Smith, who may well be called an Old China Hand, having sailed be-m this part of the world and United States for more than twenty years, Cape Alava, new freighter of the American Mail Line, made port yesterday morning on her maiden Voyage from Seattle, Tacoma and Vancouver. She berthed alongside the Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf.
Having been only recently completed, the freighter is the last word in modernism, being entirely made of steel, air conditioned and possessing all conveniences to make it not only a first class freighter, but a very comfortable ship for passengers. The number of these latter is, however, limited to eight.
The Cape Alava was built by the Seattle and Tacoma Shipbuilding Ca: in Tacoma, Washington, and is the frst boat to have been constructed there, since the dockyards were completed just before the building of the freighter began. She has a net tonnage of 6,751 tons and can carry 8950 tons of cargo. Her length is 418 feet, beam 60 feet and depth 37 feet and ten inches.
Turned over to the company on April 3, the freighter came here sixteen days after she had left United States, Her service speed is fourteen knots, but it is believed that she surpass this in necessity. She is run by two Diesel engines. The crew is 43 strong and is all American.
The Cape Alava will remain here for about two days, during which she will unload her lumber cargo, and will proceed to Hongkong; the Philippines, Japan and back to the, United States.
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