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28 GULFPRIDE—T anker—Ocean—T win Screw Diesel Name—GULFPRIDE Owner—Gulf Refining Co. Builder—Federal Shipbuilding & D. D. Co. Naval Architect—John C. Craven Launched—Jan. 20, 1927 Completed—March 30, 1927 Classification—Lloyds & American Bureau HULL PARTICULARS Length overall, 543 feet; length between per- pendiculars, 525 feet; breadth molded, 74 feet; depth molded to shelter deck, 40 feet 6 inches; draft loaded, 28 feet; displacement loaded, 21,- 480 tons; gross tonnage, about 12,500; net ton- nage, about 8500; cargo capacity, 16,700 tons, in cubic feet, 827,000; bunker fuel capacity in tons, 900; speed, 11 knots. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engines—Two, 4-cylinder 2-cycle, single acting Bethlehem diesel engines; size, 26 inches diameter of cylinders, and 48-inch stroke, giv- ing 2000 shaft horsepower for each engine; builder, Bethlehem Steel Co. Boilers—Two, of vertical fire tube type; size, 7 feet 4 inches by 13 feet; built by Federal DESCRIPTION A twin screw diesel tanker of 17,400 tons deadweight the GULF- PRIDE is in every re- spect one of the most modern vessels of her type afloat. She is the first vessel built in the United States on the new Isherwood bracketless system of hull construction, and is also the largest so far built on this sys- tem in the world. She is owned and will be operated by the Gulf Refining Co. Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.; fuel, oil. Auxiliary Engines—Three, each of 150 brake horsepower diesel engines direct-connected to a 100-kilowatt electric generator; these en- gines are of the Nelseco type built by New London Ship & Engine Co.; the generators were furnished by the Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Manufacturers of: Pumps—Worthington; Cameron; and North- ern Rotary; electric driven, motors furnished by Westinghouse Windlass—Hyde Windlass Co. Winches—Hyde Windlass Co. Steering Engine—Hyde Windlass Co. Refrigeration—Brunswick-Kroeschell Co. Oil Burning Equip.—Peabody Eng. Corp. Telegraphs & Controls—Chas. Cory Gyro Compass & Pilot—Sperry Gyroscope Co. Electric Controls—Cutler-Hammer Oil Purifiers—Sharples Specialty Co.. Radio Equipment—Radio Corporation Fire Extinguishing—Lux system, Walter Kidde 4 yey ‘ . feet tot Gre ‘ ‘ ' ' ' { Peat |e Ne ttt ww if} eae fa lp Ney a oa ee etna SScgel ae Se ea OU EMIS EU yeu ue Ni MARINE REVIEW—April, 1927 . Soest nevote ert ARN Seana eR eR SBD RA ROR AF A HORNA RECN ARR SSRRBONY ARE neocons oasoroneoonmnpennneeoaseeesanscemneterer-rentees-teseeeroesonesssneesunoree