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 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 and Am Soc Naval Engrs -- J v 50 n 2 May 1938 p 288-92)


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    Title :

    Atlantic refining company's new tanker


    Additional title:

    Log


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Log ; 30 , n 6


    Publication date :

    1938


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Atlantic refining company's new tanker

    van Dyke, J.W. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1938