New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-26
shipbuildillg
Falls $4,000
Tons i'm Month
Twenty Per Cent Decline in
Construction Under Wav
for Private Account in
Plants of This Country
Sharpest Drop Recorded
No New Orders Received for
Large Vessels This Year;
MANY Tankers Delivered

The sharpest shrinkagc in shipbuild-
Ing for private account by American
wards in any month yet reported is
shown by statement just issued by
the Bureau of Navigation of the De-
psrtment of Commerce. Government
ships or ships building or contracted
for by the Shipping Board are not in
claded in these figures.
According to the bureau American
yards on April were constructing to
private order 201 steel vessels of 1884,
e04 gross tons, compared with 227 steel
vessels of 9o1,229 tons at the beginning
OF March.
The reduction in month, therefore.
was nearly $4,000 tons, or almost 20
per cent, due to the competitor of orders
without any Offset in the shape of new
orders for other than small vessels.
Since the beginning of the year. in
iaA, not a single order has been placed
By Hsrate American interests for a
large ship. Orders reported during
March are only for barges, canal boats,
FIRE boats and ferry boats.
Ten TankeTs Delivered
COMPETITIONS during March include
ten tankers. Three of these were de-
svered by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding
Corporation. The Sparrows Point plant,
a. Sparrows Point, Md, completed the
Aladdin, a 6,sS2 gross ton vessel, for
the Standard Transportation Company.
The Harlan plant, at Wilmington,
turned over the E. r. Kemp, q 1887
tonner, to the Sinclair Navigation Com
pany, and the Union plant, at San Fran
cisco, delivered the 7,013-ton Frank G..
Two tankers of S,272 tons each, the
Montebelo and La Placentia, were
finished by the Southwestern Shipbuild-
ing Company at San Pedro, Calf, for
the Union Oil Company of California.
These vessels will have speed of
eleven knots.
The Eagle Transport Company also
received two tankers during the month.
These were the San Lamberto and San
Leon, each of 6,349 tons, built by the
George A. Fuller Company, at Whining
ton. N. C.
The New York Shipbuilding Com
pany, at Camden, N. j., completed the
Solana, a 6,7o2- ton tanker, for the Pa
cifc Mail Steamship Company. This
boat will have speed Of eleven and
nall knOtS.
Twelve-Knot Oil Carriers
Two tankers for the Pan-American
Petroleum and Transportation Com
vany were delivered by the Sun Ship
building Company, at Chester, Pa. These
boats, the Cerro Ebano and Cerro Azul,
are of $3.50 and 1915 tons, respec-
lively, and will make twelve knots.
A number of small bulk oil carriers
we're delivered by the Staten Island
Shipbuilding Company, at Port Rich
mond, and the Downey Shipbuilding
Company, at Arlington, Staten Island.
The Fairfield City, a 5,6S6-ton
ireighter, was completed for the United
States Steel Corporation by the Chicka-
saw Shipbuilging and Car Company, at
Mobile, Ala, and the Mount Clinton,
7,4s9-ton steel steamer, was turned out
by the Merchant Shipbuilding Corpor-
alton, at Chester, Pa, for the Shawmut
Steamship Company, controlled by the
Hartman interests.
Two fruit steamers were delivered by
the Newburgh Shipyards for the Cuya-
mel Fruit Company. These are the
blanche and Choluteca. each OF 2,4s9
tons, and capable of making fourteen
knots