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\F rederickV ictory IsGiven T e?tShakedown Cruise Successfully Run In ChesapeakeiTed*L-yyt-Aboard the S. S. Frederick Vic*iorv, Chesapeake Bay, Md., Oct.4 c-Fj—'They “hoisted the broomM I from the foremast of the Frederick | Victory late today, indicating that | this speedy new type cargo vessel i had made a 1 clean sweep * in her | 11-hour trial run down Chesapeake \ Bay and return.The trim, grey vessel, first of her type to be launched on the Atlantic Seaboard, passed her tests with flying colors, and will be turnedover to the U. S. Maritime Commission to be placed in service be-* f«wri 9 • -wws * • i ■ ?hauling war supplies to the forcesoverseas.Launched -at the Bethlehem-Fair-field Shipyard in Baltimore on September 9. the Frecerick Victory, which was named for the Maryland City of Frederick, is the Maritime Commission’s answer to more ap«ed in cargo hauling, and was designed to give this country a substantial challenger to the world'spost-war trade lanes.Under the critical eyes of the trial board, the 7.812 gross ton cargo ship first was sent at full speed for two hours, during which it was steered through a measured mile course both north and southbound.Its normal speed is 16 knots. This compares with’ an 11-knot speed for the slower, less sturdilyconstructed Liberty Ship.The 455-foot oil-burning vessel is powered by a steam turbine en-gxne, which gujiei u,uuu Horsepower, compared with 2.500 horsepower for the 441 foot Liberty Ship and has three decks, one more than the Liberty model.Is Strongly BuiltEvidence that it is built forpermanency are the comfortablyfinished quarters for a merchantand Navy crew of 80, officers* andcrew’s mess in the modernisticstyle of your favorite lunch room.Every minute, trained test men moved around the ship under direction of Arthur Aldrich. Bethle-hem-Fairfield chief engineer. K j There arc scores of temperature readings, pressure recordings, life boat and life raft inspections, and the tabulations are submitted to the Maritime Commission trialboard to assist them in making ay I decision on whether the ship is e ] to be accepted.Aided by a tug, the Frederick Victory soon after dawn left fromher outfitting pier at the shipyard where busy workers on the night shift swarmed over the lighted ways building additional sisterships.A courier boat came alongside at noon off Annapolis during a^ f*-. « r 4— t-. n n a I ■ J -r r* - 1 ■ r -I? m r--, ^ ^ ^ #1■ ■ % v ■ ibis — ■ S- m* Li ^ Tunder normal power operation* Crash Stop Test Later in the afternoon. a spectacular crash stop test was scheduled, during which the tur-I bine engine of the vessel proceeding l£ | at top speed is stopped and re-r* versed as quickly as possible. For3-?S;o5“jf15yi-na•»5-rl,yr-Tlmthe next 30 minutes the ship will proceed astern.Capt. T. E, Ness, a native of Norway, was the pilot, and hosts aboard included A, B. Homer, Bethle-hem-Fairfield president; J. M. Willis. vice-president and general man-ager of the yard,** and John C.Long, manager of publications. Bethlehem Steel Company.o
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Frederick, Maryland, US
Thu, Oct 05, 1944
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