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20 EDGEWATER—Barge Canal—Lakes—Twin Screw—Turbine Name—EDGEW ATER Owner—Ford Motor Co. Builder—Great Lakes Engineering Works Naval Architect—Henry J. Gielow, Inc. Launched—May 9, ’31; comp., Aug. 10, 731 Sister Ship—CuestrerR, launched May 16, 1931; completed, Aug. 23, 1931 Classification—Lloyd’s Register of Shipping HULL PARTICULARS Length over all, 300 feet; length between per- pendiculars, 288 feet; breadth molded, 43 feet; depth molded, 20 feet; draft, 12 feet 6 inches; gross tonnage, 1819; net tonnage, 1384; cargo capacity, 2600 tons (2000 pounds each) and in cubie feet, 140,000; bunker fuel capacity in tons (2000 pounds each), 188; speed, in service, 10% knots. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engines—Two, steam turbine reduction geared units, built by Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. Size, each, 800 shaft horsepower; total 1600 horsepower at 250 revolutions per minute of propellers. Boilers—Two, watertube marine boilers with water walls and economizer; built by Combus- tion Engineering Corp. Size, 21,000 pounds of steam; working pressure, 400 pounds per square inch; superheat, 200 degrees Fahr.; fuel, oil. Soot Blowers—Diamond Specialty Corp. Auxiliary Generators—Two turbine gener- ator sets, 50 kilowatts each, Westinghouse. DESCRIPTION This vessel and her sister ship the CHESTER are designed for han- dling general cargo be- tween the Great Lakes and the Atlantic coast ports by way of the New York state barge canal. All heights above deck are kept to a minimum to come within bridge clearance in the barge canal of a little over 15 feet. Pilot house is raised and lowered by an electrically driven hydraulic gear. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Pumps — Worthington; Quimby; Westing- house; Nash Windlass—Hyde Windlass Co. Mooring Machines—Benson Electric Co. Steering Engine—Benson Electric Co. Gyro Compass—Sperry Gyroscope Co. Propellers—F'erguson & Co. Pilot House Control—Sperry Gyro. Co. Refrigeration—Detroit Ice Machine Co. Oil Burners—Peabody Engineering Corp. Oil Purifier—The Sharples Specialty Co. Condensers—Westinghouse Electric Fuel Oil Heaters—Westinghouse Induced Draft Fans—Westinghouse Feed Water Heaters—Westinghouse Marine Hardware—The Dayton Mfg. Co. Economizers—Foster Wheeler Corp. Superheaters—Foster Wheeler Corp. Anchor Chain—National Malleable & S.C. Co. Stern Bearings—B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. Thrust Bearings—Kingsbury Machine Works The EpGEWATER and the CHESTER have the dis- tinction of being the first cargo vessels built on the Great Lakes to be equipped with geared tur- bine drive. The power units occupy only 30 feet of the over all length and are situated in the after end. Crew’s quarters are aft and officers’ quarters are forward. Cargo space is served by nine telescopic hatches. The ships were built in the short period of less than five months, between the date of signing of contract and first trial trips. MARINE REvieEw— April, 1932