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24 Name—YARMOUTH; sister ship, EVANGELINE Owner—FEastern Steamship Corp. Builder—Wm. Cramp & Sons 8S. & E. B. Co. Naval Architect—Theodore E. Ferris Launched—Y ARMOUTH, Nov. 6, 1926; EVANGE- LINE, Feb. 12, 1927 Classification—American Bureau of Shipping HULL PARTICULARS Length overall, 379 feet 3 inches; length be- tween perpendiculars, 365 feet; breadth molded, 55 feet 6 inches; depth molded, 29 feet 6 inches; draft designed, 18 feet, maximum, 20 feet; displacement loaded, at 18 feet, 5905 tons; gross tonnage, about 4800; net tonnage, about 2700; passenger capacity, first class, 589; berth travel, 162; cargo capacity at 18 feet draft, about 550 tons, at 20 feet draft, about 1400 tons; cargo capacity in cubic feet, 95,420; bunker fuel capacity in tons, oil, 991; speed, 18 knots. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engines—Two sets of cross compound, single reduction geared, turbines of Parson’s type. The turbines are being built by Cramps. The reduction gears are being built by the DeLaval Steam Turbine Co. Size, each set con- sists of one high pressure and one low pres- sure unit with an astern unit in each low pressure; the shaft horsepower for each set is 8750. Boilers—Six, scotch type, single ended, with four furnaces to each boiler, built by Cramps; size, 16 feet 4 inches in diameter by 11 feet 6 DESCRIPTION An ocean ship for a coastwise trip, the twin screw, turbine driven, oil burning steamship, YARMOUTH and her sister ship the EVANGELINE will pro- vide luxury, comfort and speed for passen- gers between New York and Boston and Yarmouth, N. S. There are five decks, with passenger accommoda- tions on three upper decks. Two social halls, library, writing room, music room, dancing saloon, smoking room and veranda cafe are laid out with a view to comfort and are to be decorated in simple attractive style. inches in length; working pressure, 210 pounds per square inch; fuel, oil burning. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Manufacturers of: Pumps—Morris Mach. Wks.; Worthington Windlass—American Engineering Co. Winches—American Engineering Co. Steering Engine—American Engineering Co. Propellers—Two—Cramps—tThree-bladed solid, 12 feet 6 inches diameter by 13 feet pitch Refrigeration—Three, 8-ton Brunswick-Kroes- chell Oil Burning Equip.—Bethlehem-Dahl Electric Generators—Three, 75 k.w. General Electric Fire Alarm—Chas. Cory & Son Electric Controls—Cutler-Hammer Life Boats—American Brown Boveri Ventilation Fans—B. F. Sturtevant Co. Oil Purifiers—DeLaval Separator Co. Radio Equip.—Radio corporation Fire Detection—Rich System Aux. Lighting—Matthews Engineering Co. The YARMOUTH will give liner service be- tween Boston and Yarmouth, N. S. The EvANGE- LINE will provide similar service between New York and Yarmouth and will establish in that run a thirty-three hour schedule for the trip by connecting at Yarmouth with special trains for Halifax. It is the policy of the company in this case to provide an ocean ship for a coastwise trip. MARINE REVIEW—April, 1927 GILL