Machinery details of PCS special craft for Navy duty; PCS type was designed for patrol duty dissimilar from YMS type; hull dimensions are 136 × 24.6 × 12 ft depth; tonnage is 267; PCS is divided into 11 watertight compartments; main propulsion plant consists of pair of 8-cyl General Motors, 2-cycle Diesel engines, rated 500 hp at 1270 rpm, each operates through reduction gear and drives Coolidge bronze propeller, on Micarta stern bearings.


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    Title :

    Machinery details of P C S type naval auxiliary


    Additional title:

    Diesel Progress


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1944


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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