East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-09-18
10 fire control telephones.

22 radio telegraph sets.
& motors in kitchen, (peel potatoes
mix dough and cake, and wash dish
es cut bread, make ice cream, meat
grinder, all bread and cakes baked
electrically
electric toasters.
electric percolator.
is electric irons.
10 in machine shop.
portable electric drills.
2 electric glue pots.
electric soldering irons.
6 motors in laundry (5 mach. use
electric heat)
motors in print shop.
The four motors are operated by
current obtained from turbo-gene-
rators each producing $4,000 h. p.
This power plant consists of two Cur
| tbs steam turbines and two electric
| generators obtaining steam from
boilers located in three seperate ana
watertight compartments. Steam
under a pressure of $50 pounds to the
square inch is produced by the boiler.
1t will thus be seen that electric
drive functions as follows on the New
Mexico.
Steam from nine steam boilers ope-
rate two steam turbines which in turn
revolve two generators. The genera
\ tors produce electric current and this
| current is then led through copper
| cables to a central switchboard station
where it is measured and distributed
to the four motors which revolve the
propellers. The propelling equipment
| is the work of the General Electric
| COMPANY Schenectady, which devel-
oped it in conjunction with the Bur-
eau of steam Engineering of the Navy
| Department
The large calibre guns OF the New
Mexico are fired by electricity; am
munition is hoisted from the maga-
zines by electric motors and some OF
the guns are loaded by electricity.
The ponderous rudder is moved
into any desired position by the SIM
pie turn of controller on the navi-
eating bridge, which sets in motion
machinery in the hold of the vessel
for the purpose. There are several
steering stations located in various
parts of the ship where this operation
may be performed in case one sta
tion should be disabled. In all, there
are five different ways of steerins
the New Mexico, on of which is the
hand method, which requires the ex-
ertion of six men.
The ventilation and heating of the
ship is by air-cold air forced into
the vessel in warm weather and hot
air during the winter months. The
air is forced through pipes by blowers
operated by electric motors.
There is completely equipped cleo
tric carpenter shop. machine shop.
foundry, laundry. hospital operating
room, and bakery where bread is bak-
ed in electrically heated ovens. while
the gallery or kitchen is steam ope-
rated, the ranges burn oil instead of
COAL and there are big steam pots
for heating.
Space does not permit detailing all
of the marvellous electric devices of
this ship. Nor for the history and
other statistical date.
The New Mexico was built at the
Brooklyn Navy Yards and launched
in the summer of 1917.
She is 624 feet in length overall.
She weighs (displaces) $4,000 tons.
She draws 80 feet of water.
She is 81 feet 1-2 inches broad
measuring at the waterline.
At full speed she can make slighly
in excess of 21 knots an hour.
She generates 2S,000 horsepower for
propulsion.
Her crew numbers nearly 1900
men.
She burns oil instead of coal as fuel
and has total feel capacity of s.4nAA
toms or 6.SO0.0O0 pounds. or aNou,
one million gallons.