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...Dead-weight tonnage is the carrying capacity of a vessel in long tons (2,240 lb.). Gross tonnage is the entire internal cubic capacity of a vessel, with each 100 cubic feet calculated to represent one ton. While it is difficult to compare the two measurements, gross tonnage is usually computed as roughly one-third less than deadweight tonnage, e.g., Liberty ships have a dead weight of 10,800 tons, gross weight of 7,100 tons...
...Philadelphia more than 200,000 gallons of high-grade petroleum products within the last week." Standard Oil spokesmen said that permission for the shipment had come from the State Department. The State Department said that the permission was based on thorough consideration, added that the shipment (in a Spanish vessel) consisted of lubricating...
...Higbee noted proudly that a general court-martial had never been necessary for any of his coastguardmen. One reason: Higbee in a seaman's uniform tried once to board a vessel, was ordered off by the guard. Pulling his dinghy to the other side, he tried again. This time he was knocked over the side. Next day Higbee commended his alert guard. Said he: "You don't get around only to catch up with the bums...
...August 1941, Prime Minister Churchill visited his namesake vessel, a former U.S. four-stack destroyer, and promised to come aboard again if the Churchill ever sank a U-boat. The destroyer's crew did not forget. One night last June, as the Churchill patrolled off Venezuela, a dark shape loomed ahead. The battle signal sounded. Men sprang to action stations. The Churchill swerved, tried to ram the foe. Luckily, she missed. What looked like a hulking U-boat turned out to be tiny Lasola Island, ten feet high, 200 feet long...
Faster Means Fewer. Britain's War Transport Minister Lord Leathers explained last week why the idea of concentrating exclusively on fast ships had been discarded: "Faster ships mean fewer ships. To build a 15-knot vessel takes half as long again as an 11-knot vessel of the same carrying capacity, and the faster ship requires 50% more labor and material." To increase speed by one-third, power must be trebled...