Details of 16-knot 16,000-ton M. S. "Milwaukee" and " St. Louis," passenger-cargo liners for Hamburg-New York service; novelty in adoption of four high-speed doubleacting two-stroke engines driving twin shafts through gearing; dimensions 574.2 ft. by 72.16 ft. by 45.2 ft. depth; gross register 16,000 tons, speed 16 knots; M.A.N. 6-cyl. 3150-b.hp. engines at 225 r.p.m. reducing to 110 r.p.m. at propellers; steam heat from exhaust gases through boilers; accommodations for 1108 passengers.
The hapag transatlantic liners
Brit. Motor Ship
British Motor Ship ; 9 , n 101
1928
4 pages
9 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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