"Crown City" launched by Moore Dry Dock Co is for carriage of vehicles and 500 passengers by San Diego and Coronado Ferry Co; length bp 230 ft; breadth, hull molded 46 ft; depth molded 17 ft 3 in.; vessel was prefabricated in eight sections of approximately 50 tons each; each 102-in. Coolidge propeller will be driven by Westinghouse 1000 hp electric propulsion motor; power is furnished by three 300-kw generator sets and three 515 hp Atlas Imperial Diesel engines. (See also Motorship v 39 n 8 Aug 1954 p 12-3; Mar Eng v 49 n 4 Apr 1954 p 58-60)
West coast ferry built in floating drydock
Diesel Progress
Diesel Progress ; 20 , n 12
1954
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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West coast ferry built in floating drydock
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