Motorship Travels 30,000 miles on $70 Repair Funds The performance of the motorship William Penn, the only Diesel-driven ocean-going steamer owned by the Shipping Board, in concluding a globe-girdling voyage of 30,000 miles with a total outlay of $70 for repairs has been hailed by Admiral W. S. Benson, commissioner in charge of construction, as the "most illuminating and conclusive argument that the shipping world has yet had of the advantages to be obtained from the adoption of the explosive engine as a motor power in ow merchant ships.
"The yesso] steamed around the world and returned to New York in perfect readiness for another voyage, not a cent being necessary for voyage repairs," Admiral Benson said.
"The expenditure of fuel was only 13} tons of fuel oil per day when steaming at a regular speed of i1 knots.
"The personnel was a little more than two-thirds of what she would have carried had she been under steam, Ordinarily she would not have shipped such a large personnel, but it being her maiden voyage a greater number than we3 needed was carried in order to avoid possibility of. a crew shortage as
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