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264 forced Superior to bow to the River Rouge. Cargoes are limited not by the capacity of the steamers and the barge but by the depth of harbors. The fleet loads to 19 feet for River Rouge and Superior, 17 feet for Green Bay and Muskegon and 13 feet for Bay City. The CowANn has a capacity of 2,700,000 gallons, the RENOWN 1z,- 750,000 gallons and the BarcE C l1,- 700,000 gallons. Into the CoWAN, flagship of the Standard Oil fleet, has been built the best experience and thought of the Great Lakes petroleum trade. From pilot house to engine room she is one of the best equipped steamers on the lakes. An automatic sounding ma- chine, with an automatic warning in shoal water, a gyroscopic compass, a course recorder and a receiver for submarine signals are the outstanding aids. The searchlight is directed from the pilot house instead of the bridge. Particulars And Descriptions The CowAN is 434 feet 8 inches in length with a beam of 55 feet and a molded depth of 20 feet. Her net regis- ter is 6980 tons and she has a crew of 28 men. Two tanks carry 139,450 gallons of fuel oil for her three Scotch boilers. Steam is carried at 185 pounds pressure for her triple expansion en- gine with cylinders, 25% x 387 x 64 inches in diameter and a 42-inch stroke. She has a 16% foot wheel which turns at 85 revolutions per min- ute. Light, the COwAN frequently logs 14.6 knots and without being pushed she will run from the dock at Su- perior to within a lock at the Soo in 28%, hours and from the Soo to MARKINE REVIEW and emery wheel, double steering en- gine and an electric washing machine. The equipment of the RENOWN is com- parable to that of the COWAN. A bulkhead runs the length of the COWAN’S cargo space, with nine tanks July, 1925 The RENOWN, like the COWAN, is an oil burner. She is 394 feet long, 50 feet wide and 25 feet in molded depth. Barce C has substantially the same dimensions as the RENOWN. The tug OUTAGAMIE, which is 150 feet long, TANKER RENOWN—FOR LAKE SERVICE—LENGTH 394 FEET—CAPACITY 1,750,000 GALLONS on each side. An eight-inch line con- nects all tanks. Pumps at the refinery at’ Whiting will put aboard a cargo. of 2,700,000 gallons in 9 to 10 hours. Forward, in the COWAN, are two dup- lex pumps, 14 x 18 x 24 inches, which, working at 175 pounds pressure, will discharge the cargo at Superior, with the reeiving tanks at an elevation, in 13 hours. This work is performed on the RENOWN by a centrifugal pump and on the barge by two duplex pumps. Cargo is never received or dis- charged during bad weather, as a precaution. When weather permits, the tank hatches are kept open on re- TUG OUTAGAMIE, 150 FEET LONG, CARRIES A CREW OF 21 MEN South Chicago in 22% hours. The COWAN’S equipment includes two dy- namos, two fan engines, an ice plant, a water still, a small tool room in- cluding a drill press, lathe, grinder turn trips to dissipate the gases. The Standard Oil Co. never permits gaso- line to be used for cleaning purposes, and the tanks are kept spotless by the use of water and brooms. carries a crew of 21 men, which looms large alongside the 28 men on the COoWAN, the 26 on the RENOWN and the 12 on the barge. The tug is coal fired. In the course of a year, the fleet will make 150 trips out of Whit- ing with gasoline or kerosene. No pains have been spared to make the Standard Oil fleet comfortable for the men and tenures running back 20 to 30 years, when the older ships flew the house flag of the New York company, are. not uncommon. Standard Oil tank capacity at Su- perior is 368,193 barrels (50 gallons each) of gasoline and 135,266 of kero- sene, at River Rouge 500,000 barrels of gasoline and 114,000 of kerosene, at Muskegon, 201,000 barrels of gaso- line and 108,000 of kerosene, at Green Bay 60,000 barrels of gasoline and 46,- 000 of kerosene, and at Bay City 134,- 000 barrels of gasoline and 67,000 of kerosene. It is to keep these tanks filled that the COWAN and the RkE- NOWN and the barge operate like clockwork out of Whiting to these re- ceiving points. Occasionally trips are made in January. The barge is used mostly for the shorter runs. In win- ter, the fleet is tied up in the Indiana Harbor ship canal. All of the bulk freighting of petroleum products on the Great Lakes is done by the Stand- ard Oil Co. of Indiana. Funeral services for Captain Na- than Watson, 82 years old, the last of the famous yacht skippers of his time, who died June 16 at his sum- mer home on Clark’s Island, Ply- mouth Harbor, were held in Somer- ville, Mass., June 17.