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30 HUNTINGTON—Tug—Harbors—Single Screw—Steam Name—HUNTINGTON Owner—Newport News S.B. & D.D. Co. Builder—Newport News S.B. & D.D. Co. Naval Architect—Newport News S.B. Co. Launched—oOct. 11, ’33; Comp. Nov. 18, ’33 Classification—Not classed, but equal to classi- fication requirements. HULL PARTICULARS Length overall, 109 feet; length between per- pendiculars, 96 feet; 6 inches; breadth molded. 29 feet; depth molded, 14 feet, 6 inches; draft, 10 feet, 9 inches forward, and 12 feet, 9 inches aft; displacement loaded, 489 tons; gross ton- nage, 271.19; net tonnage, 147; bunker fuel (coal) capacity in tons, 87; speed, 12 knots. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engine—One, reciprocating compound steam engine of 800 indicated horsepower at 100 revolutions per minute, built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Size of en- gine, 20 x 44 inches and 30 inches stroke. Boiler—oOne, single ended, Scotch boiler, ar- ranged for burning coal under natural draft, DESCRIPTION This tug was built by the shipyard for its own use. While the shell plating seams and butts, deck plating seams and butts, and frames and beams are riveted, electric weld- ing has been extensive- ly used in the floors, boiler foundation, and auxiliary foundations. This vessel embodies the latest and _. best ideas for the service intended. with a working pressue of 160 pounds per square inch. The boiler is 16 feet dia. by 12 feet long. Generator Sets—Two, supplied by Westing- house Electric & Mfg. Co.; one of 3 kilowatts and the other of 5 kilowatts capacity. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Pumps—wWarren Steam Pump Co. Inc. Steering Engine—Hyde Windlass Co. Propeller—oOf cast iron, 10 feet diameter, 11 feet, 6 inches pitch, four bladed solid type Valves and Fittings—Crane Co. Marine Hardware—The Dayton Mfg. Co. Lifeboats—Welin Davit & Boat Corp. REMARKS The Huntineton is transversely framed, with a straight stem and elliptical stern. The stem, bar keel and stern frame are of wrought steel. The main deck is of steel covered with 38-inch Oregon pine decking. A steel bulwark is car- ried completely around the main deck, with a bulb angle cap rail, and 14-inch diameter elec- tric welded braces. A white oak buffalo rail is mounted on the bulwark cap rail forward, and a chafing rail of the same material is fitted aft. , bee MARINE REvIEw—April, 1934