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or, ie tee complete double bottom is -fitted, as usual, and is subdivided by a water- tight vertical keel and watertight or oiltight floors into compartments for carrying fuel oil and fresh water, or when necessary, water ballast. Between No. 1 hold and the boiler room there is a duct keel through which drainage and other pipes are run, to keep them out of the cargo spaces. In addition to the fuel oil compart- ments in the double bottom, there are large transverse deep tanks forward of the boiler room. These tanks are built entirely clear of the cargo hold and of the shell, a cofferdam beinz provided at sides, on top and in back of them, in order to prevent any pos- sibility of oil leaking into the cargo space or streaking the ship’s side. Fruit, General Cargo, Hatches All spaces available for cargo are insulated and are provided with refrig- erated air for the carriage of fruits, particularly bananas. In a separate compartment aft of the main engine room there is a complete refrigerating plant consisting of three sets of York CO, compressors,, etc. which provide the necessary brine circulation through the air coolers which are fitted in eleven of the fourteen fruit carrying compartments. Motor driven fans are fitted in conjunction with these air coolers to circulate cold air through ducts carried all around each compart- ment. The refrigerating plant is ca- pable of maintaining a temperature of 538° Fahr. for fruit and of reducing the temperature of a full cargo of bananas to that temperature in ap- proximately 24 hours under tropical conditions. There is also a separate ammonia type plant for use with a special cargo space which is provided at the after end of the main deck. Provision is also made for carrying general cargo, and especially large hatches are fittted in No. 2 hold to allow railroad iron and large pieces of machinery to be shipped. Each of the four main cargo holds has a hatch in the weather deck which will be worked by two booms and electric winches. All the regular cargo booms are located on tables at the two masts. and in addition there is a 30-ton boom on a pedestal aft of the foremast for use in No. 2 hold. Cargo ports are fitted in all main ’tween deck com- partments, principally for use in load- ing and unloading fruit. Accommodations are provided for. about 115 first class passengers in 61 rooms. A number of the staterooms: are single, and in none of them will more than two beds be fitted. There are two special suites containing a sit- ting room, stateroom with twin beds, and a private bath, all of which will be especially decorated and furnished. There are also fourteen staterooms with twin beds and either private or connected bath, and nine single roonis with private shower and toilet. All staterooms will be provided with running water lavatories and will be mechanically ventilated. The public spaces will be in keeping with the high standard of the accommodations pro- vided for the passengers, .and are quite extensive. They comprise large entrance lobbies a library, lounge, smoking room, and the unusual fea- ture of a glass-enclosed deck ballroom. THEO UUUILOLUUO LOLOL ~The Segovia, one of the three ves- sels building at Newport News, VAG OT Or tae United Mail Steamship Co., Launched simul- taneously with her sister ship, the Talamanca, on Aug. 15. Twin screw electric drive Passenger and Freight Ves- sels TVYUPEUTTENTEVUAY ETHEL MARINE REVIEW—NSeptember, 1931 Above—At the Launching of the Se- govia and Talamanca at Newport News, Va., Aug. 15.. From Left to Right—Homer lL. Ferguson, Presi- dent of the Newport News Shipbuild- ing & Drydock OCo.; Mrs. Herbert Ioover, Sponsor; Victor M. Cutter, President of the United Fruit Co.; Mrs. Homer L. Ferguson; and Capt. Charles Train, U. 8. N., White House Naval Aide The design of all the public spaces, and their appointments and furniture, will be modern Spanish. Another special feature is a permanent out- door swimming pool. There are also large promenade. spaces, and the forward end of the promenade deck will be enclosed with frameless windows to provided a shel- tered promenade. The main dining room, which will accommodate the full passenger list at one time, is con- veniently located on the upper deck, and directly connected to it are the galley and pantry spaces which will be equipped with all modern cooking appliances, the majority of which, in- cluding the ranges, will be electrical- ly operated. Twin Screw Electric Propulsion The propulsive machinery is turbo- electric, with two main turbo-genera- tors and two alternating current pro- pulsion motors of 5250 shaft horse- power each one for each of the two shafts. Steam will be furnished by four oil-burning Babcock & Wilcox water- tube boilers, which operate under forced draft and are fitted with super- heaters. The working pressure is 350 pounds and the superheaters will give about 230 degrees superheat. The ma- chinery is capable of developing 10,500 shaft horsepower at 125 revolutions per minute. Main turbines, gen- erators and motors were supplied by the General Electric Co., which firm also supplied the auxiliary electric plant which consists of three 500 kilo- watt geared turbine generating sets. This large auxiliary plant is required 19