Double ended ferry boat, Pvt Joseph F. Merrill, built at Bethlehem Steel Co's Staten Island Yard; length oa 290 ft; beam molded on 14-ft 3 in. waterline 49 ft; depth molded to top of guards 20 ft; normal operating draft molded 13 ft 2 in.; capacity 3000 passengers and from 38 to 45 vehicles; powered by 6-cyl, double acting Skinner unaflow engine, capable of developing 4000 ihp at 165 rpm when supplied with steam at 275 psi and 614 F. (see also Naut Gaz v 145 n 2 Feb 1951 p 28-30, 44)
Staten Island express ferryboat
Mar Eng Shipg Rev
Marine Engineering and Shipping Review ; 45 , n 4
1951
9 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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