The Republican journal., 1902-02-06
NEW STEAM FISHERMAN. a
Unique Vessel Building in a Massachusetts
Shiuyard,

Unique vessel Building IN a MasSacnuSetts
shipyard.
The steam fisherman now building by
A. d. Story at Essex, Mass, for Cap
tain Sol Jacobs, is attracting much at
tentlon. She is to replace the gasoline
auxiliary fishing schooner Helen NJ
Gould. which was burned in the harbor
of sydney, {. B., october last. Unlike
the Helen NJ. Gould, however, size is not
a full-poWered sailing vessel with a
small auxiliary engine, but a full pow
cred steamer having very modest sail
plan with pole masts, intended princi-
pally for steadying purposes or laying
to- while fishing.
The principal dimentions of the hull
are:
Length over all; III it. 7 in.
Beam over plank. "a it.
Depth. Observation-Disclosures. II it..
Draft. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10 fit. in.
In appearance she resembles the mod
em ocean-going tug. but is without
guards or deck houses, and has slight
ly larger sail plan.
Her keel, stem, and stern post are of
White oak: the frames are of white oak
and haCkmatac; the cupboard plank and
ceiling are Of yellow pine; and the deck
is OF white pine
She Will have large and roomy fore
castle and galley. with accommodations
for a crew of twentv-siX men. From
the after forecastle bulkhead to the
machinery bulkhead is the main hold,
about fifty feet long. Ii Will be Tilted
up Nth bins, etc. for the StOWage of
the Ice. fish, etc, III the most complete
manner Abatt the machinery space is
the cabin, With accommodation for
the officers. She VIII be fitted to car
ry 10 tons of ice and all the usual
gear. boats, etc, of the most complete
modern fisherman.
There will be about 81 tons Of ballast,
part OF it being cement and iron punch
lngS between the frames, and the re
mainder pig iron slowed about the
keelsOn.
She will have machinery of abolt 300
indicated horse power, which VII give
a continuous sea speed of about ten
knots under natural draft 1t is very
light and com pact, and takes up com
Paratively small part of the bull.
The main engines are of the vertical
inverted compound type with high
pressure cylinders u in. low pressure
cylinder rs ill.,, the stroke of both being
IS in. The cranks are set at an angle
OF 80 degrees. The main valves are of
the piston type. There is a surface
condenser with 600 So. fit. of cooling
surface; air and circulating pump, feed
pump, and bilge pump, all independ-
ent; lnspirator and ejector.
Steam will be supplied by two Amy
Water-tube boilers, the breeching from
which connects with single smoke
stack with height of % it. above the
deck. 1t is fitted with hinge so that
1t may be lowered to the deck when
under sail. The working pressure is to
be $50 lbs. per SO. in. The propeller is
to be of cast iron with four blades.
There is to be a steam windlass and
steam holster. The owner also has
under consideration the installation of
an electric plant and a refrigerating
plant There are fresh water tanks
with a capacity of about $500 gallons of
water.
1t is believed by many that the
appearance of this vessel marks an era
i'll the fishing industry, almost the last
one Ill which the sailing vessel has held
her own. If the expectation of her
owners are realized, she is to be the
prototype of fleet of steamers that
viii gradually displace the fishing
schooner as steam has already displac-
ed sail power IN almost every other line
of trade.
She was designed by Richard F. and
William I. Keough of East Boston,
the hull being built by A. D. Story of
Essex, and the machinery by Bertelson
q Peterson of East Boston.--The
Nautical Gazette