CATALOGUE OF THE WATERCRAFT GOLLECTIOX. 69 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 576 feet; beam, 63 feet; 

 tonnage, 10,786. Power, two triple expansion steam engines. Scale 

 of model, one-fourth inch equals 1 foot. 

 Transferred from United States Post Office Department. 



Cat. No. 271,111 U.S.N.M. 



Model of steamship. 



The steamship Cambrai is one of 12 fabricated steel army trans- 

 ports built by the American International Shipbuilding Corpora- 

 tion, Hog Island, Pa., for the United States Shipping Board, Emer- 

 gency Fleet Corporation, of which 11 were delivered to the United 

 States Army and 1 to the United States Navy. The keel of the 

 Cmnhrai was laid November 9, 1918, and the ship placed in com- 

 mission October 30, 1920. 



This vessel has a sharp straight bow overhanging forward ; square 

 bilge ; pointed stern, straight sheer ; sloping stem ; deck cut away fore 

 and aft of amidship; deck house amidship; pilot house and bridge 



-TWIN-SCUEW STEAMSHIP " PHILADELPHIA. 



over deck house forward; two quadruple cranes forward, and one 

 quadruple and one double crane aft ; single-screw propeller. 



Specifications of vessel. — Length over all, 450 feet; length, load 

 water line 435 feet : molded beam, 58 feet ; depth to upper deck, 40 

 feet ; draft loaded, 28 feet ; weight of steel hull, 3,400 tons ; weight of 

 machinery with water, 760 tons ; weight of wood and outfitting, 300 

 tons; total weight of ship, 4,460 tons; total displacement, loaded, 

 12,460 tons; gross tonnage (estimated), 6,200 tons; boilers, 6; horse- 

 power, 1,740; power, 1 steam turbine; shaft, horsepower, 6,000; 

 fuel, oil; oil capacity, 1,600 tons; oil consumption in 24 hours, 70^ 

 tons; cruising radius, 8,132 nautical miles; speed, 15 knots; scale 

 of model, one-eighth inch equals 1 foot. 



Transferred from United States Senate Committee on Commerce. 



Cat. No. 306,999 U.S.N.M. 



SAILING VKS.SEf.s. 



Model of Spanish fifteenth century sailing vessel. 



This model is representative of the type of vessel used by Chris- 

 topher Columbus on his voyage to America. 



