Towboat built by St. Louis Shipbuilding and Steel Co; 156 ft long; beam 35 ft; depth 11 ft; two Fairbanks-Morse opposed piston Diesels each connected to its shaft through Falk reverse and reduction gears provide propulsion at 1600 hp each. (see also Diesel Progress v 17 n 6 June 1951 p 52-3)


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    Title :

    Fort Jackson -- 3200 hp river towboat


    Additional title:

    Motorship


    Published in:

    Motorship ; 36 , n 6


    Publication date :

    1951


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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