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40 GOVERNOR CARR—Ferry —Double Ended —Screw Steamer Name—GOVERNOR CARR Owner—Jamestown-Newport Ferry Co. Builder—Beth. S. B. Corp., Fore River Plant Naval Architect—Albert F. Haas Launched—Feb. 5, ’27; completed, Feb. 14, ’27 HULL PARTICULARS Length over all, 150 feet 1% inches; length between perpendiculars, 126 feet; breadth mold- ed, 48 feet; depth molded, 14 feet; draft, 8 feet 1 inch; displacement loaded, 487 tons; gross tonnage, 412; net tonnage, 280; passenger capacity, 500; cargo capacity, 32 automobiles; bunker fuel capacity in tons of coal, 17.5. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engine—One, 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, built by the Fore River plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. Size cylinders, 12 x 19 x 30 inches and 24-inch stroke. Boilers—Two, marine watertube type built by Almy Boiler Co. Size, 2896 square feet of heat- ing surface and 69 square feet of grate surface; working pressure, 200 pounds per square inch grate surface. Fuel, coal. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Pumps—Worthington Pump & Mach. Corp. Steering Engine—Hyde Windlass Co. DESCRIPTION A steel steam ferry-_ boat for automobile and passenger service between Newport and Jamestown built by the Fore river plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuild- ing Corp. for the Jamestown Newport Ferry Co. The motive power is a 3-cylinder, triple expansion steam engine. Steam is sup- plied by two Almy marine watertube boil- ers. Coal is used as fuel. Propellers—Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. Whistle—Star Brass Mfg. Co. Thrust Bearings—Kingsbury Machine Works. Feed Water Filter—Davis Engineering Corp. Compass—Kelvin & Wilfrid O. White Co. Fire Protection—Invincible Monitor Nozzle— 600 g.p.m. Electric Generators—General Electric Co. The ferry steamer, GOVERNOR CARR, was de- signed by Albert F. Hass, naval architect, New- port, R. I., for the Jamestown-Newport Ferry Co. and now operates between Jamestown and Newport, R. I., a distance of three miles, as an automobile ferry. This vessel is of the two- deck type. The main deck is used exclusively for automobiles and has a capacity of from 32 to 40 average size cars. There are four run- ways. Complete passenger accommodations are provided on the upper or salon deck. There are five transverse bulkheads dividing the hull into six watertight compartments. These bulkheads are absolutely solid and are not cut by doors or other openings except in the bulkhead between the boiler and engine rooms in which has been fitted a sliding water- tight door which is operated from the deck. inte wi CCl ee ee MARINE eb) —— REVIEW—April, 1928 |