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26 CARACAS—Passenger—Ocean—Twin Screw—Steam Name—CARACAS Owner—Atlantic & Caribbean Steam Naviga- tion Co. (Red D Line) Builder—Newport News S. B. & D. D. Co. Naval Architect—Theodore E. Ferris Launched—June 30, ’27; completed, Sept. 7, ’27 Classification—American Bureau of Shipping HULL PARTICULARS Length over all, 336 feet 4 inches; length be- tween perpendiculars, 323 feet; breadth molded, 51 feet; depth molded, 22 feet; draft, 18 feet; displacement loaded, 6480 tons; gross tonnage, 3365; net tonnage, 1961; passenger capacity, 113 first class, 137 second class; cargo capacity, 8560 tons; cargo capacity in cubic feet, 162,200; bunker fuel oil capacity in tons, 745; speed, 13 knots. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engine—One, cross compound impulse turbine set, designed and built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. This tur- bine set is comprised of one high pressure tur- bine and one low pressure turbine, the former driving the starboard propeller shaft and the latter the port propeller shaft through separate single reduction gears. The reduction gears were also built by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Size, 3500 shaft horsepower. LE PoE nen = = F =) t = tei a eet Ler DESCRIPTION This vessel is unique in that it has to meet requirements of full ocean service on a limited draft. She is propelled by a set of turbines, the high and low pressure units of which are _ geared through single reduc- tion to separate pro- peller shafts. This ves- sel is now in service between New York and Venezuela, carrying passengers and cargo. Boilers—Two, marine watertube type built by Babcock & Wilcox Co., size, total heating sur- face 10,500 square feet; total superheating sur- face, 1576 square feet; fuel, oil. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Manufacturers of: Pumps—Worthington & C. H. Wheeler Windlass—American Engineering Co. Winches—Lidgerwood & Hyde Windlass Steering Engine—American Engineering Co. Propellers—Newport News S. B. & D. D. Co. Refrigeration—Brunswick-Kroeschell Co. Oil Burning Equip.—Babcock & Wilcox Co. Superheaters—Babcock & Wilcox Co. Electric Generators—Westinghouse Electric Electric Motors—Westinghouse Electric Whistles—Star Brass Mfg. Co. Thrust Bearings—Kingsbury Machine Works Soot Blowers—Diamond Power Specialty Fans, Ventilation—B. F. Sturtevant Co. Fan, Forced Draft—B. F. Sturtevant Co. Evaporator—Davis Engineering Corp. Foamite System—American-LaFrance Fuel Oil Gages—Pneumercator Co. Inc. Radio Telegraph—Radiomarine Corp. Fire Detection—Rich System Radio Battery—Electric Storage Battery Co. Anchors, Anchor Chain—Baldt Anchor Chain MARINE REVIEW—April, 1928