Built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp, Sparrows Point, Md; length oa 442 ft 1 5/8 in.; breadth molded 64 ft; depth molded 34 ft; equipped with set of General Electric cross compound, double reduction geared turbines driving single propeller 17 ft 6 in. in diam at above 78 rpm, developing about 3000 shp. (See also Mar Eng and Shipg Rev v 42 n 2 Feb 1937 p 77-9; and Log v 28 n 4 and 5 Jan 1937 p 8-9 and Feb p 16-7)


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    Title :

    Launching tanker Gulfcoast


    Additional title:

    Mar News


    Published in:

    Marine News ; 23 , n 8


    Publication date :

    1937


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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