New-York tribune., 1921-06-02
Maritime Miscellany
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June shipping Board str Northwest
ern Bridge was reported May 9S in lat
40 SO, lon ~ 55. with turbine trouble
condition. At noon May 20 she was Il in lat ist
80 %, Ion 40 50. In about the same condi-
t1on with the Shipping Board str Ripon
Northwestern Bridge proc eedtAg to
New York under her own power at the ra te
Of e5 miles an hour. at which time she
was in lat 56 g, Ion 81 81. she has enough
fuel to reach New York, barring accidents
The Ripon Is proceeding to Philadelphia.
The United States Mall liner susQue
hanna which previously reported
aground off Boston Harbor. was refoated
Vessel discharged some passengers at Bos-
ton and arrived in this port to-day slight
ly damaged.
During the first half of May two new
sstean1ships were added TO the Shipping
launched for government account. There
remain forty six ships to be delivered to
the board before the shipbuilding effort
will have come to en- end.
On May the Los Angeles Dry Dock
and Shipbuilding Company delivered the
S8oo-dsad Chiffon freighter West
the Newport News Dry Dock and Ship
building Company sent the new 536-foot
passenger liner Silver State over her sea
trials succesafulIy ana turned the liner
over 10 the Pacific Steamship Company for
operation With the delivery of this mag
nihcent ship the Newport News yard COM
pleted it's shipbulding contracts for the
Emergency Fleet Corporation.
The Moore Shpbui1ding Company at
Oakland, launched the 10 000-toa tanker
Bohemian Club May l. She IS now being
outhtted in the wet basins
irs T 0nettms one dns german vessels
sale by the Shipping Board Bids for the
ahips. which are three cargo nd pa ssen niger
sai Hing vessels will be opened Jupe IN.
The three cargo and DE- ssenger steamships
9fIeTId are IT,. the M Mercury rbarossa)
Tex Penney I've nia). Il. o02 deadwei ght tons
end the Porto Rico tex-Moccasin. former
ly the Prnz Joachtm). 1850 deadweight
tons. The cargo chip is the Otsego tex
Prin2 lIitel Tricdrich), $50 deadweight
tons. and the sailing vessels are the
Ara pahoe (eX-Steinbeck). 3. 900 deadweight
tons. and the Tonawanda teX-Indra). 2,S$7
deadweirht tons
Northarl. which sailed from this mort May
28 for Fredericton, \ p. reports that while
passing He'll Gate she struck a eoYernr1ent
above water line ine vearel Is sane sncfoped PeG"9 on
City Island and will make temporary re-
pairs before proceeding.
on May 81. in la 81 10 n Ion 50 80 W, she
passed large wreck. bottom up. $50 feet
long, 10 feet high, apparently sailing
RELLINGHAM. Wash MAY 2s--Ameri-
can str Bantu. Tacoma for New Yorl,. put
in here yesterday to make repairs to circu-
sci proceeded to-day.
RERMI.nA, May 30-shipping Board str
-
pico arrived here to-day with turbine
trc uble.
BUENos AYREs. June Fire broke
oui Yesterday morning board the ship
ping Board str Martha Washington. which
he's heen delayed At this port on account
% the strike since March 81. The blaze
was quickly eXtincUished; it broke out in
the officers quarters. Twelve Of the yes
sei's fremen. among those to be taken
back TO the United States under the terrns
OF the boycott settlement. are being de
taind by the police pending an invstiea
is enough TO delay her sailing
CUBA. June THE steamship Guanta-
rsmo, owned by the Empresa Naviera de
cuba, makes the trip from Santiago. Cuba
to Santo Domingo and San Juan, P F,
once each month, but the sailing days are
not definitely fixed
HALIFAX. n :. Tune 1-Survivors OF
the shipwrecked fishing schooner Esper-
anto We're landed at this port to-day hv
the schooner Elsie. According to ca ptain
Geel. the Esperanto struck sunlSen wreck
on Monday morning. and IN q short time
abandoned
LONDON. May 29--Britfsb str British
Marshall, from this port for New Orleans
put into Plymouth to-day with defective
machinery.
PHILADELPHIA. May I'll Shipping
ported with stern resting on bottom at
Cramps drydock, was punped out and
foated on even keel al 1880 a IN on
ST JOHNS. n r, May 2t-The govern
!oent announced to-day that it planned to
or the cod fishermen in procuring equip
mont. Many Of the fishermen have been
unable to nit themselves out for the season
owing TO the business depression.