Built by Todd Shipyards Corp for Puget Sound Navigation Co, car ferry will operate between Seattle, Wash, and Victoria, BC; length oa 318 ft; draft loaded 13 ft; powered by four 16-cyl Model 278-A 2-cycle General Motors Diesel engines, each driving 1200-hp Allis-Chalmers generator rated at 490 v at 700 rpm.


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    Title :

    De Luxe Diesel Electric Ferry "Chinook"


    Additional title:

    Diesel Progress


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Diesel Progress ; 13 , n 8 ; p 48-52


    Publication date :

    1947


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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