Wm. F. Kenny, built by Staten Island plant of United Drydocks, Inc; length oa 185 ft; breadth 43 ft; propelled by two 6-cyl 4-cycle, airless-injection Winton Diesel engines; claimed to be first self-propelled vessel constructed by patented reverse-channel method; advantages lie in greater hull rigidity, reduced building costs by elimination of riveting; increased cubic capacity; decreased hull weight and greater speed in building. (see also Mar Eng and Shipg Age v 38 n 6 June 1933 p 223-4 and Can Machy v 44 n 9 Sept 1933 p 35-6)
Welded barge built on reverse channel system
Shipbldr Marine Engine-Bldr
Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder ; 40 , n 278
1933
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1933
Rockland no. 1, welded steel, non-propelled oil tank barge
Engineering Index Backfile | 1933