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Show Freighter Unloads Quickly. About midsummer the Italian cargo boat Mllaz!0. undoubtedly the largest freighter on tho boas, completed Its maiden voyage from Naples to New Yoik. The vessel Is of special Interest Inter-est because of Its leinarkable unloading unload-ing facilities, which eniiblo ItH 1 1,000-ton 1,000-ton cargo to bo discharged within for-ty-elght hours. It Is particularly do-signed do-signed for tho transportation of grain uwl coal, but becatisu of current conditions condi-tions is now carr)lng a general cargo. The ship Is 512 feet In length, 03.0 feet across tlio beam mid when loaded displaces dis-places 20,010 tons. Its slnglo bcrevv Is turned by a -1,000-liorfco power quadruple quadru-ple expansion engine. Tho ship's unloading un-loading equipment is its most wonderful wonder-ful feature according to Popular Mechanics Me-chanics " |