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22 CALIFORNIA—Passenger Ocean Liner—Twin Screw Electric Name—CALIFORNIA Owner—Panama Pacific Line (I. M. M. Co.) Builder—Newport News S. B. & D. D. Co. Launched—Oct. 1, ’27; completed Jan. 15, ’28 Classification—American Bureau of Shipping HULL PARTICULARS Length over all, 601 feet 3 inches; length be- tween perpendiculars, 574 feet; breadth molded, 80 feet; depth molded, 52 feet; draft, 32 feet 3 inches; displacement loaded, 30,300 tons; gross register tonnage, 20,325; net tonnage, 11,934; passenger capacity, first class, 388; intermediate class, 363; cargo capacity, 8000 tons; cubic feet, 478,500; bunker fuel oil capacity in tons, 5349; speed 18 knots average. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engine—Turbo-electric propulsive ma- chinery has been supplied by General Electric Co.; a twin screw installation with a total of 17,000 shaft horsepower at 120 revolutions per minute of the propellers. There are two main generators and two D. C. propulsive motors, each direct-connected to a propeller. These elec- tric motors are of double armature and are DESCRIPTION The smart looking new ship pictured here is now in_ service be- tween New York and California. In every respect this liner is quite comparable to the finest transatlantic ships now in service. She is fitted with turbo-electric drive and easily makes a _ speed of 18 knots. Decora- tion and _ furnishings are American Colonial in design. 8500 shaft horsepower each at 120 revolutions per minute. The generators are each of 5250- 6600 kilowatts with exciters of 500 kilowatts. Boilers—Twelve Babcock & Wilcox marine water tube boilers of a total heating surface of 55,176 square feet and 16,128 square feet of superheating surface; fuel, oil. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Manufacturers of: Pumps—Warren Steam Pump Co. Windlass—Hyde Windlass Co. Winches—Hyde and Lidgerwood Steering Engine—Hyde Windlass Co. Refrigeration—Brunswick-Kroeschell Co. Gyro Compass and Gyro Pilot—Sperry Searchlight—Sperry Gyroscope Co. Superheaters—Babcock & Wilcox Co. Aux. Lighting—Matthews Engineering Co. Electric Generators—General Electric Co. Oil Burning Equipment—Peabody Eng. Corp. Her design is based on the new “Minne” class liners of the Atlantic Transport line, the MINNEWASKA and MINNETONKA. i ; NT iiin vin Wm 9 D ae Ga tee OF ce 8 eH HG OO t Oe Ee eee OE ee a ase — ee SE ea RE ean Moe OG © BOO Ee Ow orH one ore alee es See Ce ee et ee ee oe = GEL MARINE REVIEW—April, 1928