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LOUISIANA—Catamaran Ferry—Paddle Wheel—Steam - Name—LOUISIANA Owner—Baton Rouge Transp. Co. Builder—Howard Shipyards & Dock Co. Naval Architects—Cox & Stevens Launched—July 21, 1926 Completed—Oct. 21, 1926 Classification—Auto & Pass. Ferry, Rivers HULL PARTICULARS Length overall, 150 feet; length between per- pendiculars, 146 feet; breadth molded, 64 feet; depth molded, 9 feet 3% inches; draft, 4 feet 6 inches; gross tonnage, 488; net tonnage, 438; passenger capacity, 400; cargo capacity, 35 au- tomobiles; speed, 10 statute miles per hour. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engine—Two, straight high pressure steam, horizontal; size, 17 inches by 7 feet; builder, Gillett & Eaton; noncondensing type; fitted with steam reversing gear. Boilers—Two, of horizontal fire tube type; size, 42 inches by 22 feet in length; ten, 6-inch flues; builder, Fowler-Wolfe, Paducah, Ky.; fuel, coal only. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Manufacturers of: DESCRIPTION This catamaran, steam, paddle wheel, river ferryboat is con- structed of steel throughout with the exception of the main deck covering, the boiler deckhouse and the upper deck which are of wood. The hulls are divided into eight watertight compart- ments, each compart- ment being provided with steam syphons. There is a steel house on the main deck. Pumps—Gillett & Eaton Steering Engine—Gardner Foundry Co. Electric Generators—General Electric Co. Turbine—For 10 k. w. generator, Terry Pumps—Hagewald; Vogt Bros. Mfg. Co. Hand Pump—Two, Douglas Injector—One, two-inch, Metropolitan Fire Pump—Worthington Pump & Mach. Corp The catamaran ferryboat shown here is said to be the finest and most modern of this type operating on the Mississippi river. She was delivered to the Baton Rouge Transportation Co., Baton Rouge, La., for ferry service be- tween Baton Rouge and Port Allen, late in Oc- tober last year. This vessel has now been in service about five months and has been thoroughly tried out, has a lower fuel consumption than anticipated and has proven satisfactory in all respects. The LOUISIANA was designed and built under the supervision of Cox & Stevens, naval architects and marine engineers, New York city, who have been retained as designers of the Warrior line barge boats for the United States government. MARINE REVIEw—April, 1927 65