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and their schedule calls for arrival in Havana from New York on the morn- ing of the fourth day and New Or- leans on the sixth day. Terminal and handling facilities have been in- stalled in Hoboken, N.J., similar to the terminals in New Orleans and Havana which have been in use since the service between the two latter ports was inaugurated in 1929. Particular care has been taken in the design and construction to in- sure maximum seaworthiness. The hull is built on the Isherwood longi- tudinal system of construction. A complete double bottom and oiltight longitudinal bulkheads on each side of the vessel abreast the car stow- age space provide a continuous double skin from the machinery bulkhead to the forepeak bulkhead. The side tanks formed by the longi- tudinal bulkheads are for carrying liquid cargo. All Decks Carry Cars The full length of her superstruc- ture extends to the stem to act as an airstream line guide. Decks are, superstructure, poop, main and tween or second decks. There are two masts, fore and aft. The super- structure, main, tween decks and hold are all laid with steel rails for earrying railroad cars and with jack rails for centering, securing and stowing them. Machinery space is located in the extreme stern. Suitable arrangements are made for trimming to an even keel, fore and aft and athwartship, whatever the variation of cargo weight may be. Cargo pumps are located in two watertight pump rooms. One of the features of the con- struction of the hull is the use of special steel. The main and super- structure decks are built of copper bearing steel and stainless steel has been used for fittings where resist- ance to corrosion is’ particularly needed. It is interesting to note that electric welding has been ex- tensively used for securing fittings Seatrain New Orleans at New Orleans terminal. Seatrain New York—Railroad car hatch look- ing forward. The freight cars are hoisted through this hatch by means of a crane on shore. The car rests on a cradle broughl to the respec- tive deck levels and is then moved to posi- tion on board throughout the hull, and the rails are secured to the decks in the same manner. Special framing, shell and deck plating have been used in con- nection with the structure in way of the carloading hatch in order to maintain strength and rigidity. Captain and officers’ quarters are located in the steel deck house on the superstructure deck forward. The crews’ quarters are located aft. The crew list is about as follows: cap- General Particulars Owiertce Spastic aa tienen saree Seatrain Lines Inc. Baers eee ven sic. Sun Shipbuilding & D. D. Co. Launched, Seatrain New York...... Sept. 14, 1932 Launched, Seatrain Havana....... Sept. 26, 1932 Seatrain New York, Sailed.......... Oct. 6, 1932 Séatrain Havana, Sailed.:2.....45% Oct. 13, 1932 Length overall, feet, inches................ 478 0 Length between pp., feet, inches........... 460 0 Beam: molded, feet, inches... 5...0, 4.44.5 63 6 Depth molded, Main Deck, ft., in........... 38 3 Dratt; “loaded: feet; anches 22 oo ee ates 223 Displacement-loaded, tons... 66.4 eee 13,745 Deadweights tone. deat we se ale 8,445 Capacity, loaded railroad freight cars........ 100 Propelling machinery, geared turbine, single screw, with max. shaft horsepower.............. 8,800 Boilers, oil burning, watertube................ 3 Working pressure, lbs. per sq. in...........+. 400 Speedz in knots o.oo ic ce visa tenste vance 16% MARINE REVIEW—November, 1932 tain, chief officer, second officer, third officer, radio operator, boat- swain, four quartermasters, ten sea- men, steward, cook, assistant cook, four mess boys, chief engineer, sec- ond, third and fourth engineers, deck engineer, three oilers, three water tenders, and three firemen. This is a total of 41 in the crew; 20 in the deck department, 14 in the engine department, and 7 in the steward’s department. Main Propelling Machinery Modern steam engineering has been applied in the design and lay- out of the propelling and auxiliary machinery. The propelling machin- ery is a De Laval compound turbine with double reduction gears driving the propeller shaft through a Kings- bury thrust bearing. Turbine and gears were designed and built by the De Laval Steam Turbine Co., Tren- ton, N. J. Hach unit is rated at 8000 shaft horsepower at 105 revolutions per minute and will develop 8800 shaft horsepower at 110 revolutions per minute. The designed speed is 16.5 knots. The SEATRAIN NEW YORK Crane lifts cars from dock into ship and vice versa 25