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46 WABASH—Carferry—Great Lakes—TIwin Screw—Steam Name—WaBASH (Great Lakes Carferry) Owner—Wabash Railroad Co. Builder—Toledo Shipbuilding Co. Inc. Naval Architect—Toledo Shipbuilding Co. Launched—March 19; Completed, June 25, ’27 Classification—None—Owner’s requirements HULL PARTICULARS Length over all, 380 feet; length between per- pendiculars, 366 feet; breadth molded, 57 feet 6 inches; depth molded, 21 feet 6 inches; draft, 16 feet; displacement loaded, 6717 short tons; gross tonnage, 3366 tons; net tonnage 2023 tons; railroad car capacity, thirty 42-foot cars; bunker coal capacity in tons, 440; speed, 14% statute miles per hour. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engine—Two triple expansion, steam, vertical inverted marine engines built by Toledo Shipbuilding Co. Inc. Size, cylinders 20% x 34 x 56 inches in diameter by 36 inches stroke; each engine develops 1300 horsepower. Boilers—Four single ended Scotch marine Ly DESCRIPTION The WABASH is a twin screw, substantially constructed steel car- ferry with two com- plete steel decks. The main deck has four tracks for’ railroad ears. On the _ shade deck are houses for passengers and crew. Four scotch type boil- ers supply steam for two triple expansion engines of 1300 horse- power each and for auxiliaries. type, built by Toledo Shipbuilding Co. Inc. Size, 14 feet 6 inches in diameter and 12 feet long; total heating surface, 11,100 square feet; fuel, coal. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Manufacturers of: Pumps—Dean and Morris. Windlass—Electric, Hyde Windlass Co. Winches—Electric—Benson Electric Co. Steering Engine—Manitowoc Shipbuilding Refrigeration—One ton—Phoenix. Electric Generators—Two, 25 k.w. and one 50 k.w., made by Engberg Elec. & Mech. Works Gyro Compass—Sperry Gyroscope Co. Condenser—C. H. Wheeler Mfg. Co. OTHER MATERIALS Babbitt—Cramp Brass & Iron Foundries. Steel—Lukens Steel Co. Plywood—Plymetl, Haskelite Co. This vessel is similar to the later carferries for the Ann Arbor Railroad. R. H. Reynolds, Marine superintendent of the latter road is responsible for many features of the design. 7 a a whee a a eh en we + 100 so 60 70 80 307 “Tio OP Tes atari " he allt Ul ROS — -j4 officers | 4 Beng PR Room |\\ = Pilot House MARINE REVIEW—April, 1928