.58 3.81 © 0.940 Moderate: : 7 1152 16.60 138.2 774.5... 2.88, 3.38 0.853 Moderate 7 114.0 16.30°° 134.5." 7691): :' 2.91 3.41 0.854 Calm to strong Sie Et i head winds : ee eer Average 22 1034 112.0 16.80 129.2. 695.1 3:15 3.76 0.8°8 HE fuel conservation . committee i appointed by the shipping board is continuing the work of establishing the standards of performance for the ac- tive vessels of the shipping board fleet. The methods employed in establishing these standards were outlined in recent issues. The first set of standards _ established which are for the 502-foot passenger .ves- sels were published in Marine Review, January, 1923. The standards for the 535-foot passen- ger vessels and also for the large fléet of Hog Island type cargo vessels built by the American International Shipbuilding Corp., have been completed and are being ' used by the various operators as a méans of determining the efficiency of pérform- ance of the vessels. of this ‘class: which’ they are operating. : The 535-foot passenger, vessels have been subdivided into three classes and a set of performance curves developed’ for _ each class. ee These curves give'the miles per ton of fuel which the vessel should’ make at a given draft and speed’ with moderate weather ‘and average bottom conditions. — They do not, howevet, represent imprac-