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54 CITY OF GALVESTON—Fireboat—T win Screw—Gas Engine Name—CITY OF GALVESTON Owner—City of Galveston Builder—J. S. Schofield’s Sons Co.; and Gibbs Gas Engine Co. of Florida Naval Architect—Cox & Stevens Launch—Feb. 9, ’29; completed, March 16, ’29 Classification—American Bureau of Shipping HULL PARTICULARS Length over all, 87 feet 9 inches; length be- tween perpendiculars, 85 feet; breadth molded, 18 feet; breadth over guards, 19 feet; depth molded, 9 feet 8 inches; draft mean, 6 feet; fuel capacity in gallons of gasoline, 2700; speed, 12 statute miles per hour; pumping capacity, total, 7500 gallons per minute at 150 pounds. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engines—Two, 6-cylinder, Winton gaso- line marine engines with 8-inch bore and 11- inch stroke, each developing 125 brake horse- power at 450 revolutions per minute. Each engine is direct connected to a 3-bladed solid bronze propeller. MARINE REVIEW—April, 1929 DESCRIPTION This modern fireboat for the city of Gal- veston is of all steel construction including houses, excepting fen- ders, rail and tops of houses which are of wood. Propulsion at a speed of 12 statute miles per hour is by means of twin screws, each driven by 125 brake horsepower gas- oline engines. There are two main fire pumps with a capacity of 38750 gallons per minute at 150 pounds. Pumping Engines—Two, 8-cylinder Winton marine gasoline engines with a bore of 8 inches and a stroke of 10 inches, developing 500 brake horsepower each at 1100 revolutions per min- ute. Each engine is direct connected to a two- stage centrifugal pump built by the American Well Works Co. The pump suction is 12 inches in diameter and the discharge is 10 inches in diameter. Each pump can discharge 3750 gal- lons per minute at 150 pounds pressure. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Pumps—American Well Works; Northern Windlass—American Engineering Co. Winches—American Engineering Co. Steering Engine—American Engineering Electric Generators—Two 10 k.w. gasoline engine driven; Winton Diesel Engine Co. Motor Generator—One 5 k.w. Westinghouse Engine Telegraphs—Chas. Cory & Son Searchlights—Sperry Gyroscope Co. Air Compressors—Two, 1 H. P. motor Winton Fire Fighting—Ameri.-La France & Foamite ER AI SER Sy Sen eee EN ate TEA Retr Ee ae ea eR OE AN CRN CaN oi ETT SIE Ea dca ashi