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~ Latest Data ae New Marine Work Information on New Ships Ordered—Building and Repair Con- tracts Let—Shipping Board Loans Made, Authorized or Pending HE building of the new ten-million dollar liner MANHATTAN for the New York-Channel ports-Hamburg serv- ice of the United States lines is prog- ressing on schedule, and if all arrange- ments are carried out as planned, she will enter the service this summer, ac- cording to an announcement made recently by P. A. S. Franklin, chair- man of the board of directors of the Roosevelt Steamship Co., general agents for the United States lines. The MANHATTAN was launched at - Camden, Dec. 5, was christened by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt with a bottle © containing samples of water taken from historic rivers, streams and springs in the 48 states of the union, and is being fitted out at the special berth in the yards of the New York Shipbuilding Co. at Camden. The steamer is now 75 per cent com- pleted, and her engines, including main units and auxiliaries, but with the exception of the two high pres- sure turbines, have been installed. These latter are in the shops ready to be hoisted into the hull by the great 100-ton overhead cranes which move ceaselessly over the new queen of the seas. Over 1800 workmen are engaged in completing the MANHATTAN. The pas- senger accommodations of the ship are well advanced; electric fittings are installed in the galleys, and baths and washbasins in-the staterooms. The three dining rooms are at the stage where the panelling and decorations are almost ready to go in. The masts and funnels have not yet been erected. They are ready, but work on the _ superstructure must reach a more advanced stage before the ship is prepared to receive them. The funnels are egg-shaped, and have the low, raked effect so pleasing to the eye in modern liners. Bids for Two Patrol Boats The United States coast guard, Washington, has invited bids for building two 165-foot patrol boats. The - bids for the construction of these patrol boats will be opened at 2:00 p. m. March 8, 1932. The patrol boats have the following characteris- tics: Hull of steel, usual construction; length, over all, 165 feet; beam, mold- ed, at main deck, 25 feet 3 inches; displacement, full load, not to exceed 334 tons; diesel engines, twin screw; 30 shaft horsepower, 1300. The first boat shall be completed and delivered not more than 300 days after date of receipt of notice to pro- ceed and the second boat shall be completed and delivered not more than 325 days after date of receipt of no- tice to proceed. Delivery dates may be anticipated as desired by the con- ‘ tractor. Big Towboat Launched © The towboat MARK TwaAIN, building for the Inland Waterways Corp., was launched Jan. 25 at Jeffersonville, Ind. The craft was sponsored by Mrs. Pat- rick J. Hurley, wife of the secretary of war. The MARK TWAIN is of all-steel con- struction, 169 feet long, 42 feet beam and 4 feet draft. Steam for its 500 horsepower engines is supplied by oil burning boilers. The vessel is capable of moving tows of from 12,000 to 15,- 000 tons and will carry a crew of 14. Launch First Grace Liner _ The Santa Rosa, first of the four turboelectric liners being built by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, for the Grace Line-Panama Mail service, was launched on Feb. 24. She will be followed by the SANTA PAULA, SANTA ELENA and SANTA LUCIA. Each will be 508 feet long and 70 feet beam and will carry 225 first class and 70 third class passengers. They will have a maximum speed of 23 knots and a cruising speed of 19 knots. Each will have a displacement of about 18,- 000 tons. Brewer Dry Dock Co., Staten Island, has been awarded contract for repairs to the U. S. engineer dredge W. L. MARSHALL at $12,979. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. will re- pair the army tug Sr. MinieLr, New York, at $5508. Spedden Shipbuilding Co., Balti- more, has been awarded contract for a patrol boat for the harbor super- visor, New York, at $138,177, Fair- banks-Morse 500 horsepower diesel en- gine. St. Helens Ship Co., St. Helens, MARINE REvieEw—March, 1932 Oreg., will repair the dredge MICHIF for the engineer, Portland, Oreg., for $4535. The coastguard headquarters, Wash ington, takes bids March 31 for bronze propellers, furnished and_ installed, for patrol, picket and station boats as required during the fiscal year 1933. Bids also close on the same date for repair parts and machinery acces- sories for a long list of guard boats for the fiscal year 1933. Toledo Shipbuilding Co., Toledo, O., has been awarded contract for re- pairs to the dredge Burton at $121,- 300 and to the dredge TAYLoR at $41, 233 by the army engineer, Buffalo. Launch Eastern Liner The 10,000-ton liner AcaAprA, building for the Eastern Steamship lines, was launched Feb. 13 at the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. before a large gathering of dis- tinguished guests from Washington, New York, Boston, Nova Scotia and other parts of Canada. Mrs. Calvin Austin, wife of the former chairman of the Eastern Steamship lines board, acted as sponsor of the vessel. She was attended by Mrs. Jeanne Foster and Mrs. H. Moore Richards, both of New York. The AcApIA and her sister ship, the St. JOHN, which was launched Jan. 9, will be ready this summer for service between New York and Yarmouth and Boston and St. John, N. B. The AcaApIA and ST. JOHN are the biggest vessels yet built by the Eastern Steamship lines. The ships are 402 feet 9 inches long, with a beam of 29 feet 9 inches. Accommodations are provided for 756 passengers. Those present at the launching of the AcApIA included Gordon S. Har- rington, premier of Nova Scotia, and Mrs. Harrington; W. H. Covert, lieu- tenant governor of Nova Scotia; Eu- gene E. O’Donnell, president of the Eastern Steamship limes, and Mrs. O’Donnell; J. A. Downs, chairman of the board of the Eastern lines; Colonel J. A. Coates, first vice president of the Eastern lines; Grant Hall, vice presi- dent of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co.; Frank Ross, president of the East- ern Canada Coastal Steamship Co.; W. U. Appleton, general manager of the Canadian National railways, and Mrs. Appleton, and Mrs. Galen Stone.