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Latest Data on New Marine Work Information on New Ships Ordered—Building and Repair Con- tracts Let—Shipping Board Loans Made, Authorized or Pending now under way for the Standard Vacuum Transportation Co., which has been reported in previous issues of Marine Review entails the expendi- ture of approximately $5,000,000. This program is giving employment to hun- dreds of shipyard workers. Two ocean going tankers are building at the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N. J., and work on three self-propelled diesel tankers is well under way at the plant of the United Dry Docks Inc., Staten Island, N. Y. These smaller vessels are for service on the rivers, New York state barge canal and the Great Lakes. According to J. J. Maguire, presi- dent of the Standard Vacuum Trans- portation Co., the two ocean going tankers will cost approximately $4,- 000,000. They will be under construc- tion for a period of 12 to 14 months, during which time there will be an average of 2000 men employed in the shipyard alone. In addition to this number of men actually employed in the building of the vessel, employment is also given to a large number of men in other plants where such equip- ment as boilers, engines, electrical gen- erators, pumps, and other auxiliaries are being manufactured. The two large tankers will be 500 feet long; 65 feet 9 inches in beam; 37 feet in depth; and will have a total deadweight of 15,285 tons, on a draft of 29 feet 101%, inches, The total capacity of each tanker will be 5,330,000 gallons in ten main double tanks and six summer tanks, Pro- pulsion will be by single screw driven by double reduction geared turbines developing 4000 shaft horsepower. The speed will be 12% knots. Esti- mated fuel consumption for 24 hours will be 30 tons. The two tankers, it is expected, will be launched in the fall of 1934, and they will be ready for service early in 1935. They are to trade between the Atlantic sea- board and Pacific coast ports. a tanker shipbuilding program Launch River Dredge The St. Louis Shipbuilding & Steel Co., St. Louis, recently launched a large sand dredge under construction for the Sternberg Dredging Co., St. Louis. The new vessel is of all steel con- struction and like others for the same company, is a departure from _ the conventional type of dredge. The new craft is 175 feet long and 50 feet in beam. 22 The St. Louis Shipbuilding & Steel Co. sometime ago took over the Caron- delet Foundry formerly operated by the Rohan Shipbuilding Co. and has recently been operating with 60 em- ployes. The company now has under construction a number of other new type of craft, several of which are nearly ready for launching. Among these is a new vessel for the federal government. Construction Loans A public hearing was to be held on June 25 at the offices of the United States shipping board bureau in Wash- ington to act on the application of the Waterman Steamship Corp., Mo- bile, Ala., for two loans from the gov- ernment construction loan fund. If authorized by the department, the two loans, totaling $262,340, will be used in the reconditioning of two of the Waterman company’s ships. The owner plans to increase their speed to 13 knots, install refrigerating equip- ment and to extend and improve the passenger accommodations. The United States engineer office, Louisville, Ky., awarded contract for constructing 50 steel pontcons to the Ingalls Iron Works Co., Birmingham, Ala, on its bid of $61,900 f.0.b. Padu- cah, Ky. The same office also has awarded a contract to the Midland Barge Co., Midland, Pa., for the con- struction of 156 sections of steel pipe on its bid of $17,700 f.o.b, Paducah, Ky. Patrol Boat Is Launched The first of the three patrol boats being built by the Lake Union Dry Dock & Machine Works, Seattle, for the United States coast guard, named the ATALANTA, was launched in rather an unusual manner on June 16. The vessel was shifted on ways into the company’s floating dry dock. The dry dock was then submerged and the ves- sel floated free. The ATALANTA was christened by Miss Barbara Hinckley, daughter of Capt. H. D. Hinckley, who was, until recently, commander of the Seattle division of the coast guard. The second vessel, the ARTADNE, will be launched sometime in July and the third vessel, CyANr, will be laid down on the building ways made vacant by the launching of the ATALANTA. She is to be ready in the latter part of this year. MARINE REVIEwW—July, 1934 When she goes into commission the ATALANTA will be assigned to Puget sound and adjacent waters. The CYANE will be assigned to Alaskan waters and her base will be Ketchikan. The ARIADNE will go in service around San Francisco. These patrol boats, of steel con- struction, are 165 feet in length over- all; 25 feet 3 inches in beam molded; and 13 feet 2 inches in depth molded amidships. They are each fitted with twin propellers driven by Winton die- sel engines developing 650 shaft horse- power each. Cruising speed will be 16 knots. Commander W. C. Maglathin is representing the United States coast guard as supervisor of construction. The Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. early in June was awarded contract by the United Mail Steamship Co. for reconditioning the vessels ABARANGEZ, and TURRIALBA. The amount involved is approximately $500,000 for work on the two vessels. It is. understood that passenger ac- commodations will be somewhat re- duced and refrigeration facilities con- siderably increased. Requests Bids for Tender The commissioner of lighthouses, Washington, will receive bids until 2 o’clock p.m., July 23 for the construc- tion and delivery of one twin screw, steel hull, diesel engine propelled tender for the eighth lighthouse dis- trict, New Orleans. The new lighthouse tender, to be known as the JASMINE, will have a length extreme of 91 feet, 4 inches; length overall molded, 90 feet; length between perpendiculars, 82 feet; beam molded, 23 feet; depth at side, 8 feet 3 inches. The displacement at a mean draft of 5 feet 3 inches in salt water will be approximately 184 tons. Pro- pulsion will be by two diesel engines each of 100 shaft horsepower or a to- tal shaft horsepower of 200 at 400 revolutions per minute. Delivery of this vessel is to be made to the bureau of lighthouses at New Orleans. Bids may also be based on delivery of the vessel at the builder’s plant. This vessel is to be constructed from funds provided by the public works ad- ministration. The rates of wages and hours of labor will be in accordance with the shipbuilding and shiprepair- ing code.