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January, 1927 port News, was put in service on Nov. 9, 1926 after a successful sea trial, a complete account of which is given in the December 1926 issue of MARINE REVIEW. The UNICOI is now under conversion at New port News, and will probably be the third of the pro- gram to go into service. Both of the latter have double acting diesel en- gines made by the Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp. The SAWOKLA and the CiTy oF RAYVILLE, also being: converted at Newport News, are to have Busch-Sulzer Bros. ing diesel engines. The WEST CUSSETA and the CROWN CITY now under conversion at the single act- TABLE II M. S. West Honaker Oil Consumption And Temperatures Dur- ing Six Hour Sea Trial At At start end Engine room temperature, F° 56 66 Temperature at upper grating 62 74 Barometer reading... 80.1 30.2 Temperature of cooling wa- ter discharged from. jack- OLB, cs Vacavusatssenteeeitacecseoronsraeuea 52 128 Temperature of water in pis- : ton cooling system ............ 70 96 Lubricating oil pressure, lbs. 925 12.25 Injector air pressure in lbs. per square inch ..............0000 900 925 Exhaust temperature, F°...... 575 665 Revolution counter index at 10:35 a. m.—9,999,474. Revolution counter index at 2:05 p. m. —10,019,545. Fuel oil reading at 10:35 a. m.—1,521.5 gallons. Fuel oil reading at 2:05 p. m.—1,007.5 gallons. Average speed from 10:35 a. m. to 2:05 p. m.—12.01 knots. Fore river plant of -the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. are being equipped with McIntosh & Seymour diesel en- gines. The WEST CUSSETA will prob- ably go into service early in January and the CROWN CITY about the first MARINE REVIEW 45 M. S. WEST HONAKER—ONE OF THE TWO AUXILIARY DIESEL ENGINE GENERAT- ING SETS—A 2-CYLINDER, 4-CYCLE 108-BRAKE HORSEPOWER AT 275 REVOLU- TIONS. PER MINUTE. McINTOSH & SEYMOUR DIESEL ENGINE DRIVING A 75-—KILOWATT, 240-VOLT DIRECT CURRENT GENERATOR of March. Other vessels on the pro- gram are: WILSCOX, YOMACHICHI, SEMINOLE, CITY OF DALHART, and WEST GRAMA. Vessel’s Speed Is Improved The WEST HONAKER was built in 1920 by the Los Angeles Shipbuilding Co. at San. Pedro, Calif... She was originally powered with a triple ex- CLT sie pansion steam engine and water tube boilers burning fuel oil. With this power plant she attained a speed of 10% knots while the estimated speed loaded, with the diesel power plant is 11% knots. The speed actually ob- served, light on the trial trip was over 12 knots. Itemized cost of con- verting the WEST HONAKER is shown M. S. West HonAaker—At left—looking aft showing winch platform and winches castle showing winch platform and winches serving hatches 4 and 5. (two for each hatch) serving hatches 1 and 2 At right—looking aft from fore