Bisbee daily review., 1921-10-02
DOCKING b|GGEST SHIP IN WORLD
 NJ EASY TASK

NEW YORK, Oct. l. Announce ment that the worlds largest ship, the Majestic, will be ready for serv- ice between New York and South ampton next spring directs attention co the facilities for docking the great ship at her pier on her arrival at New York and the methods to be enl- 1 plo9 ed in doing so.
 When the largest of the present ocean liners came out just before the war, 1t was necessary to extend, the piers at New York yshere they are docne1, to protect their long hulls from traffic passing up and down the nudson River The extended piers will be a very tight fit indeed for the nuaJestlc, while the task of getting her into her berth will present. as big Job as the docking experts employ ed by the steamship companies at 1 New York have yet encountered. New York is perhaps the hardest port in the world in which to dock a great ocean liner, from the fact that it is the only one where the docks are d. rignt angles to a river in which s..on, tides flow regularly.
 A ships captain is usually pictured as experlencrng his greatest worries | "non his vessei is at sea buffeted by aind and storm. As matter of fact on modern liners storms are small .Savern compared to his anxiety when he enters a poi asd finds hIs ship hampered by lack of sea room of | space to navigate.
 Speed Is Limited i In harbor he is confined to d chan nel, ofttimes one in which he could not turn around. His speed is limit ~u to pare steerage way. He must avoid striking passing craft or get ting too far to one side from the deep ened channel
 1 opposite his dock, which in New York appears like openings between .ne Cee,n of huge comb, he must come to a stop and swing the bulk beneath him crosswise to the flowing tide hold it there, and nose his way into one of the openings.
 Not daring to make use of the ships own tremendous power by reason lack of room, from a dozen to as high as zv tugs are used in swinging into their docks such big vessels as the | Olymplc the MaureIania, or the big .4--IUu,, 56,00O-ton Majestic. i Indicating what damage might re- suit II one of the big liners should bump into a pier or a passing craft. AIsi. .ne engineer recently estimated that when moving at the rate of five mics an hour, about as fast as a man would walk, blow equal to that Of | 14,4O0 runabout automobiles acting simultaneously would be inflicted. ! Those who have seen the results Of crash of single car can visualize | ne collective result.
 The technically inclined are inform | T ws.,- of actual energy required to stop the Sntp at a uVe-Inile speed in one sec oad Is loS,S67,5 foot pounds. or a lCrce equal to 2SS,521 horsepower acting tnrogh> ose second
 TIue Must Be Light
 As soon as the ship is within heaV- ing-Ene distance Of the pier. hawSerS or big ropes measuring F inches in Sircuin. erence and tested to a strain )l lol.0O0 pounds are made fast At. tached to the ships winches a slow. ss., O... sttaln is put upoS them. The strain is carefully watched for if the -,. stiength be exceeded they would snap like thread. If the pres su.e IS too great ofttimes the ship will swing up broadside to a pier i head then with aid of tug power. winch power pulling on lines and an O aSional turn of the ships screw the long hull will be swung around a-.d easod into the berth by inches.
 Once within the slip the vessel is
 ased along the dock with the aid O.
 bring lines, or hawsers running from
 Jrward and ait playing over strong
 iutches or butts on the pier amid ship the vessel. When one of the goo
 oothers is docked her bow k 90 close to the pier head that it can ai- most be touched Her stern is pro tected from passing river craft by the T Dulkheads built out into the river. '
 "All fast sir the mates forward and aft and the officers amidships re port
 The bell in the engine room iir glcs to advise the force below that the anxious moment is ended
 A sharp quick blast of the whistle which seems tU echo the captains or pilots involuntary sigh of relief. the gangway is rus up, and another voy- age is ended.