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Fike Fo a carrying capacity of 2,320,000 gallons of oil in 16 main and six wing tanks. The propelling machinery is aft. Quar- ters are provided both amidships and aft for the officers and crew. The vessels are of more than average speed, being good for 11% knots at sea. The overall dimensions are 406 feet 7 inches by 51 feet 3 inches beam by 30 feet 2 inches depth. They are framed on the Isherwood system of longi- tudinal framing. The three Scotch sin- gle-end boilers are oil fired, arrange- GULEFMAIDB THE MARINE REVIEW New Craig Plant John Craig 2nd, James G. Craig, Thomas R. Merrill, Lloyd Swayne and Charles H. Cummings Jr. have been elected directors of the _ recently organized Craig Shipbuilding Co., Long Beach, Cal. The directors elected the following officers: James G. Craig, president and _ treasurer; John Craig 2nd, vice president, secre- tary and purchasing agent; Thomas R. Merrill, general manager; Lloyd Photo by New Vork Ship Building Co. GULFMAID’S FIRST DIP ments being provided for converting to coal if necessary or desirable. The vessels are fitted with wireless equip- ment. As evidence of the general sea- worthiness of these ships, it is inter- esting to recall that GULFLIGHT survived a mine explosion early in the war. Sufficient pumping units are supplied to enable several grades of oil to be handled at the same time. The Cumberland Shipbuilding Co., Portland, Me., capital $500,000, has been incorporated by F.: H. Irvin, E. V. Mann, M. F. Day, F. B. Rowe, M. D. Griffin, all of Portland. Swayne, mechanical engineer; A. E. Hudson, naval architect, and Charles H. Cummings Jr., superintendent of construction. They have been filling these positions during the construc- tion of the plant which has now progressed so far that the construc- tion. of the first vessel has been started. James G. Craig, president, and John Craig 2nd, vice president, are sons of J. F. Craig, well known on the Great Lakes and ‘in the shipbuilding industry of southern California. At the present time the Craig Ship- building Co. starts out with a con- July, 1917 tract for one steamer for the Pacific Transport Co. to carry 3000 tons deadweight and to cost $450,000 and to be delivered in eight months. The company has a contract with the Western Transport Co. for a dupli- cate of this steamer, to be delivered in -12 months. About 150 men are now employed in completing the plant and in starting the construction of the first ship. New Southern Yards The Star Shipyard of New Orleans, has been incorporated to construct a $250,000 yard for building wooden ships. It will install a complete shop equip- ment, including electric-driven cranes and pneumatic machinery. On the com- pany’s initial contracts for six wooden hulls of 3500 tons cargo capacity each, 3000 men will be employed. Another important southern company is_ the National Shipbuilding Corp., Orange, Tex., which has been organized to con- struct a plant including seven ways for building wooden ships and tank steam- ers, 1000 men to be employed. A $50,000 enterprise is the Gulfport (Miss.) Ship- building Co., chartered to construct .ves- sels. The American Shipbuilding Co., Brunswick, Ga., has been organized to bui!d a plant for constructing schooners. A 3000-acre water-front site for saw- mil!, mold loft, shipways for six or eight vessels, storehouses, offices, etc., was purchased by the Maryland Ship- building Co., Baltimore, which recently incorporated with $1,000,000 capital. George L. Roberts, Sarasota, Fla., has decided to establish a plant to construct small boats for Florida bays and large vessels for the Gulf of Mexico, this yard to be located at St. Petersburg, Fila. Launch Steel Freighters Two. steel freight steamers were launched at Mariners’ Harbor, Staten Island, N. Y., on May 29, one of 7500 net tons and the other of 3500 tons. Built for foreign commerce, they are to be taken over by the United States shipping board. The larger of the boats was built by the Standard Shipbuilding Corp. It is the first of six standard ships to be built by that concern, the second of which will be launched shortly. The new boat was christened SCANDINAVIC. She was built for a Norwegian firm. Her cost was $800,000, but at the pres- ent value of bottoms, shipping men esti- mated her worth at $2,000,000. She will be ready for sea on July 15, when, it is understood, the shipping board will take her over. The second ship was launched from the plant of the Staten Island Ship-