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CITY OF KEANSBURG—Excursion— I win rey Steamer Name—CITy OF KEANSBURG Owner—Keansburg Steamboat Co. Builder—Marvel Shipyard Naval Architect—Townsend J. Smith Completed—1926 Classification— HULL PARTICULARS Length overall, 241 feet, 7 inches; length between perpendiculars, 230 feet; breadth ex- treme, 48 feet, at waterline, 36 feet; depth molded, 12 feet, 6 inches; draft mean, 7 feet 9 inches; gross tonnage, 1037; net tonnage, 551; passenger capacity, 2300; fuel oil capacity, 80 tons; speed per hour, 18 statute miles. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engines—Two, 3-cylinder triple expan- sion steam engines; size, 15% x 26 x 44 inches and 26-inch stroke, driving twin propellers. To- tal horsepower, 1500 to 1800. Boilers—Two watertube boilers of shipping board type, each of 2518 square feet heating surface. Each boiler is fitted with a Power Specialty Co. Foster superheater of 400 square feet surface and Diamond soot blower. Steam at 200 pounds working pressure. Boilers are fitted with Coen Co. oil burning equipment. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Manufacturers of: Pumps—Bethlehem, Worthington, Buffalo SEATS eS ee aa DESCRIPTION A modern excursion steamer of improved type with a passenger capacity of 2300 built at the Marvel Ship- yard, Newburgh, N. Y., for the Keansburg Steamboat Co. Her regular run is between the Battery, N. Y., and Keansburg N. J. A spacious dancing floor enclosed in a_ steel house is located aft on the main deck with staircase to a com- pletely equipped cafe- teria below. Feed Heater—Reilly-Griscom-Russell Co. Windlass—Hyde Windlass Co. Steering Engine—Bethlehem S. B. Corp. Capstan—Hyde Windlass Co. Lighting and Int. Communications—Cory Generators—Two 10 k.w. Engberg Propellers—Four bladed, semisteel The main deck is completely plated and is covered with asbestolith within the house in- cluding the dance hall. Saloon, boat and shade decks are of joiner construction, canvas covered where exposed. Haskelite has been used for sheathing in way of the dance hall as well as in other portions of accommodations. Sliding sash windows of large number have been fitted materially adding to comfort in inclement and in fine weather as protection is provided in the one case while maximum air and ventilation is possible in the other. The hull of steel with single bottom is fitted with six watertight and two oiltight trans- verse bulkheads into nine spaces. Fuel oil is carried in two tanks, one each side of the centerline bulkhead between the en- gine and boiler rooms. These tanks are 14 feet long and 9 feet wide transversely from the centerline port and starboard. The tanks outboard of the fuel oil tanks are used as listing or transverse trimming tanks. ee oe —-—_1_1 + MARINE REVIEW—April, 1927