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1800) , MARINE REVIEW. ry, NEW LAKE REVENUE CUTTER. Plans have just been completed for the new revenue cutter designed _ for service on the great lakes and for which the last congress appro- priate:! $165,000. The new cutter will be a vessel of very handsome ap- pearance and of the following dimensions: Length over all, 178 feet; length between perpendiculars, 162 feet; breadth of beam, molded, 30 feet; depth at side, amidship, 15 feet. The hull is to be of steel through- out, and will be fitted with eight watertight athwartship steel bulkheads, made of 74%, 8% and 10 pound per square foot plates, stiffened with vertical stiffeners, 3 by 2 inches, of 4.1 pounds. These bulkheads are to be tested and made perfectly watertight by calking, and no cement or any other foreign matter is to be used. The keel is to be of the flat type, composed of two thicknesses of plates, 14 pounds per square foot, well riveted together. Above these inner and outer flat keels will be built a vertical keel of 15 pounds per square foot, reinforced with double angles, 8 by 3 inches by 7 pounds at lower edge and 234 by 234 inches by 6 pounds at the top edge. There are to be six intercostal longitudinals, three on each side of the vertical keel, standing square with the outside plating; the four inner ones to be of 12%-pound plates and the two outer ones of 10-pound plates, flanged at the bottom edge and riveted to the outside plating, the top edge secured to the reverse bars, etc., by continuous dcuble angle bars of 3 by 2% inches and of 6.6 pounds per square foot. The main frames of the vessel stand square with the base line, and are to be made of Z-bars, 5 by 3% by 3% inches and of 11.6 pounds per foot. The upper flange of the Z-bar is cut off at the turn of the bilge to the lower end of the frame, forming an angle bar 4 by 3 inches; this lower end cuts off against the lower continuous angles of the vertical keel. At the extremities of the vessel the frames are formed of 3 by 8 inches by 7- pound angle bars and 7.5-pound bracket plates. Between the main frames and reverse frames, forward and aft, floor plates of 10 pounds per square foot are worked; within the engine and boiler spaces 15 and 12-pound Vy eee ae tases My | iio gaa ecoaaniaeiaes > Cet Meee es 7] y ©0000000 0 BY 4 as cere eee e nnn enero nn ene mrnr me megan caren H29 waa Mt iN x\ IN sees Iie by two single-ended boilers of the horizontal return fire tube type, con- structed for a working pressure of 160 pounds per square inch. Each boiler will have three corrugated furnaces of 39 inches internal diameter. The total heating surface will be about 3,000 square feet; grate surface 108 square feet. The boilers will be 11.8 feet outside diameter and 10 feet long over all. Independent feed pumps. will be fitted in fire and engine rooms. The forced draft will be of the closed fire room system; air will be supplied by one blower, which will discharge into the fire rocm. There will be one hydro-pneumatic ash ejector. Steam reversing gear, hand pump, circulating pump of the centrifugal type, bilge ejector, air pump, distiller, etc., are to be furnished complete. A PILOT YACHT. Attention has recently been attracted to several steel pilot boats of American construction which are stationed at New York, Philadelphia and other ports on the Atlantic coast, and for purposes of comparison it may be well to describe the steam yacht Commander Cawley, which was recently turned over to her owners, the Humber pilots, by her builders, J. T. Eltringham & Co. of South Shields, Great Britain. The vessel is- 129 feet in length, 23 feet beam and 11 feet 6 inches in depth and takes Lloyd’s highest class as a steam yacht. The deck house extends for about two-thirds of the vessel’s length, the forward part forming the stateroom for the two captains who take alternate duty on board the vessel. In this room are arranged the switches for the signal lights and there is also a voice pipe to the wheel screen. Aft of the stateroom is the lobby from which the main staircase leads to the saloon and smoke room. The latter is on the port side, while on the starboard side there is a pantry and steward’s room. The main saloon contains twenty-four berths for pilots. At the forward end of the saloon there is fitted a lava- tory and baggage room, and at the top of the staircase and separated from the lobby