Nauticus Volume 14; A Journal of Shipping, Insurance, Investments and Engineering (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...OIL'BU RNING EQ UIPMENT PARSONS TURBINES T W E N T Y-ONE. FLOATING-DOCKS TWOG RAVING-DOCKS TWELVE-SHIPWAYJ ROBINS DRY DOCKS, REPAIR COMPANY, N.V. an But Hi smut Htm Km TOM DRY DOCK ft CONSTRUCTION CORP. TACOMA WASHINGTON TODD DRY DOCKS, INC. HARBOR ISLAND, 11-AVE. S.W. SEATTLE, WASH. TODDSHIPYARDS CO RP O RATION Main Office 2,5 BROADWAY Newyork Telephone Cory Mann George Corporation 26 and 28 BEAVER STREET NEW YORK Newport News, Norfolk, Philadelphia, and Baltimore REPRESENTING Cable Address COBKMAN Coal Exporters, Foreign Coaling Contractors, Coal Depot Proprietors Fuel Oil Contractors and Steamship Brokers Contractors to British Admiralty and other Navies, and Principal Steamship Lines UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD (Through the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation) Invites Offers on the S. S. Callao (Ex-Sierra Cardoba) The United States Shipping Board, through the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, invites offers for the purchase of the following described ex-enemy steel steamer which has been duly appraised and is to be sold at private competitive sale. All offers received before November 7, 1921, will be considered; and no award will be made before that date. Negotiations may be continued thereafter, and all offers received prior to final award will be considered. S. S. CALLAO (Ex-Sierra Cardoba) Steel, Twin Screw, Four Decks, Cargo and Passenger Vessel Gross 8226 tons Net 4938 tons Length B. P 438 feet Breadth 55 ft. 9 in. Depth 37 ft. 2 in. Speed 13 knots Draft 26 ft. 9 in. Coal-burner; equipped with two triple-expansion engines; I. H. P. 4,000; 4 Scotch boilers; built by Akt-Ges Vulkan, Stettin, Germany, 1912. Passenger accommodations. Present location, NEW YORK. The vessel will be sold " as is, where is...