Advantages of indirect drive; concludes that Diesel-engined cruiser is technically possible; Diesel drive offers several advantages over steam drive, including better protection, greater stability, more deck space, greater radius of action; Diesel-engined vessel will probably be slower than corresponding steam-driven one, this disadvantage being partly offset by fact that motorship can always be ready for full speed without waste of fuel.
Diesel-engined warships
U. S. Nav. Inst. -- Proc
United States Naval Institute -- Proceedings ; 52 , n 279
1926
12 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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