Displacement 34,000 tons; speed, 21 3/4 statute m.p.h.; twin-screw design, each propeller being driven directly by 8500-hp. motor; each turbine has maximum capacity of 8500 s.hp., at 2880 r.p.m., direct connected to a.c. generator rated 5250 kw., 3700 volts, 3-phase; propulsion motors are of synchronous induction type; rudder controlled by hydroelectric steering gear; 8 Babcock and Wilcox water-tube boilers, with pressure of 300-lb. gage and superheat of 200 deg. fahr. (See also Mar. News vol. 15, no. 4, Sept. 1928 pp. 36-37 and 43, 4 figs; Mar. Eng. and Shipg. Age, vol. 33, no. 9, Sept. 1928, pp. 477-478, 2 figs.)


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    Titel :

    Turbine-electric liner Virginia launched at Newport news


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Naut. Gaz


    Erschienen in:

    Nautical Gazette ; 115 , n 7


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1928


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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