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September, 1926 B. Hall. He was 81 years of age and had retained to the end a vig- orous mind and body. In later years he was very much _ interested in searching for information which would be useful as a historical rec- ord of the early days of shipping on the Great Lakes. He had a scholarly appearance and a pleasant likable per- sonality. Colonel Pomeroy published, owned and edited the Marine Record, a week ly publication, later the MarInE RE- view, for 18 years. The Marine Rp- VIEW, now, nearly 50 years -after its foundation, continues to be pub- lished at Cleveland as a monthly pub- lication, devoted to the interests of all shipping. MARINE REVIEW Shipbuilder Drowns Unselfishly sacrificing himself in order to save others, W. H. Smith, assistant superintendent of the Colling- wood Shipbuilding Co. Kingston, Ont. lost his life by drowning, on July 25. The accident took place about a half mile out from the shipbuilding com- pany’s drydock. Mr. Smith accompanied by his wife, had gone out to give aid to a boat stranded in mid stream. In bringing this boat to shore he fell into the water while giving out more line. His home was in Owen sound. He came to Collingwood two years ago succeeding J. C. Beaudin. He was a nephew of H. B. Smith, president of 23 the Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., and had served over seas. Order Steering Gears Twelve electric and 12 hand steer- ing gears have been ordered from the American Engineering Co., Phila- delphia, for installation on six diesel- electric automobile ferries now being built for Hudson river service by the American Brown-Boveri Electric Corp., Camden, N. J. The American Engineering Co. also has received an order from the New- port News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Va., for an elec- tric windlass and an electro-hydraulic steerer for the coastguard cutter BEAR. Propellers Prove Durable in Service @ Oe Argentine battleships, Riva- DAVIA and MORENO were origin- ally built in the United States. The RIVADAVIA at the Fore River plant, Quincy, Mass. and the MorENo at the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N. J. These vessels were com- pleted in 1914. In the summer of 1924 the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Ltd., received the contract for the reconditioning of the two battle- ships. A very elaborate rebuilding program was carried out, in which was included the building and instal- lation of the latest type of turbines The photographs and the facts from which this story was prepared were furnished at the editor’s request by the International Nickel Co., 67 Wall street, New York City. and reduction gears and the conver- sion from coal to oil burning. The RIVADAVIA was completed dur- ing January, 1926. In the March number of MARINE REVIEW, on page 15 will be found an account of the successful trials of this vessel off Rockland, Me., Jan. 21, 1926. Through the courtesy of Capt. Felipe Fliess of the Argentine navy, commander of the RIVADAVIA, photo- graphs of the battleship in the Com- monwealth dry dock, Boston, on Jan. 19, were furnished to The Internation- al Nickel Co. This company was par- ticularly interested to find that the three monel metal propellers which were cast by the company’s foundry in Bayonne, N. J., in 1912 were in perfect condition. After 14 years’ service these pro- pellers as can be seen from the ac- companying photographs show no signs of corrosion or erosion. Each of the three propellers weighs 16,000 pounds and is made of solid cast monel metal. The RIVADAVIA and her sister ship, the MORENO have been con- stantly in salt water with the ex- ception of several short periods in dry dock for overhauling and about six months spent in the fresh water of the River Plate in Argentina above the tidal influence. She has steamed over 50,000 miles including trips to the (Continued on Page 54) STERN VIEW OF THE ARGENTINE BATTLESHIP RIVADAVIA IN THE COMMONWEALTH DRY DOCK, BOSTON, JAN. 19, SOLID CAST MONEL METAL PROPELLERS FITTED IN 1914 WERE FOUND TO BE IN 1926— PERFECT CONDITION