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Launching of T.S.S.Malolo Marks — Achievement in Shipbuilding T. S. S. Matoto launched at Wm. Cramp & SonsShip & Engine Building Co., Largest and Finest American Built Passenger Ship Is Launched —To be Equal to Any Express Passenger Vessel in the World ‘HE twin screw express liner | ‘MALOLO, a fine new ship which will cut the present steaming time of six to seven days between San Francisco and Honolulu to from four to four and one-half days, was launched June 26 at the yards of William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia. She was christened by little Bernice and Lur- line Roth, twin grandchildren of the late Capt. William Matson. Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, and P. §S. Teller, commissioner of the United States shipping board, repre- sented the government. Particulars of the MaLoto have been widely pub- lished and a description will be found on page 40 of the April 1926 num- ber of Marine REvIEW. It was a day more typical of April than June. Now and then there would come a little shower. Officials of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Co., for whom the vessel was Officially built and of the Matson Navigation Co., who will take over the vessel on completion and operate it, were on hand in force with their families. EE. D. Tenney president of the Matson line was on from Hon- By E. C. Kreutzberg olulu and presided at a luncheon given at the Penn Athletic club, Philadelphia, prior to the launching. The personality of the late Captain Launching Data T. S. S. Malolo Here are some interesting launching facts on the Malolo. The weight of, hull, machinery and dunnage came to 9900 tons, the weight of the cradle to four hundred tons, making a_ total weight for ship, and all, of 10,- 300 tons. The ways sloped at the rate of 0.701 inch per foot, the slope of the keel was 0.63 inch per foot. The length of the slid- ing ways was 462 feet 4 inches, the pressure on the fore poppets at pivoting was 1720 tons and the mean pressure per square foot before launching was 1.86 tons. The draft of water over the end of the ways was 9 feet 6 inches and the maximum way end pres- sure per square foot was 10.5 tons. Matson dominated the atmosphere surrounding the launching. Mr. Ten- ney told how Captain Matson started in the Hawaiian trade in 1882 with 36 Philadelphia, June 26, 1926 a 200-ton schooner, the EMMA CLAUDINA. The first ship in which the captain had an interest was the brig LURLINE which was built by him. At that time ship ownerships were split up into thirty-seconds, said Mr. Tenney, and he said that Captain Matson, by putting up all the money he had or could borrow, took owner- ship to eight of these thirty-second interests. After that Captain Matson built steamers. Mr. Tenney illus- trated the tendency in the Matson line by telling about the growth in the number of bath-tubs on _ the Matson _ ships. The WILHELMINA, built in 1906, had 11 bath-tubs, which was regarded at the time as the height of extravagance. Later Captain Matson built a boat for 252 passengers with 382 _ baths. The Ma.o.o, Mr. Tenney pointed out, with accommodations for 693 passengers, has 152 baths. Great interest was reflected in the address of Herbert Hoover for the reason that it represented the govern- ment’s voice on this occasion. The outstanding portions of the remarks of the secretary. will be found in the inset on page 87. He expressed