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Posted 22 July 2015 - 03:16 AM

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File Name: PS WASHINGTON IRVING
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File Submitted: 22 Jul 2015
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PS Washington Irving
1912

Day Excursion Steamship
Hudson River Day Line Steamship Company

Model and Texture - Chris Gerlach (CrisGer)
Shape Edit and Shipfitting - Jeff Farquhar

Model by Chris Gerlach (CrisGer), textures created from historic photographs, part of a modelled fleet of Hudson River Day Line Steamers intended for the Tri State MSTS /OR route currently under construction. This model is medium distance for placement and LOD, and is high poly due to the detail needed to convey the beauty of these ships. The ship has been adjusted by the kind efforts of Jeff Farquhar (Master Chief) who managed to wrestle the poly count down so that the ship will load in both MSTS and Open Rails.

You are welcome to repaint or alter the model the TSM file is included. I only ask that no commercial use be made of this model and if you do do a rework of her, please send me an advance copy and details so that I can review them for suitiablity and quality.

No warrenty or liability is offered or given, you use at your own risk. I suggest placing the model with the waterline clearly at or under the water, she rode deep in the water. I hope to create wakes and smoke ALPHAS for use with this ship and a drivable version will be offered as well using historic sound files.

I could not have done this and other projects without the generous help and sharing from many masters of the craft including Tim Muir, Barry Munro, John Fleming, Wayne Campbell, and many others. For their help and for the community of MSTS/OR and beyond, I am very grateful to be able to share this work. And in this case, without Jeff's amazing work adjusting the shape file this ship could never have been launched. Thanks to him and to all hands who helped.

Chris Gerlach (CrisGer)
Elvas Tower
July 2015

This model honours the ship designers, shipwrights, mariners, officers and crews of American Steamships that plyed the American Rivers, Lakes and coasts for over a century and were an essential part of the creation of our great nation and her history.

Ship Details:

Namesake: Washington Irving
Owner: Hudson River Day Line
Route: Hudson River between New York City and Albany NY
Builder: New York Shipbuilding Company
Cost: $1,000,000
Yard number: 126
Laid down: 23 May 1912
Launched: 7 December 1912
Completed: 1912
Maiden voyage: 17 May 1913
Out of service: 1 June 1926
Struck: 1 June 1926
Fate: Collided with oil barge and sunk
Notes: World record at the time for licensed passenger-carrying capacity. Had adequate deck space for 1,400 more than its 6,000 capacity license.

General characteristics

Tonnage: 4,000
Length: 416 feet 6 inches LOA
Beam: 86 feet 6 inches BOA
44 feet molded
Draft: 8 feet 6 inches
Depth: 14 feet 2 inches
Decks: Four
Power: Steam via oil burners
Propulsion: River side-wheel steamer[1]
Speed: 23.5 miles per hour
Capacity: 6,000 passengers

The PS Washington Irving was a 4,000-short-ton (3,600 t) sidewheel day boat and the flagship of the Hudson River Day Line that operated on the Hudson River from 1913 to 1926.

The Washington Irving collided with an oil barge in the fog on 1 June 1926 on the North River. With the aid of tugboats, it reached shore at Pier 12, Jersey City, where it sank soon thereafter. Out of 200 passengers and 105 crew, three died as a result of the accident.[1]

Its removal was complicated due to its sinking upon the site of the Holland Tunnel, which was under construction. It remained submerged there until 13 February 1927, when it was raised and determined to be a total loss. A bond was issued for its replacement.

Contents

1 Characteristics
2 Service life
3 Sinking
4 Aftermath
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Characteristics

The quadruple-decker Washington Irving, named after the author Washington Irving, was built in 1912 by the New York Shipbuilding Company for contract number 126 with machinery built by W. & A. Fletcher Company of Hoboken, New Jersey. The ship was launched 7 December 1912 and delivered 3 May 1913 for use in the New York City-Albany service.

Naval architect Frank E. Kirby, designer of large Great Lakes passenger steamers, collaborated with the New York City firm J. W. Millard & Brothers, designers of ferry boats, to design the ship.Kirby's Seeandbee, launched 9 November 1912 at the Detroit Shipbuilding Company, was the largest side wheel ship in the world at the time. Preliminary design tests on hull form were conducted by at the University of Michigan determining the best form for minimum wave making resistance in shallow water at high speeds. With a carrying capacity of 6,000 passengers, it had the largest passenger-carrying capacity of any riverboat built at the time of its construction.

The steel hulled steamer measured 416 feet 6 inches (126.9 m) length overall, 86 feet 6 inches beam over all, 44 feet molded beam, 14 feet 2 inches depth and 8 feet 6 inches draft. The ship's tonnage was 4,000-short-ton (3,600 t). Seven transverse bulkheads divided the hull with extensive strengthening for rigidity of the five decks to prevent hogging and sagging without use of visible hogging girders prevalent on older vessels of the type. Steel and asbestos were used in hull and superstructure, particularly in high exposure areas such as fire room and galley, whenever practical for fire protection.

Propulsion was by steel, feathering paddles 24 feet 6 inches in diameter 6,000 horsepower (4,500 kW) driven by a three-cylinder compound inclined engine with cylinders measuring 45 inches (110 cm), 70 inches (180 cm) and 70 inches (180 cm) with an 84 inches (210 cm) stroke.[5] Four single ended and two double ended Scotch boilers provided steam. The single ended boilers measured 12 feet 4 inches diameter by 11 feet 11 inches length and the double ended boilers were 12 feet 4 inches diameter by 22 feet in length with coal consumption of five tons per hour. operating speed was 23.5 miles per hour (37.8 km/h) or, in marine terms, 20.4 knots. Two 35 kilowatt Kerr turbo generators provided electrical power.

The ship had three smoke stacks amidships for its boilers, but the forward stack was non-functioning; only added for aesthetic purposes.[The ship began service with the Hudson River Day Line as their flagship steamer from 1913 to 1926.

Washington Irving was intended solely for passenger day service and neither sleeping nor cargo spaces were incorporated in design. Nineteen private "balcony parlors" were available with the rest of the spaces being large public spaces with decor based on the Irving period. A large writing room's design was based on the Alhambra. Forward, below the main deck, was a large lunch room patterened on the Old Cock Tavern of London and a ladies lounge was patterned on Irving's study at "Sunnyside". The main dining room, on the after main deck, was purely in Colonial style. The main saloon on the main deck blended Moorish and Knickerbocker designs and was among the largest rooms afloat. The vessel had about 2 acres of outside deck space and rooms were fitted with large plate glass for views of the river. Though licensed for 6,000 passengers, breaking a record for such ships previously held by consort Hendrik Hudson, the deck space would have made it possible to carry 1,400 more than its 6,000 capacity license allowed.
Service life

The Washington Irving operated daily leisure passenger service up and down the Hudson River. Its maiden voyage was on Saturday, 17 May 1913 from the Desbrosses Street Pier in New York City with a destination of Albany. On that voyage, fifty oil paintings by artists illustrating the Irving period were on view.Tickets for the maiden voyage sold for $1.00.

Washington Irving replaced the Robert Fulton on the New York to Albany run.[ The ship remained in service up until its sinking in 1926 and was the only ship in service ever to be lost by the Day Line. The first pilot of the Washington Irving from 1913 through 1923 was Captain Van Woert.

Loss

She sand in a fog after a collision with a oil barge due to strong current. Only three persons were lost, the wreck was raised and deemed unrepairable. She was replaced by the Peter Styvestant.

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