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30 é Se Ra Fk ORO FT Name—Comet Owner—Standard Transportation Co. Builder—Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Naval Architect—John W. Hudson Launched—Dec. 9, ’30; com., Dec. 31, ’°30 Classification—American Bureau & Lloyds & HULL PARTICULARS Length over all, 497 feet 10 inches; length between perpendiculars, 480 feet 6 inches; breadth molded, 65 feet 9 inches; depth molded, 37 feet; draft, 28 feet 1042 inches; displace- ment loaded, 20,340; gross tonnage, 9153; net tonnage, 5583; deadweight, 14,363 tons; bunker fuel oil capacity in tons, 1800; speed, 1114 knots. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engine—One, 4-cylinder quadruple ex- pansion, vertical inverted, steam reciprocating engine, built by the Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Size, 27 x 38% x 56 x 82 inches and 54 inches stroke; indicated horsepower, 3600 at 75 revolutions per minute. Boilers—Three, single ended Scotch marine type, built by the Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Size, 16 feet 6 inches in diameter and 12 feet 4% inches long; fitted for burning oil. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Manutacturers of: Pumps—Dean; Morris; Worthington COMET—Tanker—Ocean—Single Screw—Steam DESCRIPTION This vessel in hull construction is practi- cally identical with the tanker BRILLIANT. The longitudinal bracket- less system of con- struction has been used. The radical dif- ference lies in the power, this vessel hay- ing a quadruple ex- pansion steam engine. Machinery is located aft and care has been used in the layout. Windlass—American Engineering Co. Winches—American Engineering Co. Steering Engine—American Engineering Co. Propellers—Sun Shipbuilding & D.D. Co.) Refrigeration—Brunswick-Kroeschell Oil Burning Equipment—Todd Hlectric Generators—General Electric Co. Electric Motors—General Electric; Diehl Gyro Compass & Pilot—Sperry Gyroscope Co. Searchlights—Sperry Gyroscope Co. Anchors—Baldt Anchor, Chain & Forge Corp. Anchor Chain—National Malleable Telegraphs—Chas. Cory Corp. Clocks—Chelsea Clock Co. Evaporator—Feed Water Heater etc.—Davis Radio Equipment—Radiomarine Corp. Radio Direction Finder—Radiomarine Corp. Shaft Sleeves—Shenango-Penn Mold Co. Floor Plates—Alan Wood Steel Co. This vessel, like the Brinuianr is built on the Isherwood bracketless system of longitudinal ship construction. Inaccessible and exposed parts are coated with bituminous solution and bituminous enamel supplied by W. A. Briggs Bitumen Co. Officers’ accommodations are in the midship deckhouse. Engineers and crew are located aft. The quarters are especially roomy and com- fortable with particular care paid to ventilation. Cargo pumps are of the duplex type and can handle large cargoes in good time. 0 Ets amet ' ; Wie ——-=——--5)-- ee = pipet ee Ta NGS Bite BRS | meyste | mente : iS Fe has terete PAY ON | \i Ea = | re te: a Se Sébaeqee acta 74 7, ve ie —— 98 tH ferns coef Ht ied bog See la EN ed ee ee Pee 8 eae Hi Sevseetrarecey FO | piste BEES i aaabeamegrtl ; i rig as Stee AE MARINE REview—April, 1931