The Nome nugget., 1927-10-08
TANKS WIN THE WORLD SERIES
WILSON IS ROASTING EX-PRES|DENDT WILSON

chances of damage to the all-im
 portant propeller blades.
 The invention has captured tht
 interest of engineering authoritie: who have seen 1t in operation dur
 ing tests of the Northland and il to ships in the icebound regions.
 The control room of the new Coast Guard cruiser is situated or the main deck. It is equipped with all controls for the propelling ma chinery as well as the distribution switchboards for the auxiliary pow CT and lighting circuits It is SC situated that the engineer officer can look down forward to his en- zines and auXiliaries and aft 10 the generators and motors. In the ev- ent that his presence is needed in either place he can go down the ladder connecting the control room with the deck below.
 In accordance with the theory adhered to by the Coast Guard. that the man who is operating a machine should be where he can see it. no bridge controls have been in- stalled on the Northand
 The control is exceedingly simple similar to that of q street car A drum controller is utilized. con i sisting of lever controlled eontaet- ors which vary the output of the main generators to tile main motor. | In this way the speed of the pro | peller is regulated just as is the speed Of q street car The control is said to be fool proof' because the two levers tthe speed regulator and the reversed are so interlockeN , as to make it impossible to effect the wrong switching combinations, i thus avoiding damage to the cleo trical machinery,
 So much for the engineering fea lures of the Northland. A word about the ship herself. She is q graceful cruiser, 216 feet in length, with go foot beam The electri= cally driven motor power calls for smokestack so small as to appear almost absurd ill a craft of her size The stack is very nearly lost behind the bridge; it is scarcely as tall as the neighboring ventilators, The hull of the Northland is built to withstand heavy ice pres sure The water line plates are designed for pressure of 100 pounds to the square inch. while the deck beams have q web framing through out. The decks themselves are built like the truss of a bridge laid out flat, giving the maximum re- sistance to external pressure. The ship is equipped with adequate sails in addition 10 her motor power. Her instrument equipment would be joy to any mariners soul. She Is the first of the Coast Guard ves- sells to boast a fathometer. an in strument for sounding the depth of the water at any position of the ship By pressing a button sound waves are sent to the bottom of the sea the instrument. a round disc. recording the depth to the tenth of fathom. or within less bn of hn urement
 The fathometer is located con veniently near the steering wheel. Here also is the submarine detect or. used for listening to ships in adjacent positions in fogs or heavy storms: the radio compass and the course recorder, comparatively new instrument for indicating the exact course of the ship This in strument is reminiscent of the tel autograph used today in the ma jority of large banks. A magnet ized needle marks the course as 1t is run upon a chart
 All in all. the Northland is ideal ly equipped to take up the work of the Bear as a member of the ice patrol fleet. policing the north ern waterways. warning ships of menacing ice drifts and keeping open a traffic lane through the Win ter months.
 In the performance of this and ~'r,ilar duties the United States Coast Guard Corps serves the com merce of the world. It Is interest (Continued on Page Eiya)