Group of 40 seagoing tugs for U S Maritime Commission, equipped with supercharged Enterprise Diesel engines; propulsion plant arrangement in each tug provides for two engines, each rated 1160 hp at 350 rpm, driving single propeller through Universal reduction gears, which give propeller speed of 132-rpm; each engine has max rating of 1400 hp at 325 rpm; each is connected to its pinion through intermediary of Westinghouse electric coupling.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Supercharged diesels in large tugs


    Additional title:

    Motorship


    Published in:

    Motorship ; 28 , n 3


    Publication date :

    1943


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Supercharged diesel tugs for army

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1944


    Supercharged two-cycle diesels

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1942


    Reading replaces steam tugs with diesels

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1952


    Supercharged two stroke cycle diesels

    Herold, Richard | SAE Technical Papers | 1944


    Large motor tugs

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1931