Description of world's largest seagoing hopper dredge, "Goethals, " having loaded displacement of 15,500 tons, 476 ft long, 87 ft 9 in. beam, with molded depth of 36 ft 3 in.; features of mechanical equipment, including four marine type boilers furnishing 72,000 to 96,000 lb per hr of superheated steam; cost $3,588,000. (See also Civ Eng (NY) v 11 n 9 Sept 1941 p 517-20; Mar Eng and Shipg Rev v 46 n 12 Dec 1941 p 98 and 100; Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 58 n 23 Dec 4 1941 p 525-31)


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    Title :

    Seagoing hydraulic hopper dredges


    Additional title:

    Soc Naval Architects Mar Engrs -- Advance Paper


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers -- Meeting ; 1941 Hopper



    Publication date :

    1941


    Size :

    30 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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