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Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), April 1927, p. 22

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22 Name—MALOLO Owner—Matson Navigation Co. Builders—Wm. Cramp & Sons S. & E. B. Co: Naval Architects—Gibbs Brothers Inc. Launched—June 26, 1926 Completed—About May, 1927 Classification—American Bureau of Shipping and Lloyd’s Register of Shipping HULL PARTICULARS Length over all, 582 feet; length between per- pendiculars, approximately 554 .feet, which is also approximately Lloyd’s length; breadth molded, 83 feet; depth molded to C deck, 54 feet; draft designed, 26 feet; draft loaded, 28 feet 6 inches; displacement loaded, 19,560 tons; gross tonnage, about 17,200; net tonnage, about 7550; passenger capacity, about 653 first-class; deadweight, about 5500 tons at 26 feet draft and in cubic feet, dry cargo 227,000; refrigerat- ed cargo, 18,600; stores, 21,100; fresh water, 2200 tons; salt water ballast capacity, 1040 tons; bunker capacity, 4590 tons of fuel oil; speed, 21 knots. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engines—Two Parsons type steam single reduction, geared turbines built by Wm. Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co., each turbine, driving a single shaft, will have 12,500 shaft horsepower. Each set consists of one H.P., one first I. P., one second I. P., one L. P. and one cruising unit in series developing 12,500 horsepower. There is one H. P. element astern in the second I. P. and one L. P. astern in the LL. P. unit. Boilers—Twelve water tube marine type Bab- cock & Wilcox make, forced draft; total heating surface, 56,000 square feet; working pressure, MALOLO—Passenger Ocean Liner—Twin Screw Steam DESCRIPTION An ocean liner meet- ing the recommenda- tions of the conference for safety at sea. Twin screws. driven by geared turbines. of great power will give a speed of 21% knots. With spacious, com- fortable and luxurious accommodations the MALOLO will be the equal of any transat- lantic vessel. She will enter service’ between San Francisco and Hawaii early’ in June. The MALOLO will take less than four days between San’ Francisco and Honolulu. 280 pounds; superheat, 100°F., fuel, oil. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Manufacturers of: Pumps—Worthington Pump & Mach. Corp. Windlass—Hyde Windlass Co. Cargo Winches—Hyde Windlass Co. Boat Winches—Diehl Mfg. Co. & Lidgerwood Steering Engine—Bethlehem S. B. Corp. Anchor Chain—National Malleable Co. Life Boats—Am. Brown Boveri Elec. Corp. Propellers—Wm. Cramp & Sons S. & E. B. Co. Reduction Gears—DeLaval Steam Turb. Co. Refrigeration—J. & E. Hall Co., Ltd. Valves—Crane, Lunkenheimer, Leslie Oil Burning Equipment—Babcock & Wilcox Superheaters—Babcock & Wilcox Fire Detection—Rich System, Walter Kidde Electric Generators—Westinghouse Electric. Controls & Fire Alarms—Chas. Cory Oil Purifiers—DeLaval Separator Co. Turbines—B. F. Sturtevant Co. Heaters—B. F. Sturtevant Co. Fans—B. F. Sturtevant Co. Radio Equip.—Radio Corp. of America. Galley Equip.—Edison Elec. Appliance Co. Gyro Compass & Gyro Pilot—Sperry Searchlight—Sperry Soot Blowers—Diamond Power Evaporator—Griscom-Russell Co. Feed Water Heaters—Griscom-Russell Co. Deck Windows—Kearfott Engineering Co. OTHER MATERIALS Vehisote—The Pantasote Co. Ine. Deck Covering—Marine Decking & Supply Co. Flooring—Bonded Floors Co. MARINE REVIEW—April, 1927

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