Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-21
SPEEDY COAST GUARD CUTTER ASSURED
HAWAII WILL Be BEST IN U. S. SERVICE
Fast and Well Equipped Vessel
for Hawaiian Waters is Re-
suit Of Active Work

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WASHINGTON, o. G. May u.
Hawaii ID 90 have Q coastguard snip
All of Its own. Congress provided Tor
Il An the naval appropriation act thai
became : law IN the closing days OF
the last session Of Congress. And no.
noIuIu % going 20 have the finest
most efflcienf, and that means tine
best coast guard ship that floats. :.
Thanks are due TO the untiring Ell.
forts OF the Coast Guard officials. Ana
fhev give q great deal Of credit 10
Delegate Kafanianaoie, who made 2
personal canvass Of the house mem
bers and thereby got them TO stand
for the senate provision which praytl-
Cd for three new coast guard ships
two 10 be stationed on the Atlantic
coast and the third TO have perma+
nent station &C Honolulu.
The preparedness program Of Con-
Eress made II ppptrtune to try for tue
vessel In the last session. WORKING
with the officials OF the service pro-
vision FOR three coast guard ships vas
presented to the house, but there y
met With defeat. Never giving up, the
flFbt was taken over to the senate.
The soIons Of the upper body OF Con
gress saw the wisdom OF the iegisla-
ton. The senate passed II without
much opposition developing. In me
house. where the senate's act had 70
Sc ratified. there was heaps OF troHSis
brewing. The delegate Was commits
stoned 70 line up Hawaii's friends for
The nroposifior. There are many
members who like the name OF Ha-
wail's friend and the provision went
through and IL now Law.
Ever since the government vas
compelled % aell the old cutter Thetis.
stationed q Honolulu. the treasury
department has made every effort TO
secure s nav vessel Tor that impOr-
i5ni station. In the last naval appro-
nrIn||ot act. passed March & there
~<1 .n item n the appropriation Of
$40 900 for the construction Of 9 new
coast fuafd cutter for service IN the
r1|'IIf ocean and 70 have headquars
I1t@ . Honolulu The many calls Tor
- <fl'rI1nf weasel "a aid ships n dis.
&c., ard To- zen force neutrality and
n9firtfi1n laws 81 the HAWAIIAN Y.
IND. ..|<. .I'S p1e o. The most il1,
I'.' I'D b m>f Interest them q N15t
that 01on abe 7|t1 scIt3bI The GOV
eminent rte was bought by . firm n
New York and II now engaged ii the
sealing industry or the coast q La
While the Thetis was sufficiently
large 10 perform the duties imposed
nbon her she was 20 old and struetur-
ally weak that Il was unsafe to lend
her % s6a. she was also very slow
ana vas fitted with engines Of law
power and obsolete type. The govern
menl now proposes TO have Hrst
clafs vessel "A every particular locat-
Cd e this hey of the Pacific.
Plans have Just been completed e
coast Iuan6 headQuarters for the. new
cutter. and "A & few days proposals
Wi'l - solicited tor her construction;
Notwithstanding the congestion IN all
American 6hip9artl. e e hoped that
the Nol4 Department, for the coast
guard during the war is under that
department WIN 81 able 70 have her
conStrncf81 within the appropriation.
The new craft VIII be Of the most
modern type. Her length over all Is
go feet beam s. feof. depth 251 feet.
draft IA feet and : displacement Of
1860 tons. The new craft WIN have
the latest and most improved type Of
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