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WHEN SHE PUTS TO SEA 6o-cell Exide Battery will keep radio communication alive... make lights certain aboard the S. S. Florida HE new ship “Florida” of the Peninsular and Occidental Line is taking no chances with possible power failure. She is equipped with a 60-cell Exide Marine Battery. In case of emer- gency, this powerful battery will automatically and instantly take Cut-away cell showing construc- over the job of furnishing power for the ship’s radio and her _ tion like thattof no other battery made. The reason for Exide- Ironclad dependability, long life eas, entire emergency lighting system. Two sets of 12-cell Exides are used for the interior communication system. Aboard ships in tropical service, or on vessels plying the Arctic lanes, Exides have proved their dependability. No matter how severe the conditions, Exide Batteries respond to the call of the crew, either to light the ship or to send a radio message to the outside world. Not only for radio and light safety, but for auxil- iaries, pumps, steering gears... Exides furnish dependable power y 3 and assure safety on any ship. Write for information on Exides and Exide-Ironclad Batteries 4 i and their many varied applications in AA ARI N E marine service. You will be inter- BATTERIES ested in our new Bulletin— Form ‘No. 3420. No obligation. READY TO PUT TO SEA —S. S. Florida, recently built for the Peninsular and Occi- dental Steamship Co. by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. A 60-cell Exide Marine Battery assures emergency current for radio and light at all times. Philadelphia THE WORLD’S LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF STORAGE BATTERIES FOR EVERY PURPOSE Exide Batteries of Canada, Limited, Toronto ae Ss 6 MARINE REVIEwW—December, 1931