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SS ''Milazzo'' was an Italian bulk carrier built in 1916 and sunk during World War I. When she entered service, ''Milazzo'' was reported as the largest collier and also the largest cargo ship in the world.〔 She was designed with a unique railcar and elevator system that helped to automate the discharge of cargo. was her sister ship. ''Milazzo'', built for and operated by Navigazione Generale Italiana, sailed to New York on her maiden voyage in June 1916. In October, on her second eastbound voyage, the ship put in at the Azores with three of her cargo holds ablaze; her New York agent attributed the fires to sabotage. On 29 August 1917, ''Milazzo'' was sunk by the Austro-Hungarian Navy submarine under the command of Georg Ritter von Trapp, later more notable as the patriarch of the family featured in ''The Sound of Music''. == Design and construction == ''Milazzo'' was designed by Emilio Menada, a noted inventor of transporting machinery. In a 1916 feature on the ship, ''Popular Science Monthly'' reported that there was "nothing romantic" about the "brutally practical" design of the ship, which the magazine called an "engine-driven hull and a mass of elevators and chutes".〔 The ship was long (between perpendiculars), was abeam,〔 and had a draft of when loaded.〔 ''Milazzo'' had a and displaced . As designed, ''Milazzo'' could carry up to of bulk coal or other cargo. Additional longitudinal compartments provided the ability to carry up to of bulk oil.〔 ''Milazzo'' featured eight watertight bulkheads that divided her into nine separate compartments: eight deep cargo holds and one compartment amidships for the ship's single quadruple-expansion steam engine.〔〔〔 In addition, saltwater ballast tanks were located In the bow and the stern of ''Milazzo''. The ship's engine generated and moved the ship at an average speed of .〔 The cargo handling on ''Milazzo'' was intended to be automated and featured a railcar and elevator system. Two longitudinal compartments between the bottom of the cargo holds and the hull each contained twin rail lines spanning the length of the cargo carrying spaces. Extending from the bottom of the hull to above the ship's funnel were twenty elevator and crane combinations. To unload the ship, the onboard railcars were positioned under doors in each cargo hold which, filled the cars with the coal. The rail cars were then positioned in the elevators, raised to the top, and had their loads dumped into chutes that then discharged the coal from the ship. The ship could discharge all 14,000 long tons of her cargo in 48 hours.〔 ''Milazzo'' was built by the Fiat-San Giorgio shipyard in Muggiano and completed in June 1916.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Milazzo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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