Mass of Timber Required for the Building of a Concrete Boat
The first big concrete ship built in this country will be launched in the course of a few weeks. It is expected that this in-
teresting event will take place shortly. The vessel is being built at Redwood City, which is on the Southern shores of San Fran-
cisco Bay, and it would have been ready for the water a month earlier had it not been for changes made in the plans and the employ-
ment of a new naval architect, which caused a delay of about one month. The great mass of woodwork is necessary to make the mold
in which the concrete is formed to shape, and an interior view of the vessel would exhibit the great lacework of metal used in reinforcing
the bow of the craft.
The ship is 336 feet long over all, 45 feet in beam, and 31 feet deep to the upper deck. The draft loaded will be 24 feet.
The ship will be equipped with Scotch marine boilers and 1750-H.P. triple-expansion engines. The speed will be 10 knots.
displacement is figured at 7,900 tons and the dead weight carrying capacity at 5,000 tons.
company has under way
designs for four similar ships of similar construction of 7,500 tons dead weight carrying capacity.