DESCRIPTION This vessel is similar to the DONGAN HILLS built by the same com- pany in 1929. She is now in service between Staten Island and Man- hattan. There are two team gangways and two passenger cabins, one on each side of the main deck. Two decks accommodate over 1600 passengers. The gangways provide room for 32 vehicles. Name—TOMPKINSVILLE Owner—City of New York Builder—Staten Island Plant, United D.D. Inc. Naval Architect—-R. W. Morrell Launched—Sept. 11, ’°30; comp. Nov. 20, ’30 Classification—American Bureau of Shipping HULL PARTICULARS Length over all, 267 feet; length between per- pendiculars, 254 feet; breadth molded, 47 feet; breadth over guards, 66 feet; depth molded, 19 feet 9 inches; draft loaded, 13 feet 9 inches; displacement light, 1785 tons; gross tonnage, 2045; net tonnage, 1391; passenger capacity, 2300; vehicle capacity, 32; bunker fuel capacity of oil in gallons, 32,000, in short tons, 128; speed, cruising, 12 knots. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engine—One, double compound condens- ing reciprocating steam engine consisting of two units coupled together at the crankshaft. Size, 22% inches by 50 inches and 30-inch stroke. The crankshait is 12% inches in diameter and consists of two solidly forged units coupled in the center. This engine develops about 4185 indicated horsepower at 152 revolutions per min- ute; built by the Staten Island Plant, United Dry Docks, Ine. i TOMPKINSVILLE—Ferry—Double Ended—Single Screw—Steam Boilers—Four, Babcock & Wilcox watertube marine boilers with a total heating surface of 14,308 square feet; working pressure, 225 pounds per square inch; fuel, oil. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Manufacturers of: Pumps—wWorthington Pump & Mach. Corp. Steering Engine—Hyde Windlass Co. Propellers—Federal Steel Foundry Oil Burning Equipment—Todd Electric Generators—General Electric Co. Telegraphs—Chas. Cory Corp. Feed Water Heater—Davis Engineering Corp. Stern Bearings—Goodrich (cutless) Shaft Sleeves—Shenango-Penn Mold Co. Engine Room Flooring—Alan Wood Steel Co. The TOMPKINSVILLE is the latest ferryboat for the City of New York and with her sister ferry the Donegan HILws, ranks as the largest. This vessel is a double ended steel hull, screw propelled, oil burning passenger and vehicle fer- ry. Two decks serve for passenger accommoda- tions providing in all seating capacity for 1650 persons. Metal sheathing provides maximum protec- tion from fire. Maximum requirements of the United States steamboat inspection service are met in lifeboats, life belts and life rafts. it er OOO oe te angca0o00uR ii LIC i “eo —————————e sein iii Herel TaN at piTL__, Lt —_ | FAP MaRINE Review—April, 1931 21