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September, 1914 THE MARINE REVIEW 333 EN DOCK GETTING READY TO PULL APART complete in every detail, including "not only the usual and necessary ap- pointments, steam windlass and steam Steering engine, electric light plant, various winches for handling boats, an ice-making and refrigerating plant of unusual size, but also a most complete and carefully worked out scheme of forced ventilation. For cruising in*the Pacific ocean in sum- mer weather it has been found abso- luately essential to provide not only the usual and natural ventilation, but also forced ventilation, so that fresh air may be secured at all times in every part of the ship, even when all ports and skylights are tightly closed. The installation of this character on Cyprus has proved® notably success- ful. Fresh air is delivered through a series of ducts to all the living spaces in the vessel, these ducts being neat- ly enclosed in the panel work so that they are not visible, and the amount of fresh air being controlled by shut- 'ters in the various rooms. A most unusual feature in this connection is the fact that the supply of fresh air before being delivered to the rooms is passed through tubes in tanks through which sea water is kept con- stantly circulating. In this manner, air practically at the temperature of sea water can be delivered to any part of the ship, producing most com- fortable' conditions, even in extreme- ly warm weather. This ventilating system was latd out by «the aren tects, Messrs. Cox & Stevens, in con- junction with the firm of Schuttee & Koerting, of Philadelphia, who have made a study of matters of this char- acter. The plumbing arrangements are re- markably well planned and complete. All the bath rooms are tiled, not only on the floors but have a wainscote of tiling making a most sanitary ar- rangement. All the tubs and lavatories are of special massive construction and are supplied. with hot and cold run- ning fresh and cold running salt water, the toilets are of the most approved type. All except those in the crew's STARTING TO PULL APART IN DOCK space have flushometer toilets such as are found in modern house plumbing, the sewerage being taken care of by special pumps in the engine room which are automatic in their operation. Water-tight Sub-division Another notable feature of Cyprus is the extremely satisfactory water-tight sub-division. Not only are there a much larger number of transverse : water-tight bulkheads extending from the keel to a height well above the water line, but in addition, the tanks for fresh. water and fuel oil are so arranged and so_ sub-divided as to greatly increase the safety of the ship from serious injury due to grounding or collision. The fuel oil, of which there is a total capacity of approxi thately 360 tons is carried in a num- ber of tanks distributed throughout the vessel, these tanks in all cases being composed of the plating of the vessel, the transverse water-tight bulkheads and a horizontal steel deck thus vir- PULLED APART READY TO ERECT NEW FRAMES WHEN LAUNCHED AFTER HAVING BEEN LENGTHENED