Twin screw tugboat with four 16-cyl General Motors engines developing total of 9600 bhp was built by Kure Shipbuilding and Engineering Co for Moran International Towing Corp, and is equipped for deep-sea towage and salvage; length oa 211 ft 2 in., breadth molded 42 ft, depth molded 21 ft 9 in., displacement 2477 tons; it is understood Alice L. Moran can handle vessel of 150,000 tons dw; plan. (See also Moran -- World's Highest-Powered Ocean-Going Tug. Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 107 n 21 May 26 1966 p 696-701)


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    Title :

    Alice L. Moran -- World's highest-powered ocean-going tug


    Additional title:

    Mar Eng/Log


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1966


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :



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