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Chester, new Ford Motor Co. cargo vessel launched at River Rouge, Mich. Ferry Under Construction at Pusey & Jones Yard The all-steel automobile ferry which is building at the Pusey & Jones Corp. plant at Wilmington,, Del. for the Dela- ware-New Jersey Ferry Co. will be 206 feet long; 58 feet beam over guards; 16 feet depth; and draft of 10 feet 4 inches when loaded with 75 autos. The propelling machinery will con- sist of one 925-brake horsepower 8- cylinder, double clutch ferryboat type engine built by the Washington ‘Iron Works, Seattle, Wash. Auxiliaries will consist of one 25-horsepower diesel en- gine connected to an 18-kilowatt direct current generator and one 20-kilowatt variable speed constant voltage direct current generator connected to the main engine. There will also be one electric driven sanitary pump and one electric driven fire and bilge pump and an auxiliary air compressor also elec- tric driven. The steering engines will operate with compressed air. The new ferry will be ready by Aug. 15. —. A contract for the construction of ten steel barges has been awarded to the McClintic-Marshall Corp. by the Island Creek Coal Co. of Huntington, W. Va. The barges will be 200 feet long, 26 feet wide and 10 feet deep. They will have a capacity of 1000 tons each, on an 8-foot draft. Electrical Equipment Order A contract for the complete electrical equipment for a diesel-electric tugboat for the bureau of public health, United States treasury department, has just been awarded the Westinghouse Elec- tric and Mfg. Co., according to an an- nouncement by the company. The complete electrical equipment consists of two 205-kilowatt, 250-volt 300 revolutions per minute, propulsion generators direct connected to two Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines which furnish power for the 500-horsepower 250 volt, per armature, double armature 175 revolution per minute, main pro- pulsion motor. Excitation for the gen- erators will be furnished by two 25- kilowatt, 125 volt, direct-current gener- ators. Complete switching and _ control equipment with both engine room and pilot house control stations, are in- cluded in the contract. Launch Two New Ferries The two latest additions to the de- partment of plant and structures ferry fleet, the Murray Hitt and WASHING- TON SQUARE, were launched at a double ceremony from the Tebo Yacht basin of the Todd Shipyards Corp., in Brook- lyn, on Wednesday, May 27. These vessels are of the 151-foot double-ended type, and are equipped with Todd oil burners. Each vessel has accommodations for 400 passengers and 25 automobiles. Following their trial trips, the boats will enter the Jamaica Bay and East river services. The Murray HILL was sponsored by Miss Evelyn Wagner, niece of United States Senator, Robert F. Wagner, and was the first vessel to slide down the ways. Fifteen minutes after the first launching, the WASHINGTON SQUARE followed her sistership down the ways, having been sponsored by Mrs. Alfred E. Smith, Jr., daughter-in-law of ex- Governor Smith. Two New Ford Cargo Vessels Ready to Begin Service The accompanying illustration shows the new Ford Motor Co. cargo vessel CHESTER, which was launched May 9, at the River Rouge plant of the Great Lakes Engineering Works. This vessel, with a second which was launched May 16, will be operated between River Rouge, Mich. and Edgewater, N. J. Each vessel is 300 feet long; 43 feet beam; 20 feet molded depth; and 10 feet draft. The vessels will have cargo space for 2000 tons of boxed goods and will carry crews of 17 men. They*will be powered with a pair of 800 horse- power geared turbines, steam driven from oil-burning boilers operating at a working pressure of 400 pounds per square inch and 200 degrees superheat. Both vessels were turned over to the owners June 1. They were designed by Henry J. Gielow Ince. Sails on Maiden Voyage The EXETER, one of four sisterships, built by the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N. J. for the Export Steamship Corp., left the Camden yard, Friday, June 5. The PEX&ETER sailed on her maiden voyage June 10. The new vessel is 475 feet long, 61 feet beam, and 42 feet depth. She is propelled by Parsons steam turbines of 8000 horsepower sufficient for a speed of more than 16 knots. She has a cargo capacity of . approximately 6000 tons with 34,000 cubic feet of re- frigerator space for perishable prod- ucts. Accommodations are provided for 152 first class passengers, all in outside staterooms. To Modernize Battleship The battleship IpAno will be modern- ized at the Norfolk navy yard, the work to begin about Oct. 1. The IDAHO is one of three ships to be modernized at an estimated total cost of $30,000,- 000. Of the other two the work of mod- ernizing the Mussissippr has already been assigned to the Norfolk navy yard while the New Mexico is to be re- modeled at the Philadelphia navy yard. New ferry boat Washington Square MaRINE Review—July, 1931 launched May 27 at Tebo Basin of Todd Shipyards Corp. 29