38-yr old Great Lakes ore carrier E. J. Block, owned by Inland Steel Co, converted from steam to Diesel electric propulsion by American Shipbldg Co; length oa 552 ft; beam 56 ft; depth 31 ft; propelled by two 12-cyl, 2-cycle General Motors Diesel engines developing 1200 bhp each at 175 rpm, direct connected to Allis Chalmers 814-kw, 560-v, d-c generators, with 24-kw, 120-v, d-c exciters. (see also Brit Motor Ship v 27 n 323 Dec 1946 p 346-8)
Ore carrier converted to diesel
Pac Mar Rev
Pacific Marine Review ; 63 , n 12
1946
Article (Journal)
English
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