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the first barge out of an order for 14 for the Mississippi River commis- sion, Memphis. They will be each 120 feet long, 30 feet wide and seven feet deep. i Bald Oil Tanker The Lorain yard of the American Shipbuilding Co. has received.a con- tract for an oil tanker for the Stand- ard Oil Co. of Indiana. The new tanker will be 390 feet in length, will have a beam of 52 feet and will be 25 feet deep. She will have a capacity of 2,000,000 gallons of oil and will take several months to construct. Keels for two oil barges were laid at Lorain, O., on March 28, for the Standard Oil Co. of New York. Open Cleveland Office The Vacuum Oil Co. has opened an office in Cleveland at 925 Euclid ave- - nue. In addition to the Cleveland head- quarters the Vacuum Oil Co. is now arranging to open up a chain of agencies in the leading ports of Lake Erie. These additional offices will round out the Vacuum Oil Co. serv- ices for supplying gargoyle marine oil in the Great Lakes district. Astor Builds New Yacht Vincent Astor vice commodore of the New York Yacht club recently con- tracted in Germany with Krupps for a new large sea-going diesel yacht. The dimensions are as follows: length overall 263 feet 10 inches; length on the water line 260 feet; beam 41 feet 6 inches; mean load draft, 16 feet. The machinery will be two Sulzer diesel engines of sufficient power to give a sustained speed of 15% knots. Fuel, water and stores can be car- ried in sufficient quantities for long sea voyages and it is the purpose of the design to produce a vessel especial- ly adapted for off shore work while at the same time comfortable for cruising. The new yacht has been designed by Mr. Theodore E. Ferris in asso- ciation with Messrs. Cox and Stevens. Open Atlanta Office J. W. Lea has been placed in charge of the recently opened Atlanta office of the Power Specialty Co. at 315 Bona Allen building. This office has been established to serve the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama and will take care of both stationary and marine inquiries for in- stallations of superheaters, econo- mizers, unit coal pulverizers and other products manufactured by the com- pany. Resignations Accepted The shipping board on April 21 ratified the action of the trustees of the Merchant Fleet Corp., accepting the resignation of J. Harry Philbin as trustee and vice president of the Merchant Fleet Corp., effective at once. It also ratified the trustees’ acceptance of James A. Wilson’s resig- nation as a member of the board of trustees and the appointment of E. A. Kelly as a trustee in his place. Recent Sales of Ships HE United States shipping board has approved the sale or reconditioning of the following government merchant tonnage: GLADYSBEE, steel, steam, single screw tanker of 7500 tons deadweight equipped with re- ciprocating engine and scotch boilers, to be re- conditioned for use in the service of shipping board vessels, as a steam vessel at an ex- pense of $60,750. The GLADYSBEE will probably be chartered after reconditioning while held in reserve for future use. _AMERICAN STAR, steel, single screw, steam, oil burning cargo ship of 7500 deadweight tons, laid up at New York to the Charles Nelson Co., San Francisco, for the sum of $144,500. _MILWAUKEE BripGE, steel, single screw, steam, oil burning cargo vessel of 5191 deadweight tons, of the submarine boat type. similar to other vessels previously purchased by the same company, to the Matson Navigation Co., San Francisco for $30,000 cash, with agree- ment to perform certain betterments at a cost of at least $8000. CRAYCROFT, steel, single screw, steam cargo vessel of the Lake type of 38364 deadweight tons now laid up at Norfolk to John J. Roen, 42 Charlevoix, Mich., for the sum of $25,000 cash and with the agreement to effect certain im- provements to the ship. FEDERAL BRIDGE, steel single screw, cargo steamer of 5291 deadweight tons to Swayne & Hoyt Inc., San Francisco for the sum of $30,000. Payment to be made as _ follows: 25 per cent cash and the balance over five years. At the time of the sale which was announced March 22, the vessel was laid up in the James river. World Markets BACCARAT, single deck steamship, 8797 dead- weight tons, 2284 gross tons, for about $81,500 to Japanese buyers. Care St. MARTIN, single deck steamship, 8756 deadweight tons, 5589 gross tons, for about £24,000 to Mediterranean buyers. Ceuta, single deck .steamship, 2900 dead- weight tons, 1741 gross tons, for about £14,000 to German buyers. RoMAGNE, single deck steamship, 2284 gross tons, for about $80,000 to Japanese buyers. SENECA, single deck steamship, 38797 dead- weight tons, 2284 gross tons, for about $81,500 to Japanese buyers. Warrior, single deck steamship, 5945 dead- MARINE REVIEW—May, 1927 weight tons, 3495 gross tons, for about £12,000 to French buyers. BrEMA, double deck steamship, 8400 dead- ‘weight tons, 5170 gross tons, for about £15,000 to Greek buyers. HAVENSIDE, single deck steamship, 5350 dead- weight tons, 3108 gross tons, for about £28,400 to Cardiff buyers. ViTtorIA, single deck steamship 4560 dead- weight tons, 2944 gross tons, for about £13,500 to Greek buyers. S. S. Elkton Lost at Sea The S. S. ELKTON of the American Pioneer line, which was about midway between the Philippine Islands and the Island of Guam when last heard from on Feb. 16, 1927, was on April 7, 1927, declared by the shipping board to be a total loss. It is be- lieved that the vessel foundered while passing through the center of a ty- phoon and that she sank almost with- out warning, with all hands on board. She was one month overdue at Hono- lulu when declared lost. The ELKTON was commanded by Capt. E. C. Schnellhardt, of Seattle, and the crew consisted of 37 officers and men. The members of the crew end the residences of their nearest kin were as follows: William A. David, Boston; A. Jo- hansen, W. Muller, H. Wiswell, Brook- lyn, N. Y.; C. F. Ruber, Lewiston, Pa.; Hans Janasen, Tacoma, Wash.; Gustav Glenburg, Huitenen, Finland; P. L. Schrickel, Edgewood PIl., River- side, Calif.; E. R. Midgette, North Carolina; E. Hanson, Everett, Mass.; William Flynn, Newark, N. J.; Wil- liam Richards, unknown; D. J. Owen, Blakeley, Ga.; W. J. Sullivan, Cleve- land; Joseph J. Vella, New York; A. R. Addison, Tarrytown, N. Y.; Gail Heffelfinger, unknown; Oscar L. Berg- land, North Easton, Mass.; William - McNamara, Elizabeth, N. J.; Pegerto Barrio, Ponce, P. R.; M. M. Endic (Indic), Manila, P. I.; M. A. Adame, Tloilo, P. I.; J. M. Rosario, unknown; A. Farez, lloilo, P .I.; Louis Galgano, New York. Signed on at Manila: Inocencio Separas, Torribia Tumal, Hugh Lonit, F. Mortinez; signed on at Iloilo: A. Schraner, Faustino Mar- tinez, James Drummond, Perfecto Favilla; signed on at Shanghai: P. McPartland, D. Hughes, John Ander- son, Arthur Pierce. The Hooven, Owens and Rentschler M. A. N. double-acting diesel engine will be installed in the shipping board steamer SEMINOLE at the Tiet- jen and Lang plant of the Todd Ship Yards Corp., Hoboken, N. J. The installation will cost $436,000. In this vessel, as in the YOMOCHICHI and WEST GRAMA, passenger accommoda- tions will be omitted, which materially reduced the cost of conversion.