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we ‘secure additional lights. 20 MARINE REVIEW. - [February 7, Two Six:Masted Schooners. One of the distinctive bits of ship building during the year has been the construction of two six-masted wooden sailing vessels—the first of their kind to be built anywhere in the world. Such success has attended the operation of these vessels that H. M. Bean of Camden, Me., is con- templating the construction of a seven-masted schooner during the pres- ent year. The first of the six-masters to be launched was the schooner George W. Wells, built to the order of John G. Crowley of Taunton, Mass., at the ship yard of Harvey M. Bean at Camden, Me. She was launched Aug. 14 and is of the following dimensions: 345 ft. over all; 302 ft. 11 in. keel; 48 ft. 6 in. beam, and 28 ft. deep. She has two full decks with a poop 4 ft. deep extending from the taffrail to the forward hatch. Her frame is white oak throughout and all her planking and ceiling hard Six-masted Schooner George W. Wells. Built by H, M, Bean, Camden, Me, pine. The garboards are 8 in. thick, other planking 6 in.; her ceiling to the lower deck beams is 12 and 14 in. thick. A notable feature of the con- struction of this vessel is her keelson, which is 13 ft. high aft, running up to a height of 17 ft. forward. In ordinary vessels a man can easily climb over the keelson, but in this schooner it extends up to the lower deck eams, which are bolted to it, and so it acts as a great backbone to strengthen the vessel. This keelson is built of hard pine timbers, 14 in. square, and is fastened with fifty tons of 13¢ in. iron bolts. The six lower masts are splendid sticks of Oregon pine, each 119 ft. long and 30 in. in diameter in the partners; the top masts are 58 it. long, the foretop- mast being 20 in. in diameter in the cap. The jibboom is 75 it. long and 20 in. in diameter in the cap. The driver boom is 75 ft. long and 18 in. in the slings. The other booms are 42 ft. long and 14 in. in the slings. All the standing rigging is of wire, set up with turn buckles. The masts are named as follows, beginning forward: Foremast, mainmast, mizzenmast, spankermast, jiggermast and drivermast. The vessel will carry 12,000 yards of the heaviest duck in the following pieces: Driver, jigger, spanker, mizzen, main and foresails; six gaff topsails of the same respective desig- nations; driver, jigger, spanker, mizzen and maintopmast staysails, five jibs. She carries a cargo of 5,000 tons and can be handled by a crew of fourteen men. The six-masted schooner Eleanor A. Percy was launched last Oc- tober from the ship yard of Percy & Small, Bath, Me. The ship builders are her managing owners. She is 323 ft. 5 in. over all; 301 ft. 7% in. keel; 50 ft. beam and 24% ft. des The stem and stern posts are of white oak. The frame is hack and hard wood with white oak futtocks. There are 101 square frames.molded 17 in. at the breech, and to gunwale 7% in., sided from 11 to 14 in. The ceiling is yellow pine, 14 in. to the hanging knees streak. The keelson has a plate of steel between third and fourth streaks, 1 in. thick,awd 28 in. wide, running from end to end, bolted through and through with 1% in. iron every 9 in. and riveted. The plate is 290 ft. in length. There is also a steel trap on each side, running fore and aft 140 ft. from the center of the vessel at an angle of 15 degrees. The straps start at the top of the poop deck. About 6 [t. below these on each side is an- other steel truss plate running fore and aft 100 ft. from the center at the same angle. These straps are 3% in. thick and 12 in. wide. They are bolted through frame and ceiling and riveted, four bolts to every frame. There are seven cargo hatches for loading and discharging the cargoes. The planking is selected yellow pine. The lower masts are of Oregon pine, each 122 ft. long. American Association of Masters and Pilots. _At the annual meeting of the American Association of Masters and Pilots of Steam Vessels, held in Washington recently, committees were appointed to wait upon the war department, the light-house board and the secretary of the treasury to suggest improvements in channels and to The secretary of the treasury’s attention was called to a constant violation of the custom laws on Alaskan waters and Behring sea. The charges preferred by California harbor No. 15 were so grave that an investigation will be held. The following officers were elected: Capt. John C. Silva, grand captain, Boston, Mass.; Capt. M. P. Usina, grand first pilot, Savannah, Ga.; Capt. Charles Maytham, grand second pilot, Buffalo, N. Y.; Capt. Benj. F. Perkins, grand captain’s clerk, Camden, N. J.; Capt. Luther B. Dow, grand purser and counsel, Brooklyn, N. Y. Those in attendance were: John C. Silva, grand captain; John T. Fowler, grand first pilot; Ben Mirrielees, grand second pilot; Benj. F. Perkins, grand captain’s clerk; Luther B. Dow, grand purser; P. A. W. Griggin, harbor No. 1; N. L. Cullen, No. 2; W. S. Van Keuren, No. 3; W.S. Durkee, No. 4; John H. Pruitt, No. 5; J. L. Leaman, No. 6; Ulster Davis, No, 7; W. A. Mears, No. 9; A. W. Halsey, No. 10; Irving P. Grace, No. 11; L. Champlin, No. 12; M. L. Spedden, No. 14; A. M. Hal- laday, No. 18; Charles H. Wells, No. 21; Ben M. 