Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1940, Page 15

C. C. C. School Ship Docks For Maritime Day Here | training course. SEAMAN GREETS SCIENTIST—Lt. Comdr. Charles Etzweller (left), commanding officer of the American Seaman, chats with Dr. C. S. Piggot, Carnegie Institution scientist, who will leave with the training ship Friday to ocean bottom for laboratory experiments. attempt to raise samples of the The American Sea- man is in Washington for national maritime day tomorrow. A trim, spotless reformed freighter lay at anchor in the Navy Yard to- day awaiting her part in ceremonies tomorrow marking National Mari- time Day. She is the 10500-ton American Seaman, the Nation’s first training ship for unlicensed seamen and an efficient example of Uncle Sam’s ex- pansion of the merchant marine program, Manned by 320 apprentice seamen, all selected from the Civilian Con- servation Corps throughout the United States, the American Seaman will remain at the Navy Yard until Friday, when she will depart for St. Petersburg, Fla., preparatory to a cruise to the Azores anc the Madeira Islands. On its departure the ship will be equipped for an additional task, for aboard will be Dr. C. S. Piggot, Carnegia Institution scientist, who plans to experiment with deep sea test borings from the deck of the American Seaman. Ocean Floor to Be Examined. Dr. Piggot's equipment, including more than 32,000 feet of cable, was being loaded aboard the ship today. He hopes to bring back specimens of the ocean floor, showing strata for- mations and rate of deposit. Part of the experiment will consist ©f shooting metal tubes in the bottom of the acean at, varying depths, with the view of examining their contents at the geophysical laboratorfes in Washington. The tubes and the special gun used to fire them into the sea bottom will be lowered from the decks of the American Seaman by cables. The scientist hopes the experi- ment will prove of vast significance in determining the composition of the ocean floor at little explored depths. The record depth reached by sounding equipment in the Atlantic s 5,200 fathoms, but Dr. Piggot does not plan any definilte attempt to break this record. He is principally Interested in procuring for laboratory tests specimens of ocean floor com- position. 150 Aboard “Grass Green.” ‘The present training program of the American Seaman has been in progress for six months. However, 150 members of the crew were taken on little more than a week ago in New York. They were described by officers as “grass green,” but the former C. C. C.ers who have gone through the first half of the course are given an “A-1” rating by the commanding officer, Lt. Comdr. Charles Etzweiler of the United Btates Coast Guard. Comdr. Etzweiler said that about — Lots of fun at Jow cost on 2 week-in- the-west vaca tmn Cattle Ranches, MorrisonCave, Ghontrom in the Montana Rockies. .. AND Yellowstone Park c-.nm Gallatia G-muyln for ® vacation that's different. —Star Staff Photo. 20 per cent of those who started the course had dropped out, prin- cipally because of their decision that “the sea is not for me,” but progress of those who have remained was described as “remarkable.” ‘The apprentices are free to quit the training course whenever they desire, Comdr. Etzweiler said, em- phasizing the project is “strictly non-military,” “They are enrolled, not enlisted,” he said. “When they finish the couyf® they are prepared for mer- chagt ship duty as seamen, cooks i THE 'EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, or firemen. What's more, they are completing in a year training which formerly meant years and years of apprentice dnty on regular commer- cial vessels.” Wage Is $21 a Month. ‘The young seamen are paid $31 & month for their first three months aboard the "American Seaman, in addition to $100 worth of clothing given them at the outset of the After the three- month period, 10 per gent at the top of the class are given rating ‘as- second-class seamen with the pay of $36 per month. All the apprentices receive $36 after nine months of duty. The officer personnel consist of four commissioned officers and four warrant officers of the Coast Guard, six U Maritime Service offi- cers, a doctor and & dentist. Fostering the American Seaman are the Coast Guard and the Mari- time Commission. Officials of both these agencies, together with special official guests will be the only visi- tors to inspect the ship during the Maritime Day ex tomorrow due to the recent regula- Monthly Payment Painting Plan o tuke core ol 1L Hogest "E ::‘:."'.:"...u "u‘i you may up ‘to 18 moaths te DAY tions prohibiting the general publie from visiting the Navy Yard, The American Seaman was to be joined at the Navy Yard dock at 5 o'clock this afternoon by the Nantucket, Massachusetts State training ship, which also will be on hand for ceremonies tomorrow. Among those scheduled to speak on a specidl program to tdke place on the deck of the American Sea- man at 1:30 pm. are Commissioner Max O'Rell Truitt of the Maritime Commission; Senator Bailey, chair man of the Senate Commerce Com- mittee; Representative Bland, chair- man of the House Merchant Marine and Pisherles Committee, and Comdr. W, N. Derby of the Coast 'D. 0, TUESDAY, Fred Snite and Wife Are Expecting Stork B the Assotiated Press. CHICAGO, May 21.—Pred- Snlh, §r., famed infantile paralysis victim ‘who has lived in respirators for four years, and his wife expect a ehfld next September. ‘The “Boiler Kid” nude Lhe an- nouncement himselt in graphed paper received by men.l hundred friends yesterday. The last item on the fourth and last page of the latest edition of his publica- tion, Back Talk, set forth stmply: “The long-legged bird is expected by Tessie and Frederick in Septem- Guard, chief of the United States| ber. Maritime Service. The Navy Band will play, and part of the program will be broadcast over a coast-to- coast network of the National Broadcasting Co. Lifeboat races among members of the American Seaman’s crew will take place at 3 o'clock. Sporting goods made in America ercises | are becoming popular in Switser- land. 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