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February, 1927 MARINE REVIEW 3 more GYRO-PILOTS are signing crew lists planning the conversion of fourteen steamships to diesel propulsion, were confronted with a multitude of problems in addition to the main one of propulsion ma- chinery. On the converted ships no steam would be available for operating deck winches, pumps, anchor engines or steering machinery. EO risa of the Shipping Board, in Standard electrical equipment could be substituted in most cases, but the conversion of the steering machinery of these ships was an unusually difficult problem, as it was so generally built into the ships that complete substitution was both difficult and costly. ‘Shipping Board engineers solved this problem by Nee a plan of substituting an electric motor for the steam engine and controlling it from the bridge {through the Sperry Gyro-Pilot. f eas Three of these converted vessels, the M/S 7¢~ TAMPA, WEST HONAKER and UNICOI, 4 have completed highly satisfactory trials and the two latter are now enroute to foreign ports with valuable cargoes—the M/S TAMPA Pilot house ( has completed its first voyage to Bremen and Pus ie ‘ i. return—all with Sperry Gyro-Pilots at their ‘ Mr. H. E. Brelsford, helms. Chief of the Technical Department of the U. S. Let us solve your steering gear problems. ‘ i Shipping Board, says: \\ “The performance of the Sperry telemotor and steering equipment has been most satisfac- tory and has not given the slightest trouble. Its performance has been a source of great satisfaction to us.” a TM — eae ee oe = Z THE SPERRY GYROSCOPE COMPANY LONDON NEW YORK TOKYO Representatives in CLEVELAND LOS ANGELES PHILADELPHIA SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE Please mention MARINE REVIEW when writing to Advertisers