18-knot vessels, Talamanca, Chirique and Peten, built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co; and Antigua, Quinigua and Veragua, by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp, for United Fruit Co; Talamanca, described as typical, has length oa 446 ft 9 1/2 in.; breadth molded 60 ft; equipped with two General Electric turbo-generators, supplying 3-phase a-c current to two synchronous induction motors direct-coupled to twin-screw shafts.
American turbo-electric fruit-carriers
Shipbldr Mar Engine-Bldr
Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder ; 43 , n 312
1936
6 pages
2 Supp plates
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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