Third Panama Pacific liner nears completion at Newport News yard; length o.a. 613 ft., beam 80 ft., draft, loaded 32 ft. 3 in., gross tonnage 25,500, and designed speed 18.9 knots; propelled by twin screws driven by turbo-electric machinery, same as sister ships, the California and Virginia. (See also Mar. Eng. and Shipg. Age vol. 34, no. 8, Aug. 1929 pp. 418-420, 6 figs; Mar. Rev., vol. 59, no. 8, Aug. 1929, pp. 17-19, 3 figs. and Log, vol. 13, no. 5, Aug. 1929, pp. 5-6, 1 fig)


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    Title :

    Turbine-electric liner Pennsylvania launched


    Additional title:

    Mar. News


    Published in:

    Marine News ; 16 , n 3


    Publication date :

    1929


    Size :

    2 pages


    Remarks:

    2 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Turbine-electric liner Pennsylvania launched

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1929


    Turbine-electric liner Pennsylvania launched

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1929


    Turbine-electric liner Pennsylvania launched

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1929