. Book of the Royal blue . om the dock. Shackeled to thiswill be a double part of a water-laid hemp hawser 100 fathoms long, itsparts being seized together at this a six-inch wire hawser, 260 fath-oms long, will be shackeled, the inboardend of which will be fastened to a towingmachine on board a collier. The missionof the towing machine is to be give andtake the strain brought upon the tow linesin a sea way. A similar chain bridle willextend over the brow of the collier, and thesame arrangement of tow lines will be fol-lowed to the leading collier, which is alsofitted wit
. Book of the Royal blue . om the dock. Shackeled to thiswill be a double part of a water-laid hemp hawser 100 fathoms long, itsparts being seized together at this a six-inch wire hawser, 260 fath-oms long, will be shackeled, the inboardend of which will be fastened to a towingmachine on board a collier. The missionof the towing machine is to be give andtake the strain brought upon the tow linesin a sea way. A similar chain bridle willextend over the brow of the collier, and thesame arrangement of tow lines will be fol-lowed to the leading collier, which is alsofitted with a towing machine The crews on board the colliers and con-sort of the expedition will lie the same aswhen in regular service. The crew of thebig dock itself will consist of about .>.) of these are regular sailors,whose sole duties will be to watch out forthe tow lines. The rest of the crew will bemade up of engineers, electricians and othermechanical experts. In order to get the THE GREAT DEWEY DRY THI-: HATXLKSHIP lOU A• IN THK liKV DOCK AiNI) I NOKKliOlNlT KKlAniS. very best men possible extra inducementswere made to ship aboard the dock, and theresult is a magnificent body of men. Eightof the experienced meclianicsand engineersare to remain attached to the dock, wiiicliis to be their home for four years, the con-tracts being for that length of time. The dock was floated on the morning ofJune 10 and it was immediately taken intow to Solomons Island, the scene of theGovernment tests. The contract calledfor a lifting power of Hi,000 tons, whilethe tests showed a power of ^0,000 tons—4,000 tons for good measure. The tests began on June .!,), when thecruiser Colorado was placed in the dock andremained for twenty-four hours. Sherested as light as a feather, and the testwas proclaimed a success in every partic-ular. The next day the battleship Iowawas i)laced in the dock, and while thereunderwent improvements to her the big dock proved its se
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