U. S. Shipping Board motorship, converted from steam propulsion to direct Diesel drive, averaged 15.08 knots during 6-hour trial run; freight ship was converted at yards of Maryland Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, at cost of $1,035,889, this including installation, alterations, main engine, deck machinery, engine-room auxiliaries, and all incidentals; 411 ft. 9 in. in length; main engine of double-acting, two-cycle, air-injection type, was built by Worthington Pump and Machinery Corp. (See also Mar. Rev vol. 59, no. 10, Oct. 1929 p. 27, 1 fig)
Motorship potter completes sea trial
Motorship
Motorship ; 14 , n 10
1929
3 pages
6 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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Motorship potter completes sea trial
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