Evening journal., 1908-03-27
FIRST CUTTER
SAILS TOMORROW
AndrOSCOggin, Partially Built
by P. & J. Co., to Leave
for Baltimore
CAPT. CUSHING IN COMMAND

CAPT. CUSt1lNG IN COMMAND
At 6 o'clock tomorrow morning the
steamer Androscoggin, which with ex-
ception of her hull was built by the
Pusey and Jones Company for the
United States Revenue Cutter Ser
vice, will sail for Baltimore from
whence she will proceed 70 the Revenue
Cutter station, at Arundel Cove, Nd.
where a crew viii be taken on and
the vessels six big rihed guns installed.
The Androscoggin was formally put
In commission yesterday by her Com
mander, Captain w II. Gushing, who
mustered the officers and crew on
deck, read the orders placing the YES
sci In service and addressed a few
words to his officers and men. The
pennant on the main top was broken
out and the United States ensign was
hoisted at the mizzen.
Captain Cushing has already been
assigned his officers and a part Of his
crew. First Lieutenant II. H. Wolf
and Second Lieutenant c. T. Bowells,
both Of the United States Revenue
Cutter Service. have reported for duty
to Captain Cushing. Chief Engineer
Carl NJ. Green and First Assistant En-
gineer J. L. Sheedy OF the same ser
vice have been ordered to the Andros-
coggin.
There arrived yesterday from the
Revenue Cutter Service depot at Arun-
del Cove. Boatswain johnson and thir-
ty-two men, who will form a part Of
the Androscoggin's crew and who wilt
take the vessel around to the cove.
Captain Cushing. after accompanying
his vessel to her temporary destina-
ton, will return 20 Wilmington to sup
erintend the construction Of the sno-
homish and Davey, building for the
service by the local firm.
Description Of Boat
The AndrOscoggin is a singie-scr
wooden steamer of 1870 tons displace-
ment, with length over all Of 21O feet.
Her main engine is of the vertical. in
lverted-cylinder direct-acting, triple x
,pansion type. having one high pressure
4 cylinder 20 "a inches, one medium
. pressure cylinder 80 inches. and one
low pressure cylinder 80 inches in diA-
meter. The collective indicated horse
/ power Of propelling. air pump and cir.
culating pump engines is about 1906
She has two single-ended- steel boilerl
I OF the horizontal return fire-tube TYNE
4 built for a working pressure Of IL
pounds per square inch. Fer speed
viii be about fourteen knots. The
cabin is on the main deck aft. AND
just forward of it, on this deck, is the
ward-room diningroom
The ward-room is on the berth decl,
under the cabin and ward from dining
room and has staterooms for eight of
hcers. Just forward of the wardroon
dining-room on the main deck are loca-
ted officers, armory, dispensary, sick
bay and wireless telegraph room, while
on the forward main deck are located
the dining-room and staterooms for
warrant officers, petty officers state
rooms, boatswains' and carpenter s.
lockers, lamp lockers, crews wash
room and toilet, room for scrub deck
gear, oilslSin locker etc.
The galley is on the main deck Just
art OF warrant officers quarters and
is large and well ventilated compart-
ment furnished with 2 fine range oi
ample capacity for the vessels com.
plement. and with dressers. lockers
pumps, sinks, etc. Adjacent TO the gal.
ley are the storerooms for cabin. ward.
room and warrant officers stewards. z
servants locker and the refrigerators
The crews quarters are on the for
wad berth deck where are located thch
! issuing and storerooms and state
rooms 70 four petty officers Ham.
mock hooks are also fitted on the for.
ward main deck for berthing a portion
= of the crew.
Night Signal System.
The vessel has a bunker capacitv o.
three hundred tons, is heated bv steam
throughout. lighted by electricity ane
is provided with mechanical ventila.
tion in living quarters She has ais,
a searchlight and telephotos or night.
, signalling system, and viii be equippet
with a wireless telegraph outfit. o,
the spar deck are the pilot house ant
, chart-room. while on top Of them :.
a large and commodious bridge. Sh,
can be steered by hand or steam from
the pilot house, by steam from tn
bridge or by hand from aft.
She has two pole masts and will carr,
foresail, mainsail and fore and maj
! staysails. She is provided with ,
hosting boom capable Of lifting hv,
tons. She viii have six boats.
Her hull was built by Rodermon,
2 Brothers at Tompkins Cove, N. Y. tn,
keel being laid May 4, 1905. She wa,
launched January IA. 1907. and taken I,
= the shipyard Of he Pusey. & lone
t Company TO be completed and to bav,
( her boilers and machinery. which wer,
t built by that company, Installed.
The Androscoggin is handsomely fit
ted up throughout