Show MID FORD NEWS STORY detroit xich mich april 26 here hera in fit the heart of tho the ford industries another step was taken today to link these great manufacturing plants more closely and secured ly with the of raw materials when the ford notor motor companas Comp anys second steel freighter the genson benson ford was laun clawd at tho the shipyards of the great lates lakes works the ship which Is named after henry fords grandson benson second son of edsel D ford was 0 launched at 1130 am the new vessel will go into service about july joining the herry ford 11 which was launched about two months ago and will carry iron ore from the ford mines in northern michigan to the great blast furnaces at the river rouge plant 0 of I 1 the here on trips from detroit the board boars will carry ford coal to the upper peninsula ol of michigan the benson ford which will be one of the largest lake freighters Is of standard type lake bulls bulk freight steamer design feet over all with a 62 toot foot beam and rl a cargo carry ing capacity of tons it will carry a crew of approximately forty mem like the henry ford 11 it is a motor ship operated by a diesel en gintof the sun doxford two cycle type which will wil develop horse power tanks with a capacity of tons will wili carry fuel oil tor for the operation ot of the main engines and the auxiliary diesel motors which will drive tho the electric generators to provide electric current tor for the operation of the many pumps and auxiliaries the fresh water supply tor for the ho cabins is carried in two tanks with a total capacity ot of gallons this water supply before going to the rooms is all filtered and purified the usual practice on vessels Is to supply distilled water tor for drinking purposes only and furnish raw water tor for oil other purposes in this case however all water will be purified so that there will be no water on the ship which Is not perfectly safe to drink all living rooms will be heated by electricity electric ty and all cooking done on electric ranges in tact fact the electrical will be complete in every detail all auxiliary machinery such as pumps anchor windlass mooring winches winches tor for opening and closing the hatches will be electrically driven main whistles mounted on the stack will be electrically operated and in this connection con necton there will be installed on the foremast of the vessel an illuminated letter IF F which will flash in unison with the operation of the main whistles the name ford written in script mounted on each side ot of tile the stack will heart beart ill cally humiliated Rumina ted the navigating equipment will be the most complete ot of auy any chip on the groat great lake in addition to tho the usual outfit of magnetic compasses deep sea sounding machine and patent log the ship will rt k k r 1 ILI ici on U main gyro compass with five repeat ers a continuous recording log a continuous recording log a continuous c e a submarine signal devic edevice radio direction fluder finder and draft indicator |