by a bulkhead is the galley, which is considerably larger Tr SSNS u tS a ay : /an'e a NEW REVENUE CUTTER FOR SERVICH ON THE GREAT LAKES, FOR WHIOH THE PLANS HAVE JUST BEEN COMPLETED. plates are worked; the floors forming boiler saddles 17.5 pounds per . Square foot. The outside plating is formed of 14 pounds per square foot below the main deck; above the main deck 10 pounds per square foot will be used. The main deck beams are formed of angle bulb 6 by 8 inches of 12.3 pounds, split and turned down at the ends to make good connection with the main frames. The berth deck beams are formed of angle bars 3 by 2% inches by 6.6 pounds per square foot, secured to frames by 8.5-pound bracket plates. The forecastle deck beams are of angle bars 3%4 by 2% inches by 6.6 pounds per square foot. The frames and beams are spaced throvghout 24 inches. .The deck planks will be of Georgia yellow pine thrcughout, 3 by 3 inches, in lengths of 25 to 30 feet, and will be calked according to the standard method of calking. = _ The pilot house and chart room are located on the forecastle deck, just aft of the foremast. These houses are to be built of steel complete except the doors in the pilot house. The steering of the vessel is done from here by a steam steerer, which is so arranged that it can be operated by hand or steam from the pilot house, and steam from the top of bridge. A screw hand gear is also fitted aft over the top of rudder head. The berthing space for the crew is on the berth deck forward and also under the forecastle deck. Mess lockers, water closets, bath rooms, etc., are fitted for the men’s convenience. The petty officers, boatswain, carpen- ter and oiler have their staterooms and mess rooms directly aft of the crew’s space on the berth deck. The wardroom officers are located on the berth deck aft of the machinery space. The ward dining room runs the whole length of wardroom between the wardroom officers’ staterooms. Buffet, writing desk, tables, chairs, etc., are fitted for the convenience of the officers. The captain’s quarters will be located directly aft .of the wardroom, under the main deck, where he will have his pantry, office, cabin stateroom, bath room, etc.; all fitted in the best possible manner. he main engine will be of the vertical, inverted cylinder, direct acting, triple expansion, surface condensing type, with cylinders of 17, 27 and 48 inches diameter and 24 inches stroke. Steam will be furnished A than is usual in a vessel of this size. The engine and boiler casings are carried up to the bridge deck, making the apartments very airy. At the after end of the casing is provided accommodation for six apprentices. The engineers are also berthed aft, while the extreme after portion of the vessel is fitted as a store. On the main deck there is fitted special gear for the rapid manipulation by machinery of the boarding boats, a pecu- liar type of windlass and davits being used. The engines are of the triple expansion type with cylinders 12%, 19% and 82 inches diameter, with 22% inches stroke of piston. The auxiliary machinery includes a centrifugal pump, ballast pump, dynamo, steam steering gear and steam windlass. The vessel is lighted by electricity and has a speed of 10% knots. OFFICERS O} MASTERS’ AND PILOTS’ ASSOCIATION. Buffalo harbor—Captain, C. E. Fuller; first pilot, B. McCave; second pilot, W. T. McCullough; chaplain, S. D. Hames; captain’s clerk, R. M. Lamphier; purser, M. J. Halleran; trustees, G. H. Vroman, George Mc- Minn and H. Warwick; delegate to grand harbor, R. M. Lamphier; al- ternate, Charles Nash. Cleveland harbor—Captain, L. T. Brogan; first pilot, F. Place; sec- ond pilot, ‘Martin Johnson; purser, Charles A. Benham; captain’s clerk, Harry C. Doville; chaplain, ‘William Allen; trustees, B. Tripp, W. A. Collier, L. T. Brogan; committee on resolutions, B. Tripp, A. H. Mc- Lachlan, F. Place. Detroit harbor—Captain, H. C. McCallum; first pilot, B. F. Ogden; second pilot, P. H. Trezise; purser, D. A. McLachlan; purser’s clerk, E. S. Pickell; Chaplain, M. C. Cameron; quartermasters, R. W. England and William Wilson; deck watchman, William McGregor; delegate to grand harbor convention, H. C. McCallum; alternate, B. F. Ogden, The Bethlehem Steel Co., South Bethlehem, Pa., has just shipped some side armor plate to Newport News for the battleship Illinois and 60 tons of casement armor to the Cramp yard for the battleship Alabama.’