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May, 1916 eight 3,200-ton vessels of the special type made by this company. AS Hee HE first of several 12,000-ton ore freighters being built for the Interlake Steamship Co. by the Amer- ican Ship Building Co. Cleveland, was launched recently at the Lorain yard of the ship building company, and was christened Henry G. Datton, after the president of the steamship company. She is of Isherwood con- struction and is 600 feet in length over all, with a beam of 60 feet and adepth of 32 feet. Site is « being equipped with three Scotch boilers. The vessel is the second to be named after Mr. Dalton. A 600-foot freighter for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. will be launched at the American Ship Building Co.’s Lorain yards shortly. A contract has been placed by the Pennsylvania Steel Co. with its sub- sidiary, the Maryland Steel Co., for the construction at Sparrows Point, Md., of a third 15,000-ton iron ore carrier. Several months ago an order was placed by the Pennsylvania Steel Co. with the Sparrows Point yard for the building of two vessels of similar type, which are to be employed by the former in bringing iron ore from its mines on the north and south coasts of Cuba. At present the com- pany owns no boats but has been shipping its Cuban ore in vessels chartered in the open market. The steamship CHARLES Pratt, built for the Standard Oil Co., was recently launched from the ship yard of the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock. Co. She. is the first: of five similar oil tank steamers building by the Newport News Co. for the Stand- ard Ol Co. S.-C. Loveland recently contracted with Perry & Small, ship builders of Maine, for the construction of a schooner to be adapted for the coast trade, to: have a carrying capacity of 1,300 tons of cargo. She will be named CuHartEs D. LOVELAND. It is reported that the old Crescent ship yards of the Samuel L. Moore & Sons Corporation, Elizabethport, N. J., are to be overhauled and arrange- ments made for the building of steam- ers up to 300 feet in length. Captain Gowan, of Liverpool, has arrived in New York to take up duties as the superintendent for the steam- ship services of Furness, Withy & Co., Ltd., in the United States. THE MARINE REVIEW 189 ard Facilities—Installs Marine Railway HE plant of the Rocky River Dry Dock Co., Rocky River, O., which has been used for building, re- building and _ repairing yachts, tugs, dredges and scows, has been enlarged and a 500-foot marine railway construct- ed. The company is now equipped to handle vessels up to 200 feet in length with 12-foot draught and plans to build, rebuild and repair still larger lake- going vessels. The main shop is well equipped for this purpose. The machine and blacksmith shops are docked at the New York navy yard, where she is to be fitted with her en- gines. Sails for Bering Sea After an extensive overhauling and repairing at the plant of the Seattle Construction & Drydock Co., Seattle, the power schooner Rusy inaugurated the 1916 Bering Sea season, when, as the first of the Bering Sea fleet, she sailed for the north with a cargo of FUEL LIGHTER AT ROCKY RIVER DRY DOCK CO. YARD fitted with modern appliances and a 10-ton electric derrick has been placed in service. Seventy-five men are em- ployed all during the year. The plant is located about one- eighth of a mile from Lake Erie on Rocky river and covers seven acres. An advantage claimed by the com- pany for its marine railway over a dry dock, is the facility with which craft can be hauled in, pushed to one side and another taken in, until all available space has been used. The accompanying photograph shows the fuel lighter Wit11am G. Perry, of the Pittsburgh Coal Co., being rebuilt while resting on the marine railway. The officers of the company are: Captain N. Simonson, president; C. E. Klye, secretary and treasurer; T. L. Zickes, manager. The new United States naval collier MauMEE, recently built at the Mare Island navy yard, San Francisco, has reached New York in tow of the naval repair ship PromeTHEus. She has been material for a méw cannery. near Port Moller, Bristol: Bay. Rusy is under charter for the northern voy- age to the recently organized Bering Sea Packing Co. Capt. Louis Knaf- lich, one of Seattle’s leading arctic navigators, is in command of Ruy. At the plant of the dry dock com- pany Rupy was equipped with a keel in place of the twin centerboards which had made her notable along the coast. She made an early voy- age into Bering Sea last year, sailing March 1, and experienced no difficulty with weather conditions. The Howaldts Ship Building Works, of Kiel, Germany, has just issued its accounts for the business year ending Sept. 30, last, which show a net profit of 262,307. marks. A large new ship building company has been formed at Linhamn, Shoonen, in Sweden, to include workshops, ship building yard and extensive offices, ac- cording to recent advices.