Stein (FF 1065) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE DITCH THE PA AMA CANAL Stein steamed through the famed Panama Canal in early June, nearing the end ot her World Cruise, and marking her return to the friendly Pacific. N I ix Completed by the United btates in 191.0 un- der a treaty signed with Panama, the building of the Canal involved overcoming enormous o-be stacles-engineering, sanitation, and adnnnqis- trative. Some of the engineering probleinsnin- cluded digging through the Continental Divide. constructing the largest earthen damuever built up to that time, designing and building the most massive canal locks ever envisioned, con- structing the largest gates ever swung, and solv- ing environmental problems of enormous pro- portions. Among the great peaceful endeavors of man- kind that have contributed significantly to pro- gress in the world, the construction ofthe Pana- ma Canal stands as an awe-inspiring achieve- ment. The enterprise was made possible by American ingenuity and ideas, without which, as President Theodore Roosevelt once said, the Canal would not have been built. The Canal itself is 53 miles long and was cut through one of the narrowest places and at one of the lowest saddles of the long isthmus which joins the North and South American contin- ents. The Canal runs from northwest to south- east and the Atlantic entrance is actually west of the Pacific one. It required Stein about eight hours to transit the Canal. Our trek required passing through three sets of twin locks Ca total of six locks, each of which is 110 feet wide and 1000 feet longj, two manmade lakes and Gaillard Cut Ceight miles through solid rockl. During this brief tlme, Stein crewmembers had an opportunit tr y i see once of the modern wonders of the world in O . . . pera lon. The lush tropical Jungle surrounding the Panama Canal was a sharp contrast to the desert .surrounding the Suez Canal. Another Stein first! 6:3 0 s M nf luv