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December, 1926 Published monthly by The Penton Publishing Co., Cleveland, Ohio, U.-S. A. Cleveland Office, Penton Bldg. H. Cole Estep, Vice President . H. Jansson, Editor J. D. Pease, Advertising Director F. V. Cole, Circulation Manager H. O. Taylor R. C. Coursen Boston Office, 1037 Old South Bldg. H. R. Simonds Buffalo A. G. Raufer Detroit V. E. Dolan Chicago Office, 1147 Peoples Gas Bldg. L. C. Pelott Fred P. Pletcher W. W, Maloney New York Office, 220 Broadway, Joseph Fuller, Eastern Representative E. C. Kreutzberg B. K. Price E. W. Kreutgberg Pittsburgh Office, 2148 Oliver Bldg. S. H. Jasper W. H. Lloyd San Francisco Office, 24 California St. Don Partridge Washington, D. C. Office, 1653 Pennsylvania Ave. L. M. Lamm London Office, 2-3 Caxton House, Westminster, Fra | Vincent Delport Subscription United States and its possessions, $3 per year; Canada $4.00; Great Britain and other Foreign Countries, £1:0:0. Single copies 35 cents. Back numbers over three months 50 cents. The Cleveland News Co. supplies the trade with MARINE REVIEW through _ the regular channels of the American News Co. European Agent, The International News Co., Breams building, Chancery Lane, London, E. C., England. Member, the Audit Bureau of Circula- tions, Associated Business Papers, Inc. and the National Publishers Association. En- tered at the Post Office at Cleveland, Ohio, as Second Class Matter, under the act of March 3, 1879. Copyright 1926 by ichioe Penton Publishing Co., Cleveland, MARINE REVIEW Marine keview The National Publication Covering the Business of Transportation by Water FOUNDED 1878 CONTENTS Vol. 56 December 1926 No. 12 Naval Disarmament is a Gamble........................ By Capt: A. W.: Hinds, U.S. N. Naval Architects Meet.c..35. 6. 13 M. S$. Tampa Performed Well.......55............ 15 By A. H. Jansson Electric Auxiliaries Lower Operating Cost.... 18 Pari. tt By Frank V. Smith Guns & Gunnery, Old Ironsides—II.................... 20 By Rear Admiral Elliot Snow From the Old Log Book: ..6...60y0nee eae yes Photographs—Marine NewS. ..........00222-cccseesssseeeees Zo Maritime Law—Late Decisione............................ 24 By Harry Bowne Skillman Full Form is an Economic Loss...................0.000005 25 By W. J. Lovett Dock Management Progress Section.................. 26 Houston Grows as Port By Capt. Charles Crotty Port Statisties 0 ae 29 Personal Sketches of Marine Men...................... 30 Elmer A. Sperry By E. C. Kreutzberg Launch Carferry at Manitowoc..................0.00:00 32 Personals—Paige—Thau o......cccccccccccsccnnecnenseeseceens S64 What the British Are Doing......................ccccceeees | 36 Ocean Freight Rates and Bunker Prices.......... 38 Shipbuilders Support Pepper Bill........0000000000. 40 Channel Steel Barges are Popular................... 42 Diesel Electric Ferries—Six Ordered................ 44 Boyne City as Winter Quarters............00.......... 46 Recent Sales. of SING. ..6002..6i4e cee 48 Review of Late Books.......:..0..%4...4....., 54