The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-10-04
Ks EXCHEQUER RETURNS
AFTER SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETING CRUISES
[. $ Naval and Maritime Commission Trial Boards Loud In
Praise of Caassrnctioa and Perfarmance
OF Nessek

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furnec fFyxn - trial oYsaMcx &c Ee
UmM q Msxaee. YESTERDAY after
nnxx1 Oeffrnh & tne Z : Naval
Beard and Z s AEArffzrm CaanmL-
Esn xnieh werw ca hoard the vessel
eE1ne 0zt trials were VERY high II
Tier praise r< Tire performance &C
the vexsel age eH results Ct the
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TIE Naval TraAl Bears waz ase
Ct ax nsoAa 1sttnETzkaed eter e
make : trial nrsp On q vrxsel Of thAs
rN ard inrandcd high ranking Z
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purchased tx Exc2seQneF from the
q s Martins CNnmsun fer
winch the vNSeGz urRs built
ne Excheuaer Sess PANcAeu2la
last F~1cRy Earuing On ire FIRST -
q ase trials On board the ship ;.
1s< TINE u1ke many wuxn2renx
Local persons VITO were guests. Tlz1k
Ezn however waz interrupted te.n~
paxaTlly BY Ire ship hcare grounded
sereg& nlLaes eli Sf4oEe. faA 1r1E
- enteTllg tie pass
Contrary % runners the H.
cnecaer was not brought % Mohfie
Saturday 70 b placed O. dry docks
Instead OF That DAY = n1dst sue
cesssA run vas mace and tire ssssn
onexec IN Moh4le at the state docks
r. order thai there would be M
question n connection with the o.
flctAi trials which were attended nf
uae z S Naval and e s Mari
time Commission Boards
The official government trials
we're held On Tuesday. October !.
WITH ne z s Maritime Conzra1s-
sso1 being represented sx FIVE OF sts
members J. W. MASserb4zrv naval
architect z L Swain marine en-
gIneex. II z s. Clair. Naval Ar
cnite1s J s jacobson. Associate
Marine Engineer and = J. Is
worthy. erlg1aHerzng asde
The naval trial board consisted Of
Rear Admiral Il l. B&rTszeT. e. s
N president q the Boam OF In
sEcaon and Survey. Rear Admiral
] " WaAox- y. UsN. office q
naval operations Capt / S Boz1-
e.. uSS. member Of Mary Trial
Board. Car Ervs1n Bruce. USS.
member a Navy Tnal Board,
Comdr O r. EAsfon. USN. diree-
tor. e s Maritime Commission
Tr1aa Beard. Ii CoIn1r r n.
Stokes USS Nav Tr1a1 Beard. Il
CEndr Harry Sanders uSE re-
cordeF. Nav Trlai Board Aecnsap-
EnysuE these boards Was a c.
F0hm chief Of performances Of fae
Maritime Commission
IL board axTsved II Mobile a
- wednesday naor1zre. October
2 and Immediately ccwnrnardex
Tyexter of TIE &C Nike took them
on lis vessel and proceeded 70 the
Exe6eq1er which was hove 70 off
Ao54le Bayou The trial boards
came aboard Al Z o'clock In the
morning Ak which time IRE trials n
which TIRE NaTr Beard wzs par1Hc-
diary interested were carried out
These TRIALS consisted q demon
STATIONS Of mgnegVeFah1ty OF TIRE
strip 81 fun poWef, also 3 demon
stratlun 81 = crash stop and fuu
power stern woTE This Was fol-
lowed By al anchor tsxs which re-
CURED q depth q - fAsaorns Of
wafer AL O. These trials we're car
rsr out most successfully. The
nrsal test IN the presence os TIE
board E&< 3 tWo-co1F cenorsxa-
ton q the ships ability 10 give
Ease horsepower which Kax corr
plete1 70 the fun satisfaction Of the
Naval Beard about 3 oiclozk IL fe
afternoon when the NaTa1 Board
IL TIE ship a1c boarded fhe CO
Nike which carried them bark o
Mobile where TREY caught their
TAN and returned 70 washington
1E Eraeaaer again proceeded .
Ss . carry on the rez4anader q
toe trails winch consisted Of an
eaKlf-ho1E continuous rEn ~ 1sse
couu1z Of $50 Horsepower whlea
Izt xzk completed mos successful
- 81 Horn Lizard about 80 oc5xzE
II he morning O. THURSDAY Oca
Der : In orde4 that ne ktlfp -
CONTINUED O. PERe TueIVe4