December, 1926 MARINE The Perfection Water Still Marine Type Can be Cleaned Built of Solid Copper Minutes Throughout Stock sizes 5 G. P.H. to 300 G. P. H. Full information, blue prints, prices, etc. on request. Perfection Equipment Co. Market and 4th Sts. St. Louis, Mo. THE RITCHIE LIQUID COMPASS The Standard Liquid Compass the world over. Used Exclusively in U.S. Navy or over 40 years. Over 65,000 on Merchant Vessels in all parts of the world. Made in all sizes 2 to 12" dia. Magnets for adjusting Purposes. Standard Binnacle E. S. RITCHIE & SONS Brookline, Mass., U.S. A. Agents for the Great Lakes, The Upson-Walton Company, Cleveland, Ohio The Strong, Quick Arm ofa DAKE Steering Gear on the tiller chain of your tug or steamer means greater efficiency, safety and economy. The Dake engine has no dead center; it is always alert, and starts instantly i in either direction. This insures easier, quicker and better handling of your boat and saves time, coal and accidents. The Dake fits into your pilot house and has a hand steering combination feature for emergency use. Dependable gears at extremely moderate prices. Ask any skipper who is shipmates with one. Dake Engine Co., Grand Haven, Mich. REVIEW 71 S. S. Robert E. Lee—Old Dominion Line—built by Newport News S. B. & D. D. Co. Sturtevant Ventilating and Forced Draft Fans on S. S. Robert E. Lee HE ideal performance of Sturtevant Equip- ment on the S. S. Robert E. Lee—one of the Old Dominion Line Boats—is the outcome of sound engineering principles of design and finest manufacturing methods of construction. Forced draft is supplied to the boilers by two Sturtevant Steel Plate Fans driven by Sturtevant Engines. These are of special design built to meet the particular requirements of this ship. Hull and dining room ventilation is furnished by five Sturtevant Multivane Fans, three being used for the hull and two for the dining room. A duplicate of this equipment is installed on the George Washington a sister ship to the Robert E. Lee. Over 60 years experience in building ventilating and power plant equipment for all types of ships places us in a position to recommend and supply apparatus that will meet the requirements of your ships. B. F. STURTEVANT COMPANY Plants located in Hyde Park, Mass. Framingham, Mass. Sturtevant, Wis. Galt, Ontario 1640 Camden, N. J. Berkeley, Cal. Sales Engineering Offices and direct representatives in all principal cities. Please mention MARINE REVIEW when writing to Advertisers etcetera 5 ASS CE ON a