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Latest Data on New Marine Work Information on New Ships Ordered—Building and Repair Con- tracts Let—Shipping Board Loans Made, Authorized or Pending HE completion of the greatest mer- chant shipbuilding feat in the United States will be marked by the sea trials of the S. S. MANHATTAN when she leaves the yard of her build- er, the New York Shipbuilding Co. on July 23, for Rockland, Me. The trials over the navy measured mile, as this is written are scheduled for Monday, July 25. The remaining trials at sea are to be conducted on her return voy- age from Rockland to New York where she is expected to arrive on July 26 and where she will be delivered to her owner, the United States lines. During the trials tests of her steer- ing gear, pumps, ventilating and re- frigerating systems will be made. It is planned to make her sea trials exact- ing in every respect; more so, than for any merchant liner up to this time. She will be put through every possible maneuver that she may be called upon to meet when she enters actual sery- ice in transatlantic trade. Complete fuel and speed tests will be made. The contract speed is 20 knots and it is ex- pected that she will easily develop sufficient power to materially exceed this speed. An elaborate reception for the MAn- HATTAN, the first vessel built in the United States for transatlantic trade for 35 years, has been planned when she steams into the New York harbor. She is to sail on her maiden voyage from New York for Hamburg via the Channel ports on Aug. 10, in command of Capt. George Fried. Full bookings on her maiden voyage have already been reported. It is also expected that she will have an unusual- ly large allotment of mail. Basil Har- ris, vice president of the Roosevelt line, general agents, who recently returned from abroad, said that the MANHATTAN is booked solidly on her first west- bound passage from Hamburg on Aug. 24. A complete fully illustrated article describing the MANHATTAN will be published in September issue of Ma- RINE Review. The cost of building the MANHATTAN is about $10,500,000. She is 705 feet in length, has a beam of 86 feet and accomodations are provided for 1161 passengers of which 550 are cabin, 400 tourist and remainder third class. French Liner Champlain The CHAMPLAIN, new French cabin liner arrived in New York June 25, on her maiden voyage from Havre via 28 Plymouth. An average speed of 19% knots was attained during the voyage, leaving Havre at 1:00 p.m. June 18, Plymouth at 12:00 p.m. and reaching the Ambrose lightship at 11:50 a.m., June 25. The CHAMPLAIN is similar to the LaA- FAYETTE except that her motive power is single reduction turbines, instead of diesel engines. Total horsepower de- veloped with twin screws. is 25,000. There is a high pressure, medium and low pressure unit for each shaft. The vessel is 607 feet long between perpendiculars, 82 feet 8 inches in beam and has a gross tonnage 28,912 and a net tonnage of 16,146. On May 1, 1932. the Burmeister & Wain Co. had supplied 700 ships of 4,016,397 gross tons with 2,740,281 in- dicated horsepower in diesel engines. New French Super Liner The new French super liner now under construction at St. Nazaire, France, will be named the Prresipent DouMER when she is launched on Oct. 29. She will be commissioned for serv- ice early in 1934. Reputed to be the largest liner in the world, she will be 1020 feet in length, more than 60,000 gross tons and of 70,000 tons displace- ment. Her aggregate cost it is estimated will be $30,000,000. Mer speed is not known exactly, but it is understood that she will make over 28 knots, mak- ing her one of the five fastest liners of the world. Her propulsive power is to be turbine electric drive. Accommo- dations will be arranged for 2132 pas- sengers in four classes, 849 in first, 258 in the second, 485 in the tourist and 540 in the third class. One of her unique features will be three large stacks, stepped down in height from the first to the third, which is intended to produce an ef- fect of speed and rakishness. Another peculiarity of the funnels is that they will be split into two parts above the deck so that standing at the forward end a clear view is possible all the way aft. Another feature incorporated in the arrangement of living accommodations in portions of the new liner as a little city or town with the companion ways and lobbies named after streets and plazas in New York and Paris. A theatre on board will seat 500 people and the chapel, two decks in height, MARINE REVIEFw—August, 1932 will accommodate 200. One of the pub- . lic rooms, a winter garden, will mea- sure 70 by 100 feet and it will have a semicircular terrace cafe at the after end incorporating the features of a de- luxe night club. Some idea of the immense size of the new vessel may be had in its beam of 117 feet, load draft of 37 feet, depth to promenade deck, 92 feet; and height from waterline to top of mast, 202 feet. Philadelphia Mail Line Nearly three years ago the Pennsyl- vania railroad, the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and the Reading Co. organ- ied the Philadelphia Mail line with a paid in capital of $2,000,000. The Penn- sylvania road contributed $1,000,000 and each of the others $500,000 for a service from Philadelphia to Liver- pool and Manchester. After an inspection of the recently converted cargo liner ScanMAIL of the American Scantiec line, during her maiden voyage from Philadelphia to New York the decision was reached by directors of the Philadelphia Mail line and an announcement made by H. J. Horan, chairman of the finance com- mittee, urging immediate acquisition of five Hog island type steamships with the view of converting them into pas- senger and freight carriers for a direct weekly passenger and cargo service between Philadelphia, Liverpool and Manchester. The present proposal is to aéquire the five ships from the fleet of the American Seantic lines, managed and operated by Moore & McCormack, Ine. and to convert them in the same man- ner as the ScANMAIL, SCANPENN, SCAN- YORK and SCANSTATES. The total cost of doing this work of these four ships was about $1,500,000. Each ship has been provided with accommodations for 74 passengers, all in outside rooms. There is also 20,000 cubic feet of re- frigerated cargo space. This action was greatly influenced by the members of the finance commit- tee seeing for themselves what a won- derful transformation had been made in the passenger cargo liner SCANMATIL. This vessel and her sister ships are now among the most comfortable and attractively appointed American ships of their size. So impressed was the finance committee chairman, Mr. Horan, that he is now actively reviv- ing the plans which were delayed due to business conditions.