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Latest Data fot New Marine Work Information on New Ships Ordered—Building and Repair Con- tracts Let—Shipping Board Loans Made, Authorized or Pending for the Colombian line for op- eration between New York and Colombian ports was laid March 10 at the Newport News Shipbuild- ing & Dry Dock Co. The keel of the second vessel was laid a few days later. The first vessel is to be named the CoromBpia and the second the Haytt. The first will be ready for service in November and the second in December. Both vessels will be among the finest of their type and are being built under the terms of the Jones-White shipping act of 1928. They will cost approximately $2,- 300,000 each and will-be of 5500 gross tonnage with a length of 385 feet and a beam of 57 feet. They will be equipped with geared turbine machin- ery having a normal shaft horsepower of 6500, which will drive the ships at an average speed of 16 knots. A total Ts keel of the first sister ship of 54,000 cubic feet of refrigerated space will be provided. Luxurious accommodations will be provided for more than 100 first class passengers and the public rooms will be decorated especially for tropical cruise service. Launch New Grace Liner The Santa Rosa, first of the four new ships building for the Panama Mail service of the Grace lines, was launched March 24 at the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. yard, Kearny, N. J. Prominent officials, in- cluding Walter F. Brown, postmaster general, representative of Latin-Amer- ican nations and the governors of three states attended the ceremony. The ship was sponsored by Miss Wendy Iglehart, daughter of D. Stew- art Iglehart, president of W. R. Grace & Co. Mr. Brown spoke over a radio network from 10 to 10.15 a.m. and the launching of the ship and the ad- dresses of Governors A. Harry Moore of New Jersey, Gifford Pinchot, of Pennsylvania, and Joseph F. Ely, of Massachusetts, were broadcast. T. V. O’Connor headed a’ delegation of . members of the United States Shipping board from Washington. On completion, the ships of the fleet will enter a new passenger, mail and freight service between the east and west coasts of the United States, from New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco, by way of the Panama canal, with additional stops at Havana, Cartagena, Acapulco and other Cen- tral American ports. 54 The Sanra Rosa and other ships of the fleet will have accommodations for 222 first-class passengers. Each state- room is an outside room and each has a private bath, either shower or tub, or both. As the greater part of the run will be in the tropics, elaborate systems of mechanical ventilation will be provided, as well as large windows in the public rooms for ventilation and light. Gibbs & Cox Ine., naval architects, of New York, are designers of the ships. —_———_— All-Welded Tanker The all-welded steel tanker Lucy. was launched March 16 from the yards of the Brewer Drydock Co. at Ma- riners Harbor, Staten Island, for the Reinauer Transportation Co. Mrs. Lucy Reinauer, wife of the president of the transportation interest, spon- sored the new tanker. The Lucy has been built to augment the fleet of the Reinauer company, which is engaged in carrying gasoline from the refineries at Carteret, N. J., to distributing stations on Long Is- land Sound. The vessel is 147 feet 6 inches long and 26 feet wide and has a capacity © for 230,000 gallons of gasoline. The propulsion machinery consists of a 400 horsepower Ingersoll-Rand diesel engine. Building Three Motorships Three motorships of the most mod- ern type and expected to make 18 knots on their trials are now actually under construction in Dutch _ ship- yards for the Interocean line service between the Pacific Coast and Con- tinental Europe, France, Belgium and Holland. The vessels will have a deadweight of 9500 tons and have the following principal dimensions: Length, 456 feet; beam, 61 feet; depth, 39 feet 6 inches; draft, 26 feet 10 inches. The engines will be seven cylinder, double acting, two cycle, diesel en- gines, of about 8800 indicated horse- power. They are calculated to de- velop 18 knots on their trials, but the vessels will be operated on a 16-mile sea speed. The time from Califor- nia via the Panama canal direct to first port in Europe will be only 20 days. Although built mainly as cargo liners, they will have accommodations MARINE REview—April, 1932 for 12 passengers, just sufficient to make the traveller feel like being on a private yacht, while speeding on the modern way to Europe in 20 days only. There will be attractive dining and smoking rooms, plenty of deck space, and each cabin will have sepa- rate shower bath, will be well venti- lated, and equipped with modern beds. There will be running ice water in each cabin besides hot and cold water. Ask Bids for Two Towboats The Inland Waterways Corp. has asked for bids for the construction of two 1000 horsepower shallow draft twin screw diesel towboats. Bids for the construction of the boats are asked under a condition where the Inland Waterways Corp. furnish the main diesel engines and other auxiliaries as shown in specifi- cations. Proposals will be opened at 11 o’clock on April 18, at the office of the corporation, 1016 Munitions bldg., Washington. Reconditioning Loan The shipping board March 23 ap- proved the application of the Missis- sippi Shipping Co. for loans from the construction loan fund, to be used in the reconditioning, remodeling, im- proving and equipping of the vessels CASEY and CLAVARACK. These vessels are a part of the fleet operated in the Delta line (formerly the Gulf Brazil River Plate line), purchased from the shipping board. There will be a sepa- rate loan, not to exceed three-fourths of the cost of reconditioning, remodel- ing and improvement of each of the vessels, and not to exceed $201,128 for each vessel. The work will be _ per- formed in. a shipyard in the United States under plans and specifications approved by the board, and the ves- sels will remain documented under the laws of the United States. The reconditioning will consist of the addi- tion of passenger accommodations, in- creasing the power of the vessels’ pro- pelling machinery and fairing certain parts of the hulls to give increased speed. Bids will be due on April 11. The naval architect is V. M. Friede. Upon completion of the work the name of the CASEY will be changed to DELMUNDO and the name of the CLAVA- RACK to DELVALLE. There will be ac- commodations for 39 persons.