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DISTINCTIVE SHIPS OF THE AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE WITH G-E PROPULSION EQUIPMENT CALIFORNIA VIRGINIA PENNSYLVANIA SANTA CLARA MORRO CASTLE ORIENTE PRESIDENT HOOVER TALAMANCA CHIRIQUI PETEN ANTIGUA QUIRIGUA VERAGUA SANTA ELENA SANTA LUCIA SANTA PAULA SANTA ROSA 2 Sth ANNIVERSARY HIS YEAR marks the twenty- fifth anniversary of the turbine-electric ship and of General Electric’s entrance into the field of ship propulsion. In 1908, the fireboats Joseph Medill and Graeme Stewart were put into service by the City of Chicago. They were the first ships in the world to be equipped with turbine-electric drive. They were G-E equipped. Since then, General Electric and associated companies have furnished propulsion equipment for completed ships and ships now under con- struction totalling more than three million shaft horsepower. General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y. 173-38 MARINE REviEw—April, 1933 27