TWO SUPER LINERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 958, 29 April 1930, Page 2

TWO SUPER LINERS

GREATEST UNDERTAKING INAMERICAN SHIPPING

Carrying out provisions of the ‘’greatest undertaking in American merchant marine history,” Paul W. Chapman, president of the United States Lines (Inc.) formally laid before the Shipping Board at Washington recently the plans and specifications for the two superliners which the company proposes to build to run with the Leviathan in the Xew York to Southampton and Cherbourg competitive, faster than five-day. service, savs “The Xew York Journal of Commerce ” Chapman told the board that upon approval of the plans and the award of the commensurate mail contracts, bids for which already had been advertised bv Postmaster-General Brown, his company is ready to promptly commence actual construction of the two monster vesSS’gJejS?®? between 25,000,000 dollars and t. 0,000,000 dollars each. In submitting the plans for further technical study by the hoard, the company acted a month ahead of the time granted by its contract for the purchase of the eleven vessels of the former Government transatlantic pa:--is’nfv'nnn at T he record figure of 16,082,000 dollars. The contract, signed on March 6 last year, called for formal presentation of plans for two liners within a year, and the actual construction br February 13, 1032. The vessels will be in excess of 50.000 a Jength of 962 feet and a :“ c;ni , of They will be of streamline design with bulbous bows and semicruiser sterns. Between funnels will be a. catapult device, for airplanes, so tha* the ships will be prepared, in the manner of construction, to anticipate the ship-to-snore air-mail service, when governments regularly establish such a serYAp e * They , will have a sustained sea speed of 28J knots, “placing them in a category of the fastest ships now contemplated for the Xorth Atlantic service. and make the run from Xew York to Cherbourg in considerably less than nv J? days, the statement said Pe £? aps w Am « rica will make a bid for the Blue Riband of the Atlantic. Officials of the hoard indicated that study of the plans would begin at once Upon approval of the plans the next step 7?*“ i e aut; horisation of the vessel cost at the low rate of interest provided in the Jones-White Act. with repayments to be made over a period of 20 years. « c 2\ t,es for building the ships are available at three shipyards on the Atlantic Coast —Xew York Shipbuilding Cm.. Camden, X.J.: Bethlehem Shipbuilding t 0., and Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.

KAIPARA AND HOKIANGA HAR. BOURS. —The Marine Department advises that, according to soundings taken by Captain J. W„ Burgess, of the Tutanekai, on April 4, a least mean depth of 26ft. was obtained at mean low water, spring tide on the bar at Kaipara Harbour. On March 31 a line of soundings was taken at. mean low water spring tid* across the Hokianga Bar and a lea-* depth of 28ft. obtained. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following- vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations tonight:— Auckland: Tofua, Pareora, Brunswick, Port Curtis. Canadian Conqueror. Sierra, Golden Coast, Port Campbell. City of Winnipeg. Chatham Islands: Cambridge, City of Christiana. Wellington: Maori. Wahine, Tamahlne, Arahura. Rangitiki, Zealandic. Tutanekai, Kaituna, Karetu. Mataroa, Port Hardy, Mahia. Maimoa, Port Auckland, Port Sydney. Awarua: Kia Ora. Kairanga. Canadian Transporter, Maheno, Tahiti, Marama. Tairoa, Ruapehu. PORT OF ONEHUNCiA—DEPARTURES YESTERDAY XGAPUHI <4 p.m ), 703 tons, Bark, for Xew Plymouth. ARAPAWA is expected at Onehunga from Westport, via Kaipara. on Thursday. XGAPUHI is due hack at 7.30 a m. tomorrow from New Plymouth, and sail* again for that port at 3.30 p.m. on Thursday. ROXAKI is due at Onehunjca from Hokianga tonight. She sails later for Raglan, Kawhia and Waikato Head?.