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Todd Wins Contract To Build Two Ferries For $17,788,000 Two huge ferries, which could be the world's biggest, fastest double-ender vessels ever to be built, are now off the drawing boards and ready for construction at Todd's Seattle shipyards. These new-class ferries, being built for the state of Washington, are double-bottom structures powered by 8,500-horsepower diesel-electric en- gines. They are 440-foot vessels, with a 2,000- passenger seating capacity each, and feature lux- ury never before experienced on any ferry. These cross-sound vessels are capable of carrying 206 automobiles at 20 knots. Power and capacity features, plus other char- acteristics, boost them above the Washington State well-known and modern Hyak "super- ferries." Compared with the four Hyak Class superferries now in service, the two huge ferries are each 58 feet longer and carry 46 more cars. These two modern vessels will service people and business in the Puget Sound area, including services at Vancouver Island, interspersed with special periodic cruises along the Sound's clear waters. The Washington State Highway Commission contracted with Todd's Seattle yard to build these two ferries for $17,788,000. Although the contract is for $17,788,000, there is an addi- tional $113,176 for solariums on each ferry. The first of the new ferries is to be delivered by Todd Seattle in 18 months. Philip F. Spaulding & Associates (now Nick- um and Spaulding Associates), naval architects and engineers of Seattle, are responsible for specifications and designs of these vessels. Construction specifications require, among oth- ers, that the double-ended ferries are to have screw and rudder at each end; each hull to be of welded steel construction and transversely framed; a full and complete inner bottom to be fitted through the area below the main engine room, with the exception of sea chest recesses. The main engine foundations will form an in- tegral part of each double-bottom structure. This table model of the Washington State Ferries shows the solariums on the sun deck. Vehicle movements on and off these vessels will follow the normal route, which is through either end of the main deck. A partial deck lo- cated just above the main deck provides additional lanes for better and faster vehicle handling. The main deck has four truck or auto lanes located at the center section between the engine casings, and other four passenger^auto lanes are located outside of the engine casing, two on each side. On the partial gallery deck are four more passenger auto lanes, two on each side, between the outboard engine casing and the side curtain plating. Vehicles are loaded and unloaded from each end of the gallery deck via the inclined ramp to the main deck. Passenger comfort and luxury are provided in the vessel's space arrangements. Primary passen- ger space is on the upper deck, and secondary space with protected "outside" seating is in the two solariums on the sun deck. The upper deck arrangement includes informal carpeted seating areas, a cafeteria, galley, office, first-aid room, nonsmoking areas, table and settee area for group seating, utility spaces, and public rest rooms with a baby-change room in the women's rest room area. Passenger "inside" seating is 1,532, and 468 "outside" seating for a total 2,000 seating ca- pacity for each ferry. Officers and crew state- rooms to accommodate 17 men are located behind each wheelhouse on the sun deck. With the addition of these ferries to the fleet, some of the aging vessels will be retired, resulting in lower overall operating costs. Central Design & Drafting Appoints Adrien Peuvion Adrien Peuvion, I.T.P.A., P. Eng., has been appointed a director and technical manager of Central Design & Drafting Ltd. (D.J. Doust & Associates), Montreal, Canada, naval ar- chitects, marine engineers and transportation consultants. Mr. Peuvion graduated as a mechanical en- gineer in Paris in 1936 and has some 35 years of experience in the diesel, electrical and hy- draulic system fields, in which he has made significant contributions. Mr. Peuvion is also a fisheries specialist in all aspects of shipboard and shore-based re- frigeration plant, and is the co-inventor of the Confreeze System of refrigeration which is currently planned for incorporation in some 11 ships to the design of Central Design & Draft- ing Ltd. Central Design & Drafting Ltd. is located at 270 St. James Street West, Montreal, P.Q., Canada. COASTWISE OR HARBOR . . . GILLEN MAKES SHORT WORK OF A LONG HAUL Typical of the excellent and modern equipment available to serve you, the James G., a loadline barge, measures up to the high standards Gmen has set for both its service and its entire fleet. Designed speci- fically for both harbor and coastwise service, this barge is one of several added to the fleet recently as part of a continuing program to expand services for you with the finest and most versatile equip- ment available. LIGHTERAGE AND TOWING 140 CEDAR STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10006 • 212-964-8787 34 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
