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Artist’s Drawing of New 130-Foot Flame-Proof Fireboat for New York City to Cost $582,500 Contract for New Fireboat for New York Awarded A contract for the construction of a new flame-proof fireboat, capable of throwing 16,000 gallons of water per minute, was awarded to the Todd Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. of Brook- lyn by Fire Chief John J. Dorman, it was announced by Joseph A. Mac- Donald, president of Henry J. Gielow, Inc., naval architects selected to de- sign and supervise its. building. The new marine fire fighter will be 130 feet long, will have a beam of 26 feet, a draft of 7 feet 6 inches and will be powered by five main gaso- line engines, developing a total of 2740 horsepower. The engines will furnish current for two electric mo- tors of 1165 horsepower which will drive the craft at 18 miles per hour. Placing of the contract at this time, Mr. MacDonald stated, will necessi- tate the expenditure of $582,500 and will furnish direct and indirect em- ployment to 2000 men until the mid- dle of next summer. According to the architect’s plan, the water will be drawn through two intakes on either side of the fireboat by means of four centrifugal pumps which will discharge 64 tons per min- ute through any or all of 20 nozzles on the craft. In addition, the boat will carry 4000 pounds of fire foam, a chemical preparation used for com- batting oil and gasoline fires. Fuel consumption of the engine is estimated at 50 gallons per hour per engine or a total of 250 gallons per hour for the battery of five power units. The gasoline will be carried in two 3025-gallon tanks, one forward and one aft. The tanks will be of a non-explosive type, protected by an aqua system with no air space above the gasoline level. In addition, the tanks will have baffle plates to resist or check the swashing of the fuel and the containers will be guarded by en- casements, which, in turn, will be pro- tected by a carbon dioxide fire-fighting System, One auxiliary power boat, equipped with a fire pump of 150 gallons ca- pacity for use in combatting fire un- der piers and wharves will be car- _ ried aboard the craft. The boat will be equipped with wireless telephone and telegraph, and a receiving and sending set to keep in constant communication with the municipal broadcasting station, Work at Camden Yard In spite of the fact that the keel of the first of the 33,000-ton liners building at the Camden plant of the New York Shipbuilding Co. for the United States lines was laid only a month ago, hundreds of tons of steel are already in place along the hull of the 705-footer. Within a short time, the keel of the second vessel is to be laid. The cruiser INDIANAPOLIS which is limited by treaty to 10,500 tons is approximately 50 per cent completed at the same yard. The two vessels for the American Export Line, the ExreTer and .Ex- CAMBION are also under construc- tion by the same yard and are over 50 per cent complete. To Be Converted to Dredge Sale of the steamship BROOKLINE to the O’Brien Brothers Dredging Corp., New York, for the sum of $12,500 with the understanding that the ves- sel be converted into a self-propelled gravel dredge at a cost of not less than $150,000 was authorized by the shipping board Jan. 7. As a dredge, the vessel will be operated between Montauk Point and Execution Light, Long Island sound. The Brook.ineE is a steel cargo ves- sel of 8550 deadweight tons, equipped with reciprocating engines and Fos- ter boilers, and has been in lay-up since Sept., 1921. The ship has been grouped as one of the surplus vessels available on a dismantling and scrap- ping basis. New River Towboat Enters Service on Mississippi The stern wheel steel towboat Pat- RIcK J. Huritry, shown in the accom- panying illustration, recently entered the service of the Inland Waterways Corp. on the Mississippi river and its tributaries. The principal dimensions of this new towboat are: Length overall 196 feet, length on deck 160 feet, beam molded 42 feet and draft 4 feet. It is propelled by two tandem compound steam engines built by the Nordberg Mfg. Co. of Milwaukee. These engines develop 1000 horsepower. The en- gines derive steam from water tube boilers manufactured by the Foster Wheeler Corp. of New York City. This modern towboat is subdivided by seven transverse bulkheads and two longitudinal wing bulkheads. Pro- vision has been made for carrying fuel oil, fresh water, stores and a crew of from 19 to 21. It was designed jointly by the engineering department of the Inland Waterways Corp. to- gether with Cox & Stevens, New York naval architects. The boat was built by the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Co. a | Pr. Stern Wheel Steel Towboat, Patrick J. Hurley, Built for Inland Waterways Corp. MaRINE REVIEw—February, 1931 43