Changes and improvements accomplished which contrast Matson Navigation Co's reconverted vessel with prewar vessel; length oa 631 ft 6 5/8 in.; beam molded 79 ft; breadth extreme at B deck 82 ft 1 1/2 in.; depth molded to B deck 61 ft; fitted with two triple expansion Bethlehem turbines of 11,000 shp each, driving shafts through single reduction Falk gears and receiving steam from 12 Babcock and Wilcox watertube boilers. (see also Pac Mar Rev v 46 n 5 May 1949 p 43-61, 76, 112-5, 120; Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 74 n 9, 11, 12, 13, Sept 1 1949 p 263-6, Sept 15 p 323-6, Sept 22 p 341-4, Sept 29 p 377-8)


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    Title :

    Reconversion of liner S.S. "lurline,"


    Additional title:

    Soc Naval Architects Mar Engrs -- Paper


    Conference:

    Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers -- Meeting ; 1949 Lurline



    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    51 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference Proceedings


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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