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MARIPOSA—Passenger—Ocean—Iwin Screw—Turbine DESCRIPTION First of three large fast passenger ships for service between San Francisco and the Anti- podes. An outstanding example of modern shipbuilding. In safe- ty she is in excess of the requirements’ of the convention for safe- ty of life at sea. In decoration .and con- venience of arrange- ments her passenger accommodations are comparable to the finest Name—M ARIPosa Owner—Matson Navigation Co. Builder—Bethlehem S. B. Corp., Fore River Naval Architect—Owner and Builder Launched—July 18, ’31; completed, Dec. 14, Sister Ships—MonrTerey and Luring. The MONTEREY was launched Oct. 10, 1931 Classification— American Bureau of Shipping HULL PARTICULARS Length over all, 631 feet 65% inches; length between perpendiculars, 605 feet; breadth mold- ed, 79 feet; depth molded to C deck, 52 feet 9 inches; draft, 28 feet; displacement loaded, 26,- 141 tons; gross tonnage, 18,017.35; net tonnage, 10,580; passenger capacity, first class, 475; sec- ond class, 229; cargo capacity, in cubic feet, 309,622; bunker fuel oil capacity in tons, 6606; speed, at sea, 20% knots. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engines——Two, single reduction geared turbines of Bethlehem-Parsons type, built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Ltd. The single reduction gearing of double helical type. fur- nished by Falk Corp. Total horsepower 22,000 at 125 revolutions per minute. For complete de- scription of this vessel and her machinery, see MARINE ReEvirw for February, 19382. Boilers—Twelve, Babcock & Wilcox watertube marine boilers with a total heating surface of 53,520 and total superheating surface of 4760 square feet; 32,112 square feet of air heating surface; working pressure, 375 pounds at super- heater outlet; 650 degrees Fahr., total tempera- ture of steam; fuel, oil. Superheaters, desuper- heaters, oil burning equipment, feed water regu- lators, air heaters and furnace brick supplied by Babcock & Wilcox Co. Soot Blowers——Diamond ny aes: aes Tila =e eee Uae oe ww) Generating Sets—Four, Westinghouse geared turbine, 500 kilowatts each. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Pumps—wWarren (40); Mise. DeLaval, North- ern, Rumsey, Quimby, Nash and Gould Windlass—Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. Winches—Allan Cunningham Capstans—American Engineering Co. Steering Gear—American Eng.; Waterbury Propellers—Cramp Brass & Iron Foundries Retfrigeration—Brunswick-Kroeschell Electric Motors—Westinghouse Hlec. & Mfg. Fresh Water Heater—Alco Products Ine. Anchors—Baldt Anchor Chain & Forge Corp. Anchor Chain—National Malleable & S. C. Co. Revolution Counters—Cummings Mach. Wks. Oil Purifiers—Sharples Specialty Co. Storage Batteries—Electric Storage Bat. Co. Galley Equipment—Westinghouse; Hobart Mfg. Co.; The Cleveland Range Co. Windows—Kearfott Engineering Co. Thrust Bearings—Kingsbury Mach. Works Gyro Compass, Pilot—Sperry Gyroscope Co. Pipe—Reading Iron Co.; A. M. Byers Co. Deck Covering—Selby, Battersby & Co. Beds, Springs—The Simmons Co. Plumbing Fixtures—Standard Sanitary Mfg. Blowers and Fans——B. F. Sturtevant Co. Feed Water Heaters, Evaporators, Distillers. Filter—Davis Engineering Corp. Rubber Flooring—United States Rubber Co. Lifeboats, Davits—Welin Davit & Boat Corp. Air Ejectors—Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co. Laundry Machinery—American Laundry Ma- chinery Co. Compasses (Magnetic )—Kelvin White Co. Air Compressor—wW orthington » —_ oh Ler is 7 ' eis eS ] é it oh 1 | a A TMM eee LMU ti) TCO LL MARINE Review—April, 1932 15