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and complete, with ample capacity for all persons on board. Boats are provided as follows: 5 lifeboats, 25 feet, capacity 50 persons each; 1 mo- tor lifeboat, 26 feet, capacity 37 per- sons; 3 balsa floats, capacity 25 per- sons each. Davits are of the Lane me- chanical type, and all boats and davits were supplied by the C. M. Lane Life- boat Co. Two Lidgerwood electric boat winches, driven by 15 horsepower motors, are fitted to handle the life- boats. - Anchors and cable were supplied by the Baldt Anchor, Chain & Forge Corp. Two main bower anchors of 9415 pounds weight each, a spare bower anchor of 7980 pounds and a stream anchor of 3395 pounds weight are earried. Anchor cables are of 2 7/16 inch forged iron stud link chain, in two 165 fathoms lengths. The very complete navigating equipment was supplied by the Kelvin & Wilfrid O. White Co., and includes besides the usual binnacles, compasses and other instruments, a hand sound- ing machine and a Walker taffrail log. A Submarine Signal Co. Fathometer forms a part of the navigating outfit. - Sperry Navigating Equipment A Sperry gyro-compass system is installed, with master gyro-compass in a separate room in the officers’ quart- ers on the boat deck, and repeaters in the wheel house, on the flying bridge and in connection with the R. C. A. radio direction finder in the chart room. A Sperry rudder indicator sys- tem and two Sperry 18 inch incande- scent searchlights are installed. Electrically operated shaft revolu- tion counters were furnished by the General Electric Co. Henschel Elec- tric whistle operators are fitted in ad- dition to hand controls, and one of their telephone systems provides com- munication between bridge, chief en- gineer’s stateroom, engine room, fore- castle deck and docking bridge. An- other telephone system is installed for communication between the _state- rooms of various officers of the ship. The ship is fully equipped with elec- trically operated clocks, the master clock being located in the chart room. Public passenger spaces, foyers, pas- sages, and like; also officers’ and crew’s quarters, are heated by steam radiators. Passengers’ staterooms are heated and ventilated by a thermo tank system which supplies heated air to all rooms; also the forced ventila- tion to public rooms and to certain storerooms and portions of the offic- ers’ and crew’s quarters, is heated; assurance is had, therefore, of ample heat under all conditions. Mechanical exhaust ventilation is provided for galleys, pantries, baths and _ toilets, and smoking room. The fire detecting and fighting sys- tem is in accordance with the most modern marine practice, and includes a Henschel electric automatic fire alarm system, with thermostats _lo- 16 cated in all public spaces, in each stateroom, and in officers’ and crew’s quarters and storerooms. Alarm of fire is automatically given on an an- nunciator in the wheel house, with a simultaneous bell signal in the en- gine room. Manual fire alarm boxes are located in various parts of the ship, and form part of the main elec- tric fire alarm system. The custom- ary Lux CO, system, steam smother- ing lines, and Rich fire detecting sys- tem are also installed to cover the boiler room, fuel oil filling stations, and cargo holds; and a firemain and sprinkler system (the latter for pro- tection to the main motors and gener- ators) together with a number of por- table chemical extinguishers complete the fire fighting arrangements. The machinery is twin screw, pow- er being supplied by General Electric motors designed to develop a total of 10,500 shaft horsepower at about 125 revolutions per minute. These motors are of the synchronous induction type, having a rated output of 4200 kilowatts each, continuous load, at 125 revolutions, 3-phase alternating cur- rent is supplied at 3150 volts by two turbine-driven generators, each of which is designed for a maximun shaft horsepower of 5500. The steam turbines’ revolutions at rated power are 3500, steam being supplied at 325 pounds pressure and 230 degrees su- perheat by four Babcock and Wilcox boilers of the standard marine type. Total generating surface of these boil- ers is 22,500 square feet, and inter- deck superheaters of 2250 square feet are fitted. Desuperheaters are fitted to the boilers for supplying saturated steam to certain auxiliaries and feed water regulators are provided. The fuel used is oil, and Todd fuel oil heaters and burners are fitted. The condensers installed on the ships were designed and built by the Fore River Plant, and are located di- rectly under the main turbine units. A feature of the installation is that the turbine-driven auxiliary genera- tors are arranged to exhaust steam to the main condensers while the ship is under way, making it unnecessary to operate the auxiliary condenser and pumps connected with it, since all auxiliaries normally required at sea are motor driven. The propellers are 15 feet 6 inches in diameter, and are solid manganese bronze, each having three aerofoil blades. Propellers were cast by the Cramp Brass .and Iron Foundries. Kingsbury thrust bearings are _ in- stalled. The electrical installation through- out is of General Electric manufac- ture, including the turbines which drive both main and auxiliary gen- erators, and all electric motors on auxiliaries and deck machinery. Pumps are almost entirely products of the Warren Steam Pump Co.; the lu- bricating oil pumps, fuel oil service pump, evaporator feed pump, and MARINE REvIEw—July, 1932 priming pump being the only excep- tions. Davis paracoil evaporators and dis- tillers are installed, and all boiler feed water is distilled. The galley on the ANTIGUA is elec- trically equipped throughout by Edi- son General Electric appliances, in- cluding a three-section automatic range, broiler, bake oven, egg boilers, waffle irons, toasters, and steam and electric coffee urns. Other galley out- fit includes steam kettles, tables, bain maries, dressers, mixing machines, Crescent dishwashing machine, proof- er, vegetable steamer, dough trough, and sinks; and all these were supplied by Jones McDuffee and Stratton. Re- frigerators in the galley and pantries are built in, and are operated by the ship’s stores refrigerating system. Separate General Electric refrigerators are installed in the lounge pantry on the promenade deck, and in the crew’s galley aft. A special General Electric refrigerator is fitted in the beverage room adjacent to the smoking room. The crew’s galley aft is excellently equipped with appliances of the same make and high quality as the main galley. The accommodations for of- ficers and crew are noteworthy as be- ing exceptionally fine; officers’ state- rooms are equal in furnishings to those provided for passengers. Fine Passenger Accommodations The interior design and decoration of the publie spaces of these ships have been carefully studied and developed. They show a marked superiority over the interiors of other ships of this class, and are comparable to those of any ship afloat. The entire scheme in- cluding furniture, carpets and elec- tric fixtures, was designed within the Bethlehem Shipbuilding organization. The style as a whole is a simple and refined expression of modern design. The fitness of detail and sturdy charac- ter of mass combine to produce a very effective appearance. With the excep- tion of two period style rooms the in- teriors have an individual character and were developed to meet this par- ticular problem. They represent a de- cided step in the growth of a design especially characteristic of ship limita- tions. The foyers are paneled in mahogany of rich brown with blue rubber tile floors in contrast. Pilasters carryinz ceiling beams are topped with small panels boldly carved and colored. The stairs are of the continuous stringer type with balustrades of broad bands of white bronze carried parallel to the run of the stair. The whole design of the stair is original in shipwork and has been developed primarily to suit ship conditions, and this result has been obtained without loss to the decorative quality but with a decided advantage from the point of view of ship operation. The design of the dining saloon is a clever combination of Empire pe-