To address the vibration problems of most liners of the period, the new Inman liners were given a ratio of length to beam of 8.3 to 1 as compared to the then common ratio of 10 to 1. The hull was more extensively subdivided than previously attempted.
To combat the vibration issues common in ships from that period, the new Inman liners were built with a longer-to-beam ratio of 8.3:1 compared to the typical 10:1 ratio used at the time. The hull was also more extensively subdivided than previously attempted.