Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-17
CABLESHIP IN
 PORT ON ANNUAL
 SUMMER CRUISE
cABLESHiP DELLWOOD, CAPTAIN SHEARS, ARRIVES HERE
 FROM SEATTLE.
TO LAY HERE TODAY
New Instruments On Vessel Source of Interest to Landmen; Has
 Large Crew Aboard

The army transport and cableship Dellwood, Captain R. w. Shears in command, arrived in port this morn ing at 2 o'clock, five days direct out rom Seattle This is the second trip D Seward this year, her former trip being in Feruary when the vessel arrived to repair the cable damaged at the dock by steamer The Dell wood will remain in port until to- tight probably departing for Val deg in the morning at o'clock, ac- cording to Captain Shears.
 The present voyage by the big ship which carries a crew of approximate y 100 men, is one of general in- spection, her summers cruise to AL askan waters. The cable will be in- spected between Valdez and Cordova; between Ketchikan and Petersburg and between the latter town and Ju- 1eau A new cable will be laid over All O u dIlSs IL lo Sld ICo W llIl v spect to the new cable, Captain Shears stated it was in splendid shape and no trouble from it is an- Ficipated for many years. The old able, in the Inside Passage, which jn certain portions is now over 20 years old, will be gone over thor oughly on the present trip. While 2t Cordova it is planned to lay a Gew shore end of the cable
 Officers On Board.
 Among the officers on board the Zig vessel are Lieutenant Hubbel sig 1al officer in charge of signal corps work; Henry Winters, cable engi- 2-eer; M. Brouck, cable electrician; ldr. Mosser, Quartermasters agent, and MT. Cracke, chief engineer.
 Many New Instruments.
 One of the outstanding features 3f the many nautical instruments and equipment carried on board the fCS0CI, 10 IiC dQ1O COulpdSS, UT Idu.O direction finder, which was describ- d last week in the Gateway in the lighthouse tender Cedar article. The Dellwood and the Cedar are believed 10 be the only vessels operating iii %laskan waters which are equipped with this new instrument. The Met al Mike" an automatic steerer, a gyro compass and a sonic depth ind vr are also installed in the pilot house. This apparatus is all new, and, it is stated, the Dellwood is practically the only commercial ves- gel, outside of the Navy which is equipped with the above named in- struments. And not many of the navy ships have them on board.
 The Metal Mike" is one of Sper- 7y's inventions, of the last three or four years. Most all of the larger ocean going vessels are having this equipment installed. Imagine a ship at sea blowing along at full speed, with no one at the pilothouse wheel, steering the course of the vessel! Such is the functioning of Metal ! Hike" The apparatus is connected with the gyro compass, which auto 1natically keeps the vessel on it's true course, once it is set. Regard less of weather conditions, wind, etc., Ihe moment the ship goes off a de- gree, Metal Mike" and his compan- ion, the gyro compass. whir into ac- tion, automatically putting the big wheel over to the left or right. Only in docking or making a landing, is 1t necessary for man to be station ed at the wheel in the pilot house.
 The sonic depth finder, in the chart room, shooting down an cleo ssSc blast to the bottom of the sea,