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LiLAC—Lighthouse Tender —Bays—Twin Screw—Steam Soe se Name—LILACc Owner—United States Lighthouse Service Builder—The Pusey & Jones Corp. Naval Architect—U. S. Lighthouse Service Launched—May 26, ’33; Comp. Aug. 11, 1933 Classification—Lighthouse Service Tender HULL PARTICULARS Length over all, 170 feet; length between per- pendiculars, 163 feet, 6 inches; breadth molded, 32 feet; depth molded, 13 feet; draft, 10 feet; displacement loaded, 770 tons; cargo capacity, 200 tons; bunker fuel oil capacity in gallons, 30,000; speed at sea, 13 knots. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engines—Two, triple expansion, recip- rocating steam engines, each of 500 indicated horsepower at 160 revolutions per minute, built by J. W. Sullivan Co, Size of engines, 11% x 19 x 32 inches and 24 inches stroke. Boilers—Two, Babcock & Wilcox watertube marine boilers with a total heating surface in the two boilers of 4880 square feet; working pressure, normal, 200 pounds per square inch; fuel, oil, Oil burning equipment, and firebrick, supplied by the Babcock & Wilcox Co. Auxiliary Generators—Two, General Electric. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Pumps—M. T. Davidson Co. Windlass—Lidgerwood Mfg. Co. Winch, Hoist—Lidgerwood Mfg. Co. DESCRIPTION The design of this vessel is based on the experience of the light- house service, and she is especially adapted to meet all the require- ments in a most effi- cient manner. The LILAC was completed Aug. 11,- 1933 and en- tered service in the fourth lighthouse dis- trict, Philadelphia. Steering Gear—Lidgerwood Mfg. Co. Propellers—The Pusey & Jones Corp. Refrigeration—Brunswick; Frigidaire Copper, Brass—The American Brass Co. Radiators—Chase Brass & Copper Co. Indicator, Counter—Alexander McNab Floor Plates—Central Iron & Steel Co. Galley Range—Hlisha Webb & Son Co. Marine Hardware—Dayton Mfg. Co. Plumbing, Valves, Fittings—Crane Co. REMARKS The Litac is a twin screw, reciprocating steam engined propelled vessel, and is similar in most particulars to the ArBuruUS completed at the same yard some two months before. Includ- ing equipment, the cost of the Lirac is about $225,000. The boiler space is located immediately aft of amidships with fuel oil compartments between the boiler room and cargo hold. Trimming tanks are fitted in extreme bow and stern. As in the other tenders of this type, there is a powerful four-drum 10 x 12 inches, twin-cylin- der steam hoister which serves a 20-ton steel boom 50 feet long stepped on the mast forward of the superstructure. The hold is served by an 84% x 9 feet hatch. The hoister is located in the after end of the cargo hold. The pilot house with master’s quarters and bath adjoining is located on the upper deck for- ward. On the same deck aft are located a state- room for the superintendent, a spare stateroom, dining room and radio quarters. i tug e: iva ra | He cp! Mb xl foe sees 2 bi — et i ae 2 Ser Pape Rt Em a Ed i) ana Tre =a i qs -. ae A Sa a — 2s Pe aR KY y heleay ctmteenteitctaaasamentinerctttt tere eAaetc mater tettt tote ter tenement: cetecabtmecart trtmecwerncteennnctnt ans Atni tentCtntne tt eet one AeA MARINE REVIEw—April, 1934