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New Steamer Goes Into Service Latest Day Line Steamer Peter Stuyvesant Is Designed Es- pecially for Passenger and Excursion Travel on the Hudson River ger and excursion service on the Hudson, the new Hudson River Day Line steamer, PETER STUYVE- SANT, was inducted into service on June 7, when city officials, prominent rail- road and steamship representatives, and other guests to the number of 1000 were entertained by a_ special trip from New York City to Tarry- town, N. Y. and return. The new steamer was built by Pusey & Jones Corp., Wilmington, Del., under the supervision of and to specifications prepared by J. W. Mil- lard & Bro. naval architects, New York, who have for years specialized in the design of Hudson river and New York harbor craft. Her cost is said to be nearly $1,000,000. Launched on Feb. 2, she arrived in New York on May 23 and was moored at the company’s pier at the foot of West Forty-second street where she was furnished and received her supplies. The practical knowledge gained by years of experience in the successful operation of day steamers has been D ESIGNED and built for passen- thoroughly applied in her design and the good proportions which make for her beauty, a noticeable feature of other steamers of the line, have been maintained. A single screw steamer :the general characteristics are: length overall, 268 feet 6 inches; length between per- pendiculars, 252 feet; breadth molded at main deck, 46 feet; breadth over guards, 60 feet; depth molded to main deck at side of guard 17 feet, 8 inches; draft, 12. feet 6 inches; passenger and crew capacity 3500; bunker fuel oil capacity, 55 tons; speed, 20 statute miles per hour. The PETER STUYVESANT embodies a number of structural elements not heretofore seen in passenger steam- ers in the waters around New York City and the Hudson river. Her hull and main deck are of steel with three joiner decks above. The lower forward deck and that section aft of the boiler and machinery spaces also are of steel. Enclosed spaces of the new steam- er’s third deck differ from all others of her class on the river, since they are eighteen inches higher than the level of the corresponding outer deck. This innovation in construction gives to passengers who are seated in the enclosed deck a clear and unobstruct- ed view over the heads of those seated on the corresponding outer deck. The second deck is entirely enclosed by plate glass doors and windows, giving to a far greater number of passengers an uninterrupted view of the Hudson and the beautifully picturesque scen- ery along its shores. Instead of on the second deck as on the other steamers of the same line, the PETER STUYVESANT has its carpeted saloon on the third deck. On this deck also are eight private parlors, each having its own lavatory. The writing room also is on this deck. The interior finish of the PETER STUYVESANT is elaborate and tasteful. Much of the interior is in mahogany and mahogany finish, with the light, cheerful tones greatly in predom- inance. Oil paintings by Herbert W. Faulkner of Washington, Conn., de- Steamer Peter Stuyvesant Built by Pusey & Jones for the Hudson River Day Line 18 MARINE REVIEW—July, 1927