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© = PRESIDENT HOOVER the captain, deck officers and most of the engi- neers being located on the boat deck, and those for the crew at the forward end of the shelter and upper decks and amidships on the main deck. For the different departments seven messrooms have been provided, each having its own pantry service. The officers’ messroom for the deck officers and engineers is located on the boat deck, one for the junior engineers and an- other for oilers and watertenders are on the main deck amidships, the petty cfficers’ mess- room is on the shelter deck forward, as are also separate messrooms for seamen and firemen, and a messroom for stewards is on the upper deck forward. A crew’s barber shop and a crew’s hospital with separate isolation ward, each with its own toilet, are provided on the shelter deck. Passageways are provided for- ward and aft which permit the crew to go to either end of the ship without passing through any passenger space. Five Separate Galleys Installed ITH a complement of over 1300 people to provide food for victualling arrange- ments are necessarily on a large scale. A total of five separate galleys are provided, three of which are for passengers and two for crew. The main galley, with its connected bakery, scul- leries, pantries, etc., is located amidships on the upper deck aft of the main dining room to which the pantries are directly connected by passages on each side of the engine casing. Separate galley and pantry equipment for Main Motor Exh ee 2 a oa Main Motor Grease Pump Main Condensate Pump Main Circ. Pumps Lub. o cooler circ. Cire water for gen wate, al coolers Engine Room Layout-—Section at Frame 131, Looking Aft Main Feed Pump special class passengers is provided in the main galley enclosure at its after end and direct access provided to the special class dining room immediately aft thereof. For third class anq steerage passengers there is a separate galley at the extreme after end of the shelter deck. Forward on the shelter deck there are two crew’s galleys, one for the American members and a Chinese galley for Asiatics. Cold storage rooms with a total capacity of about 20,000 cubic feet subdivided into nine compartments, are provided for ship’s provi- sions. These rooms are located on the main deck and are arranged for loading through the same hatches as the refrigerated cargo and also through stowing ports in the vessel’s sides, the ports being directly connected by an athwartship passage. On the main deck is a modern laundry with motor-driven appli- ances for washing and ironing ship’s linen. A linen chute with openings on all stateroom decks is fitted for passing soiled linen to the soiled linen room adjoining the laundry. All living spaces are heated by electricity or steam, mechanical as well as natural ventila- tion is provided, as well as running hot and cold fresh and salt water and electric lighting. How completely fitted this vessel is for safe- ty and economical operation may be seen by referring to the list of auxiliaries and equip- ment on page 28. l [ Lub ae gravity | Tan -: | | ic /evator Orstillers 1 Main Mot ky bi oe : oe tia Main Turbo as Contre! Apparatus Thrust Feed and Filter Tank Hie HH HH : se a A | Bes oe a plea Lid rant ECPI EEE Pat : Main Circ. Pumps Engine Room Layout—Elevation Portside, Looking Out- board 30 MARINE REVIEw—August, 1931