Show magnificent VESSEL BUILT IN AMERICAN SHIPYARDS ole 0 ica NOW typo i the largest vessel ever built in an american shipyard was launched april 16 at the plant of its builders the united states shipbuilding corn com pany at new london conn the new boat which has been christened the minnesota is exceeded in size by but two other vessels in the world the celtic and cedric of the white star line which were built abroad the minnesota is to be one of the great fleet of intermediate freight and passenger ships with which the great northern steamship company aims to gain control of pacific ocean traffic it Is feet long 73 feet 6 inches wide 88 feet high to the cap tain s bridge and feet high to the top of the masts she will be rigged as a tour four masted schooner and ih all will have nine decks five of which will be continuous her total cargo capacity will ba be 30 tons and her hatches are sc s large that an entire locomotive or OT freight car cardan an be lowered into hold intact the bunker capacity is 6 tons and the driving power will come two vertical inverted direct acting triple expansion surface marine engines having an indicated horsepower horse power of 10 which means a speed of about fourteen knots hour fire in the hold can be extinguish ed by steam valves for controlling which are always accessible on upper deck officials of the building company believe the launching of the minne sota means much for american ship builders who have heretofore never built any but war vessels of the larg est type foreign orders for merchant ships are now expected |