page_title: SS Stevens
section_title: Cabin plan, decks and cargo
hierarchical_section_title: SS Stevens / Location and design / Cabin plan, decks and cargo
caption_attribution_description: SS Stevens Deck Plan The image was scanned from a hard copy of the original document.
context_page_description: SS Stevens, a 473-foot, 14,893-ton ship, served as a floating dormitory from 1968 to 1975 for about 150 students of Stevens Institute of Technology, a technological university, in Hoboken, NJ. Permanently moored on the scenic Hudson River at the foot of the campus across from New York City, this first collegiate floating dormitory became one of the best known college landmarks in the country.
  Twenty-four years prior to her duty as a floating dormitory, the ship served with distinction in World War II as USS Dauphin, a Windsor-class attack transport vessel. Originally launched in 1944, Dauphin was awarded one battle star and was present in Tokyo Bay for the Surrender Ceremony of World War II, September 2, 1945.
  Following the war, the vessel underwent significant modifications, and emerged as cruise liner SS Exochorda — a member of the post-war quartet of ships named "4 Aces", operated by American Export Lines. During her eleven years of cruise liner service, from 1948 to 1959, Exochorda — along with her nearly identical sister ships in the "4 Aces" — regularly sailed with passengers and cargo on a 12,000-mile route from New York Harbor to various Mediterranean ports.
context_section_description: Stevens comprised a lower "B" deck, main "A" deck, Promenade, Boat and Sun decks. Students' quarters and public spaces were distributed throughout all decks except for Sun deck which was closed.
  The main "A" deck, the highest deck to extend the entire length of the ship, included a center section with students' rooms and the ship's main foyer with gangway.
  The lower "B" deck contained the largest number of students' rooms, recreational areas and the ship's laundry room, equipped with automatic washers and dryers.
  Promenade deck, immediately above the main deck, contained students' rooms and the ship's more frequently used lounges.  The aft lounge, the largest on the ship featured expansive casement windows, oak furniture and rift-cut American oak paneling.  French doors provided access to the promenade for open-air strolling and sightseeing. Promenade's forward lounge, paneled in Kelobra wood, was often used for smaller social gatherings.
  Boat deck carried the ship's six lifeboats, three on each side, including one motorized boat, the center boat on the port side.  The ship was fitted with gravity roller track davits for the larger aft and center boats.  The curved davit arms extended over the open portion of Promenade deck.  Radial single pivot davits were implemented for the smaller forward boats.
  Sun deck contained the ship's wheelhouse flanked by docking bridges.  Outside viewing by wheel house personnel was facilitated by three large forward-looking portholes, flanked by smaller portholes.
  Areas below "B" deck, not authorized for passenger access and closed for students, comprised "C" deck, engine room, shaft alley, fuel tanks and water ballast areas.
  The cabin plan shows the following number of students' rooms on the ship:
  The ship contained six cargo holds numbered 1 through 6, starting at the bow. Hatch location for cargo holds are:
caption: Deck Plan — click for larger image
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