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Delmarva, passenger and automobile transport steamer, shortly after launching, Nov. 2, 1938, at Wilmington, Del, ELMARVA, New Transport Steamer for Chesapeake Bay transport steamer DELMARVA, built by the Pusey & Jones Corp., Wilmington, Del., was launched Nov. 2 and was scheduled for delivery in December. The Virginia Ferry Corp., a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania rail- road, is the owner. The new vessel was designed for transporting pas- sengers and automobiles between Cape Charles, Va., and Little Creek, Va., and is of steel construction throughout, with fireproof bulkheads in cabin spaces and crews’ quarters, All of the latest requirements of the United States steamboat inspection service have been fully complied with. Principal dimensions are as fol- lows: Length overall, 260 feet; beam over guards, 59 feet; depth molded amidships, 19 feet, 1 inch; draft, with a load of 250 tons, 10 feet. Four decks are fitted viz., lower, main, promenade and boat deck. On the lower deck, the various spaces are arranged as follows: A bar room for white passengers is located aft of the engine room. The galley, crew’s mess room and storeroom are located aft of the bar room. Crew’s quarters with accommodation for 27 in the ship’s crew and a special room to accommodate 24 truck drivers are located forward of the boiler room. Tow passenger and automobile Space Arranged for Service The galley is equipped with a steel range, steel dressers and work tables and all modern conveniences for sup- plying meals to crew and passengers. The total normal passenger carrying capacity is 400. A dumb waiter is installed in the galley for service to the passengers’ lunch room and din- ing room located above on the prom- enade deck. Crew’s quarters, referred to above, are fitted with metal berths, metal lockers, showers, tables and chairs. Access to the truck drivers’ room is through a watertight horizontal slid- ing door from the crew’s quarters. The main deck is plated with “knobby’’ pattern checkered steel plates to prevent slipping and skid- ding of automobiles which are car- ried on this deck. A steel wagonway log is fitted at sides terminating in a stairway landing at each end, port and starboard, for steel stairs leading up to the promenade deck. Engine and boiler room casings and ventila- tion trunks are located off centerline, port and starboard and are surround- ed by a steel wagonway log thus forming three lanes for automobiles and trucks. Companionways for ac- cess to the lower deck, engine and boiler rooms, are also located on these wagonway logs. The after end of the main deck is open above the steel bulwarks fitted with hinged gangway doors for load- ing and unloading. Forward of this point the steel sides extend up to the promenade deck with large double watertight steel doors at forward end for loading and unloading. These watertight doors are operated by rack and pinion gears under the promen- ade deck, connected to worm gear and hand wheel on each half of door. At the-after end of the main deck there is a capstan, port and starboard, operated from the lower deck by electric motors with extended shafts. At the forward end of the main deck there is a similar capstan on the star- board side and a combined capstan and windlass on the port side for han- dling the anchor. Both of these are driven from below deck by electric MARINE REVIEwW—January, 1934 motors with extended shafts similar to those at the after end. The anchor is stowed on an inclined plat- form and slides overboard through a double door when released. The promenade deck aft is ar- ranged for the accommodation of 100 colored passengers. This space is fit- ted with a dance floor, toilets, seats and lunch tables. The promenade deck forward of this space is arranged to accommo- date 300 white passengers with lunch room, dining alcoves, women’s rest room, maid’s room, toilet, purser’s room, and dance floor. The cabin is fitted with massive leather upholsi- ered divans and chairs, arranged for the comfort of passengers. A special room is located on this deck to house the ventilation and heating fans for supplying fresh cool air or heated air to all cabins and passenger spaces, through large galvanized sheet metal ducts. Main Propelling Machinery Lifeboats and life rafts in number and specifications complying with the latest requirements of the United States steamboat inspection service, are located on the boat deck. Galley and pantry exhaust fans, fans and heaters for the ventilating and heat- ing systems are housed in a room lo- cated on the skylight of the boat deck. Officers’ quarters with toilets and a separate room with connecting bath for the use of the owner’s repre- sentatives are located on the boat deck forward of the stack. The pilot house is located forward of the ‘officers’ house and is equipped with all modern devices for safe naviga- tion. The vessel has one mast located 9