Vessel of 18,500 tons built at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co, Chester, Pa; length oa 543 ft; beam 70 ft; depth 40 ft; main propulsion turbo-generator is 3-phase, 60-cycle machine, operating at 2300 v and supplying power through synchronous propelling motor, developing 5000 hp at speed of 90 rpm. (See also Log v 30 n 6 Mar 1938 p 8-9 and 26; Naut Gaz v 128 n 6 Mar 12 1938 p 8-10; Mar Eng and Shipg Rev v 43 n 4 Apr 1938 p 166-71)


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    Title :

    Atlantic refining company's new tanker J.W. van Dyke


    Additional title:

    Am Soc Naval Engrs -- J



    Publication date :

    1938


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English