Passenger and cargo ship Oriente for New York-Havana service of Ward line; length o.a. 508 ft.; depth molded to shelter deck 70 ft. 9 in.; designed load draft 26 ft.; gross tonnage 11,300; designed speed 20 knots; power plant consists of six-oil-fired water-tube boilers generating steam for turbines at 275 lb. gage pressure and 200 deg. fahr. superheat; there are two propulsion motors of synchronous induction type, direct connected to propeller shafts and having normal rating of 6250 hp. at 134 r.p.m. each.
Ward Liner Oriente completed by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Mar. News
Marine News ; 17 , n 7
1930
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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