'Mirrielees, No. 26; C. C. Townsend, No. 29; W. C. Robertson, No. 31; M. P. Usina, No. 36; Charles Maytham and M. J. Halloran, No. 41; L. T. Brogan, No. 42; George E. Hardy, No. 43; A. C. Majo, No. 44; James Montgomery, No. 46, and R. W. England, No. 47. Light-ship for Diamond Shoals. Light-ship No. 72, which was launched last September from the yards of the Fore River Engine Co., Weymouth, Mass., has just undergone her trial trip with results eminently satisfactory to the members of the United States light-house board. She will leave at once for her post on the Dia- mond shoals off Cape Hatteras, the most perilous office that any vessel in the world has to fill. She is constructed especially for her dangerous duties and is the staunchest craft of her kind in the world. If she holds her own with the tidal race she will be the only vessel that has ever done so. All efforts to build light-houses and establish light-ships on these treacherous sands have failed. Light-houses have been blown down and. light-ships blown away. Light-ship No. 72 is therefore the best product of engineering skill in this line. This light-ship will be steam propelled and electric lighted. She is 112 ft. between perpendiculars, with a molded beam of 28 ft. 6 in., and a depth of 14 ft. 10% in., measured from the main deck beams to the top of the keel amidships. The vessel has three decks, the main and spar deck running the full length of the ship, while the lower deck is broken by the forward coal bunker and the after bulkhead of the engine room. The hull is divided by water tight steel bulkheads into five compartments and the quarters and staterooms are so arranged as to meet all requirements of safety and comfort. The dynamos and engines for the electric light plant are located on the main deck, and within the engine and boiler casing. The accommoda- tions for the crew are forward on the main deck. There are two hollow steel masts, through which the wiring for the masthead flash lights is to: run. These lamps, three in number on each mast, are adapted for elec- tricity or oil. The cluster masthead lights are 59 ft. above the water line, the measurements being taken from the 12-ft. water line to the focus of the lamps. The electric plant will be driven by two non-condensing, double- cylinder engines, running under a steam pressure of 80 Ibs. to the square inch, The vessel will be lighted by eighty 16-candle-power 100-volt lamps, which will be placed where necessary throughout the ship. The masthead. cluster consists of six 100-candle-power 100-volt lamps, and these lights will be controlled by an automatic flashing device. It will be driven by a belt from the dynamo shaft and a worm and worm wheel which serve to: SHOAL Light-ship No. 72, for Diamond Shoals off Cape Hatteras. Built at Fore River Engine Co., Quincy, Mass. give the proper rotary speed to a circuit breaker. The light-ship is pro- pelled by an inverted, surface-condensing, single-cylinder engine of 250 I.H.P., with a cylinder 23 in. in diameter and 22 in. stroke, driving a cast iron propeller 7 ft. 8 in. in diameter. Steam is supplied by two straight, cylindrical, tubular boilers, 9 ft. by 16 ft. 7% in., with a working pressure of 100 lbs. to the square inch. The light-ship will be moored by a heavy mushroom anchor, shackled to a chain which will lead through the main hawser hole in the stem of the ship to a steam windlass. In addition to this mooring tackle the vessel will have a 2,000-lb. harbor anchor, a kedge weighing 340 Ibs. and 120 fathoms of 1%-in. stud link chain with a breaking strength of 79,100 Ibs. Amidships, on either beam, are swung two whaleboats of about 26 ft. length and 6 ft. beam. The spar deck is protected by a gradually rising steel waist, which starts flush a little for- ward of abreast the foremast, flaring somewhat at the knightheads until at the stem propeller it has a depth of 5 ft. In addition to a powerful steam whistle the light-ship will be provided with a steam siren for use im thick and foggy weather.