The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 20, 1935, Page 5

BUILDERS TURN OUT LATEST IN SMALL VESSELS Brown Bear, Trojan and Quaker Maid Represent Best in Shipbuilding Never before in the history of Southeast Alaska have individual enterprise and federal agencies made a more determined and suc- | cessful effort to meet the indus- | trial needs of the times than dur-| ing the last 12 month period, it is revealed by H. C. Hansen, well- known Seattle naval architect, whose boats dot the northland from | the shifting channels of ice-bound rivers to the deepest outside waters. When the newly completed Brown Bear, queen of the Alaska Game Commission’s new fleet, weighed anchor in Elliot Bay, Seattle, Au- gust 8, and pointed her prow to- ward Alaska, the last of 12 new boats went into service in behalf of Alaskan industry. She is the sixth new vessel in the service of tHe Bureau of Biological Survey, De- partment of Agriculture, assigned to the North. She and her sister craft | are assigned to the fur and gamel industry of Alaska, a $5,000,000 an-| nual business that extends along 25,000 miles of shore line and cov- ers 600,000 square miles of territory. Industry Keeps Pace The Alaska-Junea: Mining Com- pany, representing another major industry of the north, has the Die- sel motored tug Trojan in service, towing barges of tailings out into the deep waters for disposal, from the prolific ore laden mine on the coast. She is doing a strenuous 24- hour a day job of building the Alaskan mining industry and is typ- ical of all that is new and best in her class of service. Designed on Coast ‘They are the first of many more similar craft to come and, in my opinion, set a standard of achieve- | ment that will bring many new de- mands upon Pacific Coast ship- builders.” The six new boats that comprise the Alaskan Game Commission fleet, the 72-foot diesel utility tug of the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Com- pany as well as the five craft built for Nakat Packing Corporation, were constructed on the west coast from west coast lumber and mater- ials. N. J. Bianchard Company, of Se- attle, built the smaller of the boats in the Game Commission fleet, a shallow-draft river boat, “White| Fox,” designed for service in the turbulent Alaskan rivers. Well Equipped The H. A. Long Boat Works of Olympia, constructed the game Commission‘s trio of patrol boats, so designed that they can be drag- ged over delta shoals or used suc- cessfully in the shifting channels of the Kuskokwim, Yukon and other rivers. They are known as the Red Fox, Black Fox and Cross Fox, are equipped with 100 h.p. motors, are ‘Mnme Railway and Ship Building | | operation | come a standard design for inshore more than 30 feet long with a draft of 20 to 24 inches of water with speeds up to 19 miles an hour. The W. J. Schertzer Boat and| Machine Works of Seattle, bml[‘ the Grizzly Bear for the Game | Commission. She is a 58-foot lel‘O]i boat designed for constant heavy duty in deeper waters with accom- | modations and conveniences for a | crew of four. Finest of Vessels | The Brown Bear, mother craft of the fleet, was built by the Winslow Company of Eagle Harbor, Wash- ington. She is without doubt one of the finest vessels of her type ever to join Uncle Sam’s fleet of work | boats in recent years. Her nain | power plant is a pair of 200 hp. | reversible Diesel engines, built by| the Washington Iron Works of Se-| attle. She is a flush-deck type ves- sel with long, raking forefoot to make her suitable for work in the Arctic ice when necessary. She was! built with PWA funds and comes| under the classification of much needed government equipment. The larger bgats of the Nakat Corporation were built by the Olsen and Sunde Marine Works, Quaker, Maid, largest of the fleet, is a com-] bination vessel suitable for year-| round fishing service, adaptable to‘ purse seine fishing or fishing for! tuna, halbut or sardines. She sig-| nalizes a departure from antiquat- | ed methods of purse seine fishing in' Alaskan waters, especially with re-! gard to machinery and equipment.' The Nakat Corporation feels that the time is ripe for a ¢hange in sein- | ing methods that will increase and stabilize the fishing industry, bet-, jter serve the Alaskan fisherman | and conform to new roqulrement»s‘ in the industry—requirements dlc-‘ bt AL\VI\\ JUNEAU l AU 1\(“] tated by stricter federal control, and| & the need for more efficient and eco- | nomical opeation. er boats of the Nakat Corp. fleet are divided' into two groups, one covering two boats with 55-ft. over- | all length, designed for the outer waters and one covering two 45—1 ft. craft built for inshore fish- ing. Olsen and Sunde Marine Works“ built the former while S. E. Sags- tad built the latter for duty at Waterfall, Union Bay and Hidden Inlet. It is believed, as native fish- | ermen become accustomed to their and use, they will be- fishing in Alaskan waters. { Proud of Craft ! The Alexander Gow company fur-| & nished Modern Fire Extinguish- | ers for most of the boats, especial- ly the Brown Bear and the Trojan, which use the CO-2 Lux system. The McCormick Lumber Com- pany Mills of the Olympic Penin- sula furnished all lumber for the‘ boats mentioned herein. They are| saild to control the best lumber The four smnll-‘ | \lr\): TUG DIESEL-MOTORED TU (. TROJAN NAKAT FLEET'S ) ivses available on the west coast for ship| | building and operate mills. | The photo-electric pilot, latest‘ salt water ' § boat steering device, was installed | on principal boats by .the Photo-! Electric Pilot Corporation of Ta- coma. Its economies save the cost! NEW FLAG \H[P QUAKER MAID, ‘\ \I\ AT CORPORATION of installation, after only a few Seattle. trips. Rowe Machine Company made and linstalled most of the deck equip- ment and machinery used onthe boats. All rudders and castings on the boats, throughout, were furnished by the Elliot Bronze Compnny of Northern Radio Corporation equipped all boats with radio tele- phones. The Brown Bear, Grizzly Bear and | Trojan are equipped with Edison storage batteries while all other craft are equipped with Exide bat- teries, according to Hansen. H. C. HANSON Naval Architect 27 Years Experience DESIGNER FOR ALASKA GAME COMMIS- SION, NAKAT PACKING CO. AND ALASKA JUNEAU GOLD MINING CO. FLEETS M. gineer Roads, " an the ‘s goes to . done on’_ 111 Canadian National Deock Seattle [ 1935 FISHING Requires 1935 METHODS AUTOMATIC STEERIN G PHOTO ELE(JRI( PIIOT 1935 E(‘()NOM\ With four years of successful bacl und SAVES TIME, FUEL, MONEY 40 INSTALLATIONS on the Pacific Coast are showing oper- ators of tuna boat, purse seine cannery tenders, freight boats and yachts a brand new way to save real money and at a price they can afford to pay. A LETTER tor us will put yo in touch with the closest in stallations. 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Remember that the only ICKEL-IRON-ALKALINE Bat- v ' made in this country is the Seattle 509 Polson Bldg. ® EDISON Storage Battery n of Thomas A. Edison, ) Inc. W. Orange, New Jersey | - i r makes them l | : | 5 ) THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG WAY to Put Out a Fire in Your Boat With CO2 Carbon dioxide gas is ac- ledged as the most effect- ive' agent for extinguishing oil gasoline fires on boats. smothers any fire, no mat- ter how severe, in a few seconds. s no harmful after 01’-E fects, it leaves no mess, it pene- trafes in every direction. And yet, unlgss carbon dioxide is applied properly, it will not be effective and may endan- ger the boat and its crew. The old fashioned way of ap- plying CO2 is through ordinary nozzles, The gas, discharged under high pressure and veloc- ity, stirs up a violent disturb- ance in a small engine space. Before it puts the fire out, it may throw a and flame hatchway. With the modern system, us- ing' LUX Shielded Nozzles the velocity of the gas is reduced. 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