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DESCRIPTION The PETEN, completed in Pebruary, 1933, is the latest of the six fast, twin screw, tur- bine electric, passenger and cargo vessels, to be added to the fleet of the United Fruit Co. Except in minor details of equipment, she is simi- lar to the others, which, as a class, were fully described in MARINE RE- view for January and July, 1932. Name—PETEN Owner—United Mail Steamship Co. Builder—Newport News S. B. & D. D. Co. Naval Architect—Newport News S. B. Co. Launched—Aug. 15, ’31; Comp. Feb 24, ’33 Sister Ships—TALAMANCA, CHIRIQUI (by New- port News S. D. and D. D. Co.) ; ANTGUA, QUIRIGUA, VERAGUA (by Bethlehem S. B. Corp.) Classification—American Bureau of Shipping HULL PARTICULARS Length overall, 447 feet, 10 inches; length be- tween perpendiculars, 415 feet; breadth molded, 60 feet; depth molded to upper deck, 34 feet, 9 inches; draft, 24 feet; displacement loaded, 10,928 tons; gross tonnage, 6982; net tonnage, 3178; passenger capacity, first class only, 113; cargo capacity in cubic feet, 245,800, to inside of insulation, 198,400 cubic feet bale; bunker fuel oil capacity in tons, 1405; speed in service, 17% knots. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engines—Two, General Electric turbine generating units and two electric motors direct connected to propellers. Total horsepower, 10,- 500 at 125 revolutions per minute, The gen- erators are alternating current and are each of 4200 kilowatts capacity. Fuel consumption, .733 pound of oil per shaft horsepower per hour. Boilers—Four, Babcock & Wilcox watertube marine boilers with a total heating surface of 22,492 square feet and a total superheating sur- face of 2248 square feet; working pressure, 350 pounds; superheat, 230 degrees Fahr.; fuel, oil. Auxiliary Generators—Three, geared turbine, direct current, General. Electric, each 500 k.w. 1 ae vn aa Nites: o Saial — ean ae Se _REFRIO¢ fm icons || REFRIG CARGO rea ARGO ~ te ee Sa beco30063-cozc -cs-epneebrooaneuEn PETEN—Passenger—Ocean—Twin Screw—TIurbine Electric ~ ee wr ee ece eee wn eee ene ok alacant [| <armo.carce B0/L ER Roem —— enc nom UT AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Pumps—wWarren Steam Pump (principally) Windlass,— Winches Hyde Windlass Co. Boat Winches—Lidgerwood Mfg. Co. Steering Engine, Gypsys—American Eng. Co. Propellers—Cramp Brass & Iron Foundries Refrigeration—York; General Electric Oil Burning Equip. Feed Water Heaters—Alco Products Inc. Blowers—American Blower Corp. Anchors and Chain—Baldt A. C. & Forge Co. Galleys—Edison G. E. Appliance Co. Plumbing Fixtures—Crane Co. Valves—The Lukenheimer Co. Thrust Bearings—Kingsbury Machine Works Fire Extinguishers—Walter Kidde & Co. Emergency Lighting—Weir Kilby Corp. Storage Batteries—Edison Stor. Bat. Co. Lubricating Oil Coolers—Griscom-Russell CO, Recorders—The Permutit Co. Radio Telegraph—Radiomarine Corp. Gyro Compass, Pilot—Sperry Gyroscope Co. Fathometer—Submarine Signal Co. Evaporators, Distillers—-Davis Engineering Deck Covering—Selby, Battersby & Co. Turbines (pump drive)—Terry Steam Tur. Co. Oil Purifiers—De Laval Separator Co. Revolutions Counters—Cummings Mach. Wks. Electric Motors—General Electric Co. Fire Detecting—Walter Kidde & Co. Fire Alarm System—Chas. J. Henschel Telegraphs—Chas. J. Henschel & Co. Clocks—Chelsea Clock Co. (partly) Windows—Kearfott; Henry Hope & Co. Manila Rope—Columbian Rope Co. " e im oe a ha MOLD MO. 1 is [IT | nermoe canoe tee MARINE REVIEw—April, 1934