Puget Sound Boat Building Corp turned out clipper for Frank Perry and Ed Madruga, San Diego; 107×26×14.6 ft draft; 13 ft depth; packs 210 tons of frozen tuna; main propulsion is 8-cyl direct reversing Cooper Bessemer Diesel, with full air operated control developing 650 hp at 450 rpm, swinging 64×38 Coolidge Air propeller; speed between 10 and 11 knots; Howe ice machines.
Tuna clipper "Columbia"
Diesel Progress
Diesel Progress ; 18 , n 2
1952
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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