Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-13
MAUI Is GREAT
ACHIEVEMENT in
SHIP-BUILDING

Honolulu extended aloha" this
| morning toSthe newest and finest
steamer Of the Natson Navigation
| CcmpGny's fleet. the Maui. which sue
! ceeds the Matson.a as flagship.
! Named alter the Valley Island, 0t
/ which her residents are extremely
| proud. the nea flagship typifies Cap
! tain William MGtsOn' faith in Hawaii
mel The Matson Lines president has
! kept his boats on the hawaiian run
when be could have earned mary
times Their value by chartering them
| for the Orient or Atlantic service, and
! in consequence the veteran steamship
man has earned the affection andres
peCt of every businessman in the isl
anGs.
Brought Big Cargo
Despite the declaration Of war by
the United States on Germany last
Friday. the day before. the Nau.
steamed through the Golden Gate OH
her maiden Voyage to Honolulu. tle
new flagship brought a large list OF
notable passengers and a capacity
cargo of freight. 7t76 tons for this port
and 1917 for Hilo., Her big cargo ca.
pacity will assist in reducing the Hood
tide CT freight which Matson boats
have been having a hard time to keep
down for the last few months, since
the accumulation due to last summers
longshoremen strike in San Fran.
cisco was cleaned up. -"
Capt. johnson Commander t..
Capt Peter Johnson is the Maui's
commander He is the dean of skip
pers of the Matson fleet, having more
than quarter OF Il century of ssrylre
to his record. with no accidents ,:u--
ing all that time.
The MauiS chief steward is George
Pastor, who went up with his captain
from the Wi!helmina,. Captain John:
sons old command
Captain Mstscn Aboard - .-.. r.
Captain Matson and Mrs. Matson
were on board the Maui, the captain
having determined to come on the new
liners first trip, although he recently
suffered a second slight stroke of pa
ralysis. He will stay in the islands
about month, getting good rest and
freedom from the worries Of his office.
VIII Visit Valley Isle 81. Il.
After dischargipg her cargo here
the Maui will steam at o'clock Sat.
urday afternoon for Kahului, arriving
at the Maui port Sunday morning. She
will stay there all day Sunday, allow
ing residents CT the island for which
she was named an opportunity to look
her over and hold a program of greet
ing in honor of the occasion. The
Maui will leave Kahului Sunday night
for f1ilo, returning here next Wednes-
day morning, to leave the following
day, April Is, on her first return voy-
age to San Francisco.
Geared Turbine New
Special interest is taken by steam
ship designers in the NIaufs maiden
voyage, as she is the first large pas
senser vessel in the United States to
be equipped with geared turbine ma
chinery. Most of the steamers which
have been so equipped heretofore have.
FDeen single screw and or compare
lively small power, from 1000 to 3UV0
h. p, whereas the Maui's installation
is twin screw and will develop 10000
horsepower at full speed.
Cost Close to $4,000, 900
1t is conceded by local shipping men
that the Maui represents today an in
Vestment of close to $2,000,000, in
.cluding the increased cost of material
and the many weeks of overtime put
in on her by the Union Iron Works.
She was to have been completed by
January ! of this year but delays of
various kinds made this impossible.
She was launched on December %,
1916, the launching having been post
poned from November Is. Mrs. Mat
son christened the new flagship.
Vessel Is All Steel: .~..." ~.
The Maui is constructed entirely. of
steel, to Lloyds highest class, 100A,
and has three complete steel decks,
with upper promenade deck extending
for two-thirds of her length The navi-
eating bridge and officers quarters
are well forward of amidships and the
long range of Lighthouses containing
passengers quarters gives the vessel
very substantial appearance.
Blooms Handle so Tons
The Maui's length over all is the
same as the Matsonia, sol feet. Her
length between perpendicular is 484
feet beam nodded So feet, depth mold
ed to shelter deck "A feet 9 inches, and
displacement to 30-foot draft 17,430
long tons. The Maui is rugged as a
three-masted schooner. with steel pole
masts and complete equipment of
heavy cargo booms, suitable for hand
ling weights up to 80 tons.
While every comfort for passenger
travel has been installed, these ac-
commodations are made to combine
with the best arrangement for hand
ling freight The vessels fuel oil ca
pacity gives her a steaming radius Of
$4,000 knots at Is knots speed loaded.
Hananae Ard Malaaenn as..- IT,.