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340 duction motors supplied with power by two Westinghouse 15,000 kilovolt am- pere turbine generators. The steam for the turbines is generated by fuel oil burn- ing boilers, After the successful trials on which al! the contract requirements were sur- passed, the CoLorapo proceeded to Presi- dents Road, Boston, to take on fuel oil for a cruise to Hampton Roads after which she will proceed to southern waters off Bermuda for testing the gun fire control apparatus. She will then re- turn to a marked range off Hampton Roads, about Aug. 11, for calibration tests of her eight 16-inch 45 caliber guns. She will then leave to join the Pacific EVEN committees of experts in S marine construction and opera- tion late in July held their first meetings to begin studies pre- liminary to efforts to improve Ameri- can shipping through greater standardi- zation and simplification. The division of simplified practice, department of commerce, is co-operating with the American marine standards committee in this effort. Four of these committees . met in Philadelphia and three others in New York. An eighth committee, which has held previous sessions, also met in New York. The first meeting took place in the offices of the Emergency Fleet cor- poration in Philadelphia on July oA This committee is on “Gages and Instruments,” and its aim will be to recommend for adoption as marine standards, types and sizes deemed essen- tial for marine service. The chairman of the committee is J. C. Shaw, assist- ant chief engineer of the William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Build- ing Co., Philadelphia. Other members are ‘Charles ‘C. Brush, assistant en- gineer of the bureau of lighthouses; H. B. Nickerson, vice president of the American Schaeffer & Budenberg Corp., Brooklyn, N. Y.; R. P. Brown, presi- dent of the Brown Instrument Co., Philadelphia; Lieut. ‘Commander CC. S. Gillette, bureau of engineering, U. S. N.; E. F. Mueller, assistant chief of the heat division, bureau of standards; W. D. Frayne, department of main- tenance and repair, Emergency Fleet corporation, New York; and W. D. Fletcher, technical assistant, Standard Transportation Co, New York. Two meetings were held on July 22. One committee, on “Cargo and Oil Tight Hatch Fittings” met in the morning, and another committee, to study “Cargo Booms—wood and steel MARINE REVIEW fleet, pass through the Panama canal, and according to present orders, arrive at San Francisco on Sept. 8. Captain Belknap, during January and February, took the Cotorapo on a shake down cruise to European waters which gave 1410 officers and crew a chance to visit historic points in England, France and Italy. Receptions were given by the countries visited and on the ship. The Cotorapo was built by the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N. J. Her keel was laid before the World war and the ship was finished in accordance with the naval limitations treaty. She is 624 feet long, displaces 32,600 tons, has a speed of 21 knots, and embodies —Boom Fittings and Miscellaneous Deck and Rigging Fittings” met in the afternoon. The former committee is headed by J. W. Hudson, naval archi- tect of the Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock ‘Co., Chester, Pa: ‘Other mem- bers are E. L. Stewart, naval archi- tect of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey; W. R. Bean, assistant’ naval architect of the New York Shipbuilding Corp. ,. Camden, .N-J:-3 34; Thayer, consulting naval architect, Philadelphia; Commander H. S. Howard, bureau of eoustruction: and. .repair. U.. 82 Ns Arthur Aldrich chief hull draftsman, Baltimore Drydock plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding ‘Corp. Ltd., Baltimore; W. OD. fletcher, technical assistant, Standard Transportation Co., New York Members of Committee The personnel of the committee on cargo booms includes: Chairman, John ‘(C.. Craven, naval architect, Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, 1.; & C.. Gillette, superintendent naval construction, bureau of light- houses; W. B. Caswell, hull inspector, Southern Pacific Co., New York; W. R. Bean, assistant naval architect, New York Shipbuilding ‘Corp., ‘Cam- den, N. J.; J. W. Hudson, naval archi- tect, Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa.; A. B. Brown, naval architect, Sparrows Point plant, Beth- lehem Shipbuilding Corp. Ltd., Spar- rows Point, Md.; Walter L. Green Jr., superintending engineer, Lucken- bach Steamship Co., Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y., and George Levering, chief draftsman, William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co., Phila- delphia. On July 23, a committee on “Piping” held a meeting. This committee will study existing specifications for piping required for ships, and develop and August, 1924 all the latest ideas for protection against submarine and airplane attacks. The United States board of inspection and survey was represented on the trial trip by Rear Admiral C. H. Burrage, president of the board; Capt. J. G. Awresey, Capt. I. E. Hass, Lt. Com- mander V. D. Herbster and Lt. Com- mander J. H. X. Dessez, recorder. The Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. was represented by H. M. Southgate, man- ager of the government office and its engineers, W. D. Flanders, W. E. Thau and J. J. Brown; the Babcock & Wil- cox Co. by J. H. King; Waterbury Tool Co., by M. Burr and the Hyde Windlass o by M. Butterfield. /~/ / / i recommend marine standards _ speci- - fications: where present measures can not be co-ordinated or do not cover the subject This committee includes: John F. Metten, chief engineer, William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Build- ing Co.,, Philadelphia; W. W. Smith, chief engineer, Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.) Kearny, N.- J.6 ae BE. Brelsford, chief of technical section, maintenance and repair department, Emergency Fleet corporation, New York; R. Warriner, chief engineer, Bethlehem Shipbuilding ‘Corp., Ltd., Quincy, Mass.; John E.. Burkhardt, chief engineer, Bath Iron Works, Ltd., Bath, Me.; James P. Roe, general superintendent, Reading Iron _ Co., Reading, Pa.; W. R. Webster, vice president Bridgeport Brass Co., Bridge- port, Conn.; F. N. Speller, metallur- gical engineer, National Tube Co., Pittsburgh; Jacob L. Bergvall, surveyor, American Bureau of Shipping, New York; Capt. Q. B. Newman, engineer in chief, coast guard; Lieut. Com- mander C.S; Gillette; Us S:N.; 1. J. Fairchild, bureau of standards, also representing federal specifications board; Capt. Henry M. Seely, supervising in- spector, steamboat inspection service, New York; W. L. Green Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Frank Van Vleck, supervising marine engineer, office of the quarter- master general, U. S. A. On July 24 a session was to be held by the committee on “Marine Joiner Hardware and Skylight Lift- ing Gears.” This committee is headed by Joshua W. Atlee of the Cramp shipyards; and the personnel includes E. L. Langworthy of Adams & West- lake Co. Philadelphia: 3. J. farn- child of the bureau of standards; M. R. McCausland, president of the Norwalk Lock Co. South Norwalk, Conn; Theodore C. Ulmer, president of Theo- J/1 1 Committees Study Marine Standards