History of the USSLeviathan, cruiser and transport forces, United States Atlantic fleet . se sketches have been forwarded to the Bureau of SteamEngineering. We found three logs made by the Germans on the Vater-land. These logs, I believe were forwarded to Washington,but to the best of my memory the speeds on these three tripsaveraged for the entire voyage , 21 and something over 20knots, with an average coal consumption per day of about1,100 tons, running up to about 1,157 for one voyage. Thepresent consumption of this vessel at 20 knots is 816 tons perday east bound, and 720 west bound. W
History of the USSLeviathan, cruiser and transport forces, United States Atlantic fleet . se sketches have been forwarded to the Bureau of SteamEngineering. We found three logs made by the Germans on the Vater-land. These logs, I believe were forwarded to Washington,but to the best of my memory the speeds on these three tripsaveraged for the entire voyage , 21 and something over 20knots, with an average coal consumption per day of about1,100 tons, running up to about 1,157 for one voyage. Thepresent consumption of this vessel at 20 knots is 816 tons perday east bound, and 720 west bound. West bound we useWelsh coal. We have never steamed at 22 knots for any periodlong enough to obtain a point. Going to Liverpool on a trip during an emergency shemaintained a speed of 181 revolutions per minute for a shortperiod of time until a slow bell was received. Since the war service of the vessel started until November11, 1918, the Leviathan has never had an engineering casualtyof any description, nor has the ship been delayed due to anycause in the engineering department. [ 152 ]. By Dr. Dunlap The Medical Department is represented by the SeniorMedical Officer, Commander F. A. Asserson, M. C. U. S. N.,four Junior Medical Officers with the rank of Lieutenant each,one Chief Pharmacist, one Pharmacist, two Chief PharmacistsMates, and about one hundred and thirty Hospital are also eight nurses, in charge of Miss Mary M. Robin-son, Chief Nurse, U. S. N. The units composing the Depart-ment are as follows: Office of the Senior Medical Officer;office of the Medical Officer of the Day; Major and MinorOperating Rooms; Laboratory; Sick Officers Quarters often beds; Medical and Surgical Wards with one hundredand thirty-two beds; Isolation Ward with forty beds; total, onehundred and eiglity-two beds; Diet Kitchen; two Sick CallStations; Dispensary; Mental Ward; Guinea pig houses. The history of this department dates from July, 1917,when the first medical officers, Drs. F